2012-1115 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting November 15,2012 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida just a staircase, would have to go through all required permitting processes and so they are asking for some direction be given that this is okay, after all this is largely a community facility. It is a not-for-profit organization, it provides a lot of services. And so they would request that the Commission would say yes we would like to do this, set it for a formal vote at the next Commission meeting and settle upon a mechanism for determining the value. Mayor Edelcup instructed staff to review the proposal that has been set before us,have the staff look at that in relationship to what it is that we are actually building in that Park,it may be 200 feet,it may be 2,000 feet,it doesn't make any difference how many feet. If it destroys something that we were trying to build in the Park,then the size is immaterial. Secondly he would instruct staff to enter into discussions with the attorneys and the architects for the Chabad to see if they can work together to come to a conclusion regarding the impact that it would have. He also instructed the City Attorney to negotiate with them a price that is fair to the City not the price that has been suggested which in his opinion is not fair. The Mayor also said to come back and recommend to the Commission through a Workshop or on a one- on-one basis to each of the five of them your conclusions. If you can reach that all in the timeframe that brings the possibility of proper notification for the December 20, 2012 Commission Meeting,then we will put it on that agenda,but all of those conditions should be met. Commissioner Scholl said it looks like you can mitigate the impact to the Park if you slid the staircase forward. Staff needs to look at that because you have got the landing of the staircase in the back of the terrace, and if what Ms. Simpson is saying is accurate about fencing the Park in,then ultimately you are going to take up another alleyway. If you slid the whole stairwell forward it looks like you might be able to mitigate that and keep the footprint as small as possible, and that makes everybody happy and saves more money. 12C. Add-On: Vice Mayor Thaler thanked everybody for the nine(9)years he has had here,the courtesies that you have given to him and to the rest of the Commission have been marvelous. He is sure this Commission will go forward and take care of whatever has to be done in Sunny Isles Beach. Most of the people who have been here in that time have seen an incredible change from the beauty of the walkways to the landscaping in the center isle and of course some of the beautiful buildings that have been put up. We are all very proud of what has happened in Sunny Isles Beach,certainly he is in the nine(9)years,and he thanked everyone for letting him be a Commissioner in Sunny isles Beach. 12D. Add-On: Mayor Edelcup said there are two things coming up in December or January. First,we have a Charter Review Commission that is called for under our City Charter every 10th year after the first five years. Each Commissioner will need to appoint one person to the Charter Review Commission in the December meeting. The person needs to be from your district. Second,in January the City Advisory Committee comes up for review and he thinks we now have 11 members to that board,each has two and he appointed the 11th person. Up until now we have never had term limits for advisory board members but in looking over the history of the advisory board he notes there are many people that have been on there for longer than Vice Mayor Thaler has been termed out here. Two things he would like to suggest: 1)amend 27