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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting May 15,2014 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida <br /> together with the City Attorney and the Deputy City Attorney putting together our next <br /> Workshop Series. We have a couple of ideas and we are hoping to get that formalized at our <br /> next meeting, and then have one or two over the Summer into Fall. <br /> Chairperson Goldman said we would like to talk about a little progress that we are making in <br /> terms of being a conduit or a platform for residents discussing issues of quality of life. We <br /> have talked about some issues such as skateboards which is something that is going to be <br /> discussed here this evening. At least we know now that through this process the Committee <br /> can serve as a venue and platform for having the residents come out and voice their concerns <br /> and issues about quality of life issues. We are happy that our meetings have been <br /> increasingly well attended. She thanked the City Commission for this opportunity. <br /> Mayor Edelcup thanked her for a very comprehensive report and it looks like the City <br /> Advisory Committee is working very hard and we look forward to the next report. Whatever <br /> we can do to work together, he is sure we have the mutual desire of making Sunny Isles <br /> Beach a better place then it was last year,or the year before,or ten years ago. He thanked her <br /> again for all the hard effort that she has put forth as well as the members of the Committee. <br /> 5D. Add-On: <br /> Presentation by Civics Teacher Rosa Carvajal and her Students from Norman S. Edelcup <br /> Sunny Isles Beach K-8 regarding the Law Day Event on May 1, 2014. <br /> Action: Commissioner Levin introduced Rosa Carvajal and her students who she has been <br /> working with through the "Justice Teaching Program" which was created by the Florida <br /> Supreme Court Justice. Fred Lewis who used to be the Chief created the"Justice Teaching <br /> Program". We received an email that May 1 was Law Day. She went to Rosa about doing <br /> something and she was greatly excited and they held an event. On Thursday, May 1, 2014, <br /> about 155 students, which is most of the 7th grade, came over to Government Center. The <br /> students had come up with ten (10) questions that they presented to the Mayor and City <br /> Commission,City Manager Russo,City Attorney Ottinot,and Assistant City Clerk Mauricio <br /> Betancur,as the City Clerk was away at the time. The students put together a presentation as <br /> thanks for putting on this program,they wrote us a lovely letter and prepared this plaque for <br /> us and gave it to us at the Workshop but they are here to represent it to us tonight. Ms. <br /> Carvajal and two (2) of her students made the presentation to the Mayor and City <br /> Commission of a framed Picture and Letter regarding the Law Day Event. <br /> Mayor Edelcup thanked Ms.Carvajal and the students,and commended Commissioner Levin <br /> for putting together this wonderful program that joins our school,a County facility with the <br /> municipality of Sunny Isles Beach to government all agencies that we represent have worked <br /> very closely together to create the most wonderful school in all of South Florida and it has <br /> been one of the instrumental factors of making Sunny Isles Beach the highest quality of life <br /> location that people would want to be living in and taking part in. He thanked Commissioner <br /> Levin again and hopes that this event is the first of many yet to come and we continue on <br /> with this program to work together with the School Board, the students in our school, and <br /> introduce them to the workings of government and encourage them to take part in <br /> government as they go on with their life. <br /> 3 <br />