2016-0519 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting May 19,2016 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida 10J. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida,Approving a Program Grant Agreement Between the City of Sunny Isles Beach and the School Board of Miami-Dade County,Florida,for the Sunny Isles Beach Address Verification Plan in Substantially the Same Form Attached Hereto as Exhibit "A"; Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Said Agreement; Authorizing the City Manager and the City Attorney to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate the Terms of this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Mayor Scholl reported that we had a Workshop today at 4:00 p.m. that lasted about 90 minutes. We had a lot of passionate discussion about our school and the fact that we have a lot of students attending the school that live out of the boundaries and out of the district. This has been an on-going issue and it has been building for ten(10)years,ever since the school opened. We have been working very closely with the School System to put together a program and a plan which we are calling the Address Verification Plan which will essentially go through every record of every student in the school to verify that they belong in the school, that their address is truly correct within the boundaries of the school district,or that there is some exception for them to be there. He and the staff have met with the School System on several occasions and we have negotiated a plan. It is three (3)years in one (1)year increments and so we are going to see how the first year goes and if we need to renegotiate modifications or any changes we are going to see how effective that plan is but he believes we are finally moving to address the overcrowding in the school in a concerted effort around the School System, and this is the cornerstone of that effort. Public Speakers: Fabiola Stuyvesant Commissioner Aelion said then in the first year we are allocating$76,725.00, but it doesn't speak to the consequent years. City Attorney Ottinot said the second and third year is an option, and Commissioner Aelion said therefore there are no monies allocated yet. Mayor Scholl said if everything stays the same, we don't have to come back to the Commission, if the numbers go up or if we are going to make material changes then we will come back to the Commission. Mayor Scholl called up the public speaker,Fabiola Stuyvesant,who thanked the Commission for the Plan, the only thing she would add is to make sure that there is a signature confirmation with the Post Office so that way we know they received it. Also to support and continue the quality of this school is to just wait a little bit for the results of this Address Verification Plan to see if the School Board is willing to remove students from the school who do not belong there. Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2016-2557 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 11