2016-0218 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting February 18,2016 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida 4. ORDER OF BUSINESS (Additions/Deletions/Amendments) 4A. Request to Hear Items: Add-On: Item 5A. CAC Report; Deferrals: Item 10D. Auditor Firms; Item 10J. Sublease Agreement; and Item 10K. Triple Net Leaseback Agreement. Action: Mayor Scholl noted the above changes to the agenda. Commissioner Aelion moved and Commissioner Levin seconded a motion to approve the above changes to the agenda.The motion was approved by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 5. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 5A. Add-On: Presentation/Update by Chairperson Jeniffer Viscarra of the City Advisory Committee. Action: Chairperson Jeniffer Viscarra of the City Advisory Committee,reviewed what they have accomplished and what they expect going forward in the next year. One of the things she had mentioned a year ago is that there was some lack of connectivity for new members, that new members felt a little bit lost. Some of the new ideas were not really new or feasible, and senior members would say no we talked about that before,and so it was very difficult for the new members with the Sunshine learning how to communicate with each other. Given she was on a working committee and her job was to fine-tune where she was, what she inherited and to make sure that the new members felt comfortable in their roles and that there was team building and that they had some guidance within the limits of how we are not to communicate. As the new Chair it was very important to her to address that connectivity.. She started with City Manager Russo who arranged an internal tour for her where she got to meet a lot of the Department Directors and their representatives. She learned their role,their needs, and she started thinking about how that could be implemented into a CAC meeting. Some of them came to the meeting and the other members also got to learn the roles because again as liaisons for the community, it is hard for them to be that liaison if they don't know how things work. They were bringing a lot of that into the meeting, and as a result for example she had no idea about the permitting process, she really liked the online video and it may be something that they feature at the beginning of the Condo Series as a way to get the word out and also because it ties in with condo living. Chair Viscarra said for example the cat program,a lot of people did not know it existed and they came in and as a result of that connection now the Plaza of the Americas have a working relationship with the City. Some are even contributing financially for the food and while the cats are very cute they are multiplying very quickly. It is really nice to know that we have the program there,we have captured some,the board members and the property owners are more educated, we are working on it and it is nice to see those partnerships emerging. Chair Viscarra said also as part of that context building,once she had the internal tour down, they also had the first in what she hopes to be an annual bus tour for the entire Committee, where they learned about the various projects, and City Manager Russo was a great tour guide and did an excellent job. He told us about all the projects that were underway,and we visited different parks, and again context about some history, the church parking lot, they learned about everything. They did come up with more feasible ideas as a result of being 2