2004 1118 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting November 18,2004 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 4. ORDER OF BUSINESS (Additions/Deletions/Amendments) 4A. Request to Hear Item 1 OK prior to "Ordinances for First Reading" (Section 7). Action: Mayor Ede1cup announced the above and Mr. Stanley Price, Esq" asked for a deferral ofItem llA to be heard in January 13, 2005, and it was approved by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor, Mr. Clifford Schulman, Esq., asked for a continuance ofItem 10K until the December 9, 2004 Agenda, and Mayor Ede1cup asked to change the order of presentations to hear Item 5B, Item 5A, and then Item 10K. Commissioner Brezin moved and Commissioner Iglesias seconded a motion to approve the above changes. The motion was approved by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. S. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS SA. Mayor's Advisory Council: Long Range Planning and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee. Action: Mayor Ede1cup introduced Chairperson George "Bud" Scholl who distributed a memorandum on "Proposed Issues Summary Report". Mr, Scholl reported that this is a summary ofthe issues that the Committee has been discussing in their various meetings that they have been holding since mid-year. 1) Promote Reconsideration of Certain Aspects of the Florida Sunshine Law: He said that the Committee found it very onerous at times to act in an administrative manner and stay within the rules ofthe Sunshine Law. He stated that he had various discussions with our City Attorney and decided to take it upon themselves to look into the Sunshine Law and see if there was any possibility of advocating a position of modifying the law at the State level. Mr. Scholl said it was a valiant effort but they were shut down, He said the bulk oftheir research was through the League of Cities who advocated the Committee's same position. He said that they also spoke to Mayors and Commissioners of other cities and they felt very similar to our position regarding the Sunshine Law, specifically on the administrative side, that it makes it very onerous at times to deal with some of these issues. 2) Rezional Communitv Relations Board: Mr. Scholl said that Committee member Sydney Davis contacted Mayors in our surrounding communities about the concept of a Regional Community Relations Board and they felt very strongly about pulling a board together. He said the purpose of the Board would be issues of regional interests and inter-city issues, and they feel that the Board will be pulled together and hope to meet after the first of the year. 3) School Incentives: Mr. Scholl said when the discussions came up about creating a Charter School or Public School within the City, their Committee felt very strongly about trying to create school incentives that were outside the purview ofthe School Board, He said he went to Chairperson Bob Welsh ofthe Education/Schools Committee and found out that he was already on top of it. 4) Beach Preservation: He said that they had a lot of feedback from members of the community about the preservation, renourishment, and what causes the erosion of the 2