2005 0908 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting September 8, 2005 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 12B. Discussion of a Proposal from Archie Quintana ofMeloquinn Music Production regarding a Jazz Fest Series at Samson Oceanfront Park. Action: [City Clerk's Note: Heard out of order, see 4A] Mayor Edelcup said that this item was scheduled for today's meeting but he understands that the proponent has asked for a deferral and rather have the Commission take this up time and time again because we took it up last month. He said this is the Jazz Festival that was being proposed in Sunny Isles Beach but the promoters wanted to have alcohol served at the event and this Commission last month unanimously said no to that request. He said the proponent was coming back here again tonight to present his case in hopes that the Commission changed their mind and he asked for a confirmation on their vote from last month be recorded so that if the proponent feels like he needs to come again to ask the same question, that he really is wasting his time and the Commission's time and so with that he requested that the Commission again reaffirm the fact that we did not want alcohol served at any public park events that we have here in Sunny Isles Beach. Vice Mayor Thaler moved and Commissioner Brezin seconded a motion that no alcohol be served at any public park events. The motion was approved by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. Mayor Edelcup asked Cultural and Human Services Director Susan Simpson to instruct Mr. Quintana that the Commission has made this motion and that he is wasting his time. 12C. Discussion regarding the City of Sunny Isles Beach Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR). Action: City Planner Shelley Eichner reported that this is the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) for adoption, and noted that they sent out a draft EAR to the Department of Community Affairs in July. She said that they received their comments back and incorporated many of them (shaded parts in backup material) where they have further addressed or expanded on their issues. She said they wanted a little more detail, more definitive commitments, and address changes in State and Regional Planning that were made to the Growth Management Legislation particularly as it relates to school concurrency, infrastructure, and the linkage between infrastructure needs and capital budgets which became effective July 1,2005, and all EARs that are due after July 1,2005 have to incorporate the new State Statutes. She said that ultimately the State wants to see some expansion of the capital improvements program and the infrastructure element, they want to see additional provisions regarding concurrency, and they want us to touch upon identifying alternative water supplies that is a major issue of the State. Ms. Eichner said that the Local South Regional Planning Council's big issue is affordable housing. She said their comments were extensive, again their approach was to identify in the EAR the types of programs and policies that could be possibly incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan. She said her recommendation would be to continue to work with South Regional Planning Council to assist in coming up with a regional solution to affordable housing. She stated that that Department of Environmental Protection didn't have much comment but that there are some houses still in the City on septic tanks and they are looking to get them off a septic tank and another concern was where we were putting into the requirement that all government facilities could be located in any land use category, and they 19