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 the Code that you can't serve beyond eight (8) consecutive years so we can get some new faces on there,and 2)he wants that proposal prior to the nominations. Mayor Edelcup asked whether we want eleven (11) members, he would favor seven (7) members. Each commissioner could appoint one member,and then the Mayor can appoint the sixth member and maybe the Vice Mayor can appoint the seventh member. He just wanted to throw this out there to think about. 12E. Add-On: City Manager Russo said we want to have a workshop regarding the Gateway Park Project. Mayor Edelcup asked him to poll the Commission to schedule a date after Thanksgiving. 13. CITIZENS' FORUM: REQUESTS, PETITIONS & OTHER COMMUNICATIONS 13A. Former City Commissioner Gerry Goodman discussed the flooding on 174th Street in front of the 600 Building of Winston Towers that has been a problem for many years and it is about time that the City fix the problem. He knows that there have been negotiations with the 600 Building and that negotiations stopped, something happened and they couldn't get along. It is the City's duty to fix that street. It also floods on North Bay Road alongside the Gwen Margolis Park. How many times have we re-nourished the Park because it sunk,and he thinks the City should look into fixing the flooding on North Bay Road next to Gwen Margolis Park because if it is not fixed,the Park will sink again. The third item is the Center Island on 174th Street. It is the only center island in the whole City and how many times has he asked the Commission to make a plan or re-nourish it or make it beautiful. He is still getting complaints from the people at Winston Towers that center island should be made beautiful as it is done on Collins Avenue. The last item he has is the lighting on 174th Street, the lights are on the center island and the bulbs shine down on the center island and the sidewalks are dark. He brought that to the attention of the Commission many times also. Winston Towers at one time was the most populated part of Sunny Isles Beach, there are seven buildings with about 2,800 families living there. Commissioner Gatto said she agrees with him on the lighting as it is very dark there,and the flooding but she has met with people regarding the landscaping and she can never get a sense as to what they want. She is only told what they don't want, and so maybe they can get together and figure out what somebody's definition of beautification is. Mr. Goodman said no,on Collins Avenue we hired a landscaper and he does the work. He doesn't know who at Winston Towers is going to design the center island, and Commissioner Gatto said she is trying to get a feel for what their definition of beautification is, ie. flowers,palm trees. Mr. Goodman said at one time there were colorful flowers there and now there are just plain flowers,and there are many empty spaces of grass. The last thing that was done was to put in four palm trees. Mayor Edelcup said we made a decision many years ago to do away with annuals and that is why nowhere in the City will you find them except in the Parks because that was a tremendous expense in the median of Collins Avenue. We had many discussions over the years regarding annuals vs. perennials and we elected to go with perennials so that we could cut back on the maintenance. He has no objections to looking at similar treatments for Winston Towers Boulevard to accomplish the same. 28