2006 1214 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting December 14, 2006 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Mayor Edelcup said that she may be the person that we may want to use to raise funds from the hotel group. Ms. Hanson recapped the scheduled events over the three days. She said that on Thursday, June 14, 2007 they will be hosting Sister City Netanya, Israel, a dinner for about 50 people and then the possible performance by the dancers from Netanya. She stated that on Friday they are planning the Family Fun Fest in Senator Margolis Park for children in the community with games and desserts, and that is where we will be announcing the winners of the children's Graphic Art Contest. She noted that the Library has already scheduled in early April some classes through the Library where they are going to be inviting children to participate and they have hired a graphic artist to teach those classes. She said Saturday is the birthday celebration at Samson Oceanfront Park and at the Town Center Park with food and entertainment including the Letanya dancers and culminating with fireworks at Oceanfront Park. Mayor Edelcup asked if they could include in that three-day period something with the publishing of the book, and maybe Seth Bramson could give a talk or a lecture using the slides from the book tying that into our 10th Anniversary. Ms. Hanson asked ifhe wanted a book signing, and Mayor Edelcup said some kind of an event tied to the book to Seth and a presentation, and that would also be the time that they can pick up a book once you figure out how you are going to control the distribution ofthe book. Commissioner Iglesias asked if we are making arrangements in case it rains, and Mayor Edelcup said for not only the rain but it may be hot so we should probably be using big tents similar to the one we had 4-5 years ago during the City's website launching, and have it available in both parks. Ms. Hanson said that they will look into that. 12C. Discussion on Sponsorship and Advertising Guidelines. Action: [City Clerk's Note: This item was heard after l2A.] City Manager Szerlag reported that Administrative Services Director Alyce Hanson is working with the City Attorney's Office to develop a draft overall policy for solicitations, sponsorships and advertising and it holds two salient components. He said the first one is that he would like to know if the City Commission wants to encourage both public and private participation in sponsorship and advertisement activities and fund raising, and if that answer is yes, would you like staff to engage in that kind of activity for sponsorships and advertising. He said he would like to have a policy that would have no one on staff that has regulatory authority, such as himself, the Assistant Managers, the Attorneys, the Financial Division, the Police Department, Building Inspection, Zoning, Code Enforcement, any of those officials to have any interplay with soliciting sponsorships or advertising. He said it would be primarily just someone like Administrative Services Director Alyce Hanson that has no permitting, regulatory authority, or Cultural and Human Services Director Susan Simpson who has no authority in that regard either. He said essentially those two in combination or individually could work with a resident committee for that endeavor of soliciting advertisements and sponsorships. Mayor Edelcup said that the City has a history of having sponsorships be made available. He said that there are a number of businesses and developers in the City that have wished to 23