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 housing, financial incentives to developers, there is a multitude of things that cities are doing in terms of policies to encourage work force housing. She said you can do things like incentive zoning, 10% more units if those are set aside for affordable housing in a given project over and above of what the zoning allows. She said it is called inc1usionary zoning where in a given development you set aside certain units that are deed restricted for evermore to be affordable and they can increase by whatever the consumer price index is to ensure those units stay affordable. Other methodologies are higher densities and mixed use allows for affordable housing by having economies of scale, the kinds of things the Town Center design guidelines promoted in terms of a mixed use, live, work, so that people can afford to work and live in the same place. She said that there are other policies that are not strictly housing related that can assist in reducing the cost of housing, of living in one place and working in another place. She noted that where you see a large part of the cities work force coming from a certain area, you can establish shuttle systems, and the list is as creative as you want, but she feels where most municipalities are heading today is that it is not a city by a city, it is a regional problem and it needs a regional solution. She said it is very complex and evolving and her recommendation is to go with the flow for the EAR and keep abreast of all the different issues, and suggested something like an affordable housing workshop with folks from the South Florida Regional Planning Council who are devoting a lot of time in not only coming up with solutions but also defining what the problems are. She said all the planners are recognizing these population projections and numbers just don't make sense, for example, the growth in Sunny Isles Beach that has been seen in the last five years, is it going on for the next five, probably not because land is running out, but the different projection models keeps it growing and growing, and that is another problem. She said that what we have here today is substantially what the Commission will be voting on in two weeks unless the Commission wants to modify it. 13. CITIZENS' FORUM: REQUESTS, PETITIONS & OTHER COMMUNICATIONS 13A. Communication from Mayor Miriam Fierberg - Ikar from our Sister City Netanya, Israel. Action: Mayor Edelcup read a letter that the City received from Mayor Fierberg - Ikar in recognition of the support we showed during their time of crisis. 14. ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Goodman moved and Vice Mayor Thaler seconded a motion to adjourn the meeting, and Mayor Edelcup adjourned it at 10:34 p.m. r . ;" . ~ ~ Resp~ctt~lly submittelby: ~ . "" ." '\ , ~~":.' A:~"'" .' . -- \, " . " . ." '. . Jane A. Hines, City Clerk ... 1"1 0".. ( . 2005 21