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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting July 16,2015 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida <br /> memo today from County Commissioner Sally Heyman and he readiil into the record: <br /> "Thank you for your continued support and advocacy for Beach Renourishment funding. <br /> This year's County Budget has included Beach Renouirishment funding las a line item and <br /> was also stated in a public meeting. I will continue to monitor this itemi ! Please continue <br /> your advocacy for these funds. As you know, nothing is final until we vote." He said he <br /> has also heard from Mayor Carlos Gimenez who is also in support of this item, and <br /> supportive of getting the funding into their budget as well. He thinks it is working is the <br /> bottom line. <br /> Public Speakers: None <br /> Commissioner Aelion said that Mayor Scholl spearheaded this alliance and so kudos to the <br /> Mayor, and he thinks this is very important. His only concern is that with this alliance,and <br /> Sunny Isles Beach is about a 11/4 to 2 miles beach, Miami Beach is about 4 to 5 miles, and <br /> Surfside is in between. When the County decides to allocate) funds for beach <br /> renourishment, his concern is who gets what first? What is going to be the model for <br /> first improvement, would it be relative to beach size? Mayor Scholl said rst and foremost, if <br /> we get no money, it is a moot point. The point was to bring awareness ito the issue. The <br /> Coastal experts determine the priority. We are actually third on the list,right now in terms <br /> of hotspots, Miami Beach and then us. <br /> City Manager Russo said since this is matching money that the County outs in for the State, <br /> we would like to think that the State is looking at it in that way. Mayor Scholl said it is not <br /> supposed to be political. What will happen is the County votes for the funds, then they go <br /> to the State for matching funds, and they look for federal programs. It is based on the <br /> Coastal experts analysis, it is need-based, not politically based. The goal of this whole <br /> thing is to try to get a recurring revenue stream. The problem does not go away, and every <br /> time we have the problem we are out looking for money. The other issue is that if we are <br /> not careful because the majority of the coastal communities are donorlcommunities. So <br /> frankly, if you are the Commissioner for West Kendall or Sweetwater,land you are sitting <br /> at the County, you have the folks at the coastal saying, hey let them pay for it, they have a <br /> lot of money. The point is again, by doing what we are doing it is something that we are <br /> doing and it is working. This is more to help Mayor Gimenez and Commissioner Heyman <br /> because they are only one vote and their colleagues live in the west side of town, they don't <br /> think about it but the west side of town folks go to the beach and they are it is a <br /> public beach. The State actually owns the beach and there are programs where the State <br /> will get matching funds but the State won't just write a check. <br /> Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve the <br /> resolution. Resolution No. 2015-2449 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. <br /> 11. MOTIONS <br /> None <br /> 74 <br />