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City Historian Schulman said that research has been done and some of the facts involved in designating the Temple as an historic site are: (1)it was initially named the Miami Beach United Lutheran Church of the Epiphany in 1956, the building as it stands now was not there;(2)this is the legal description,the property sold to Temple B'Nai Zion in 1977:(3)the actual construction of the building, the ground work was started in 1962; and(4) what was builtat that time is what we are discussing here as an historic site. City Historian Schulman said there are basically three pieces of the Temple that would be designated as an historic site: (1)the Memorial Tower;(2)the Main Sanctuary;and(3)the Front Walkway. This building is very similar to Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture,who died in 1959 but left a lot of architectural buildings in tact. Bill Kreidt, Sr., a contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright,designed Temple B'Nai Zion, and if you take a look at the photos you will see that a lot of the roof structures, the stone work, the archways, and a lot of the towers structures were all very similar, and that is one of the reasons that we think this is very unique. In conjunction with the architecture, a significant major event took place on March 28, 2004 when we held the Holocaust Program (programs from that event were distributed). We are the only City in the United States that has located, honored, respected, and paid tribute to the 300 Holocaust survivors who resided in this City in 2004,not only did we recognize them,but we also provided them with a medallion. It therefore meets at least two of the five criteria for designation and staff recommends that we retain the services of Ms. Uguccioni to assist the Board in deciding whether to designate Temple B'Nai Zion as an historic site. City Clerk Hines read the following Resolution title into the record: A Resolution of the Historic Preservation Board of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Expressing Support for the City's Efforts to Enter into a Consulting Agreement with Ellen J. Uguccioni to Evaluate the Significance of the Temple B'Nai Zion and Determine Whether it Meets the Standards for Historic Site Designation Under the City Code; Providing for an Effective Date. Cassey Gabor moved and Phillip Chemoff seconded a motion to approve the Resolution. HPB Resolution No. 2010-12 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0-2 (Janet Cini and Mark Glicksman absent) in favor. Commissioner Scholl asked if the property owners were notified of this meeting, and it was noted that the meeting was advertised and posted. He said he thinks that you should proceed with an abundance of caution because ultimately you are really putting a burden on the property rights by passing something like this. We need to move very slowly on this to make sure that the property owners understand what is going on because he heard a lot of things about the building but nothing about the rights of the property owners. City Attorney Hans Ottinot noted that is why tonight we are only hiring a consultant to create a designation report. If this Board moves toward designation, the property owners would have adequate notice and due process. We are not under a legal requirement to give a notice but we could give a courtesy notice. He is not going to make a full fledged conclusion that the Board and Commission is going to approve the designation, this is just the process. He said that right now all we are doing is creating the research and the data for this Board and then the Commission to make an objective decision do this. No petition has been filed by us, once that petition is filed, that would be the trigger point. Summary Minutes: 2010-0113 HPB Mtg Page 4 of 5