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SUMMARY MINUTES <br /> Special City Commission Meeting <br /> Tuesday, April 1, 2014, 5:00 p.m. <br /> City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida <br /> ATTENTION ALL LOBBYISTS: CITY LAW REQUIRES YOUR REGISTRATION PRIOR TO ENGAGING IN <br /> LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BEFORE CITY STAFF, BOARDS,COMMITTEES OR THE CITY COMMISSION. <br /> PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK FOR FORMS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. <br /> AGENDA <br /> 1. CALL TO ORDER/ ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS <br /> The meeting was called to order by Mayor Edelcup at 5:00 p.m. with the following officials <br /> present: <br /> Mayor Norman S. Edelcup City Manager Christopher J. Russo <br /> Vice Mayor Isaac Aelion City Attorney Hans Ottinot <br /> Commissioner Jeanette Gatto City Clerk Jane A. Hines, MMC <br /> Commissioner Jennifer Levin Deputy City Manager Stan Morris <br /> Commissioner George "Bud" Scholl Deputy City Attorney Fernando Amuchastegui <br /> 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br /> Action: City Clerk Hines led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. <br /> Mayor Edelcup gave opening remarks. <br /> Request to Hear Items: Revision: Item 3A. Revised Resolution Declaring Public Purpose <br /> and Necessity to Acquire an Easement for Emergency Bridge. <br /> Action: Mayor Edelcup noted the above change to the agenda. Vice Mayor Aelion moved <br /> and Commissioner Scholl seconded a motion to approve the above change to the agenda. <br /> The motion was approved by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. <br /> 3. RESOLUTIONS <br /> 3A. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Declaring <br /> Public Purpose and Necessity to Acquire a Permanent Easement In, Over, Upon, and <br /> Across the Real Property Described in Exhibit "A" for the Construction and <br /> Maintenance of the Emergency Bridge; Authorizing the City Attorney to Negotiate <br /> Voluntary Acquisition or Initiate Eminent Domain Proceedings;Providing the City Manager <br /> and the City Attorney with the Authority to Retain Expert Witnesses, Consultants, and <br /> Counsel and to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate the Terms of this Resolution; <br /> Providing for an Effective Date. <br /> Action: [City Clerk's Note:A Revised Resolution was distributed prior to the meeting.]City <br /> Clerk Hines read the title, and City Manager Russo reported this is for the additional area <br /> needed where the bridge covers on the land. It is the other portion that we will need for <br /> temporary construction and permanent maintenance. He noted that the Resolution was <br /> revised to add the section to negotiate voluntary acquisition which we initiated right after the <br />