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<br />Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting <br /> <br />June 19, 2008 <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida <br /> <br />the Comprehensive Plan; Providing for an Effective Date. <br /> <br />Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and City Manager Szerlag and City Attorney Ottinot <br />reported, noting if the Commission adopts this Resolution, the Comprehensive Plan will not <br />have to be modified, and therefore there will be no need for public hearings in August or <br />September. Ramone Soria and Edwin Mojena are the Engineers of record on this project. <br /> <br />Public Speakers: Natasha Reinhard; Ramone Soria; Tim Gray; Michael Schnitzer; Herb <br />Granick; Carlos Gimenez, Esq.; Lisa Gray; Cassey Gabor; Eliza Brad; Mark Po chin <br /> <br />Mayor Edelcup said this deals with the option of an emergency bridge only, which is required <br />by law under our Comprehensive Plan adopted in 2000 and reconfirmed in the City's revised <br />Plan in 2005. City Attorney Ottinot emphasized that the Comprehensive Plan was not only <br />approved by this Commission but also by several other agencies including the South Florida <br />Regional Planning Council and the Department of Community Affairs. City Manager <br />Szerlag said we also have to get approval from the South Florida Water Management <br />District, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, <br />U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Environmental Resource Management, and Miami-Dade <br />County. The estimated cost for the bridge is $3.5 Million Dollars. The proposed width is <br />35-feet in order to accommodate pedestrians, bikes, and emergency vehicles, and the City <br />will not require any additional easements other then the 20-foot easement we already have. <br /> <br />City Manager Szerlag said once this resolution is adopted, we will proceed in designing the <br />bridge, and provide that design to the Commission for the September 18th meeting. Mayor <br />Edelcup said to make sure that the design is ready to give out two weeks before the meeting. <br /> <br />Mayor Edelcup said that a feasibility study was done in 2004, and City Attorney Ottinot said <br />a copy will be given to the Commission. <br /> <br />Commissioner Goodman moved and Vice Mayor Thaler seconded a motion to approve the <br />resolution. Resolution No. 2008-1274 was adopted by a roll call vote of 5-0 in favor. <br />Vote: Commissioner Brezin yes <br />Commissioner Goodman yes <br />Commissioner Scholl ~ <br />Vice Mayor Thaler ~ <br />Mayor Edelcup yes <br /> <br />[City Clerk's Note: The City Commission took a 10-minute break after this item was heardJ <br /> <br />10D. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Authorizing <br />the Purchase of Two (2) Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) Model EL Electric Pick-Up <br />Trucks for the Public Works Department, in an Amount Not to Exceed $21,000.00; <br />Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; <br />Providing for an Effective Date. <br /> <br />Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Public Works Director Rick Conner reported. <br /> <br />Public Speakers: none <br /> <br />Vice Mayor Thaler moved and Commissioner Scholl seconded a motion to approve the <br />resolution. Resolution No. 2008-1275 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. <br /> <br />6 <br />