2013-0321 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Stunmare Minutes: Regular Ciro Commission Meeting March 21. 2013 City of Sunny Isles Beach. Florida the City Commission for hiring and terminating the Police Chief. At this time. with the exception of the City Attorney's Office, the City Manager has the authority to hire or fire any of the employees of the City. The second change was basically requiring candidates for the office of the Mayor and Commission to provide more specific proof at the time of filing candidacy with the City Clerk of the following: current voters registration card and proof of residency within the City. In order to run for the office of Mayor or City Commissioner you must reside in the City for at least one year. Additionally if you are running for a residential seat. you must reside in that residential district for one year. Another change that the CRC is recommending is to extend time limits for the CRC to file the report with the Commission. Currently the CRC, from date of appointment. has 90 days to complete this work and submit their recommendations to the Commission. Some members of the CRC felt they needed additional time due to business or family issues and they wanted to extend their time to 120 days. Nevertheless they may finish their report prior to the 120 days. Another proposed recommendation is the removal of the mandatory requirement that this City use Miami -Dade Fire Rescue service. We are probably the only City since Miami -Dade County has permitted cities to incorporate since 1995 to have that provision in its Charter. He clarified that it doesn't mean we are moving away from Miami -Dade Fire Rescue, it is just removing this mandatory requirement that basically makes us the same as other new cities in Miami -Dade County. One last amendment that the CRC has proposed is basically to recommend that the CRC selects its own chairperson currently based on his interpretation that appointment was made by the Mayor. Mayor Edelcup suggested we now hear Item 713 regarding the Charter Amendments. Commissioner Scholl moved and Commissioner Levin seconded a motion to take item 7B out of order and to hear now. The motion was approved by a voice vote of 5 -0 in favor. 6. ZONING: ZONING HEARINGS ARE QUASI - JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS. None 7. ORDINANCES FOR FIRST READING 7A. An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach. Florida_ Amending Chapter 108 of the City Code Relating to Beaches to Prohibit the Removal of Beach Sand from Private Property Without a City Permit and Except Pursuant to Guidelines Established by the State of Florida; Providing for Severability; Providing for Repeal of Conflicting Provisions; Providing for Inclusion in the Code; and Providing for an Effective Date. Action: [City Clerk's Note: This item was heard after Item 7B.] City Clerk Hines read the title. and Mayor Edelcup said with all the construction going on in this City. he didn't want to see any of the sand on our beaches or anywhere in the City disappearing. There was nothing in our City Code to prevent any of the developers from when they are excavating to build new projects, to turning around and selling that sand. Because of that circumstance he had asked City Attorney Ottinot to prepare this Ordinance that prohibits developers from selling sand and basically saving that any sand in our City stays in our City. and it can't be sold, delivered, or given away to other municipalities.