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<br />'. <br /> <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br /> <br />(305) 947-0606 City Hall <br />(305) 949-3 II 3 Fax <br />(305) 947-2150 Building Department <br />(305) 947-5 107 Fax <br /> <br />City Commission <br />Norman S. Edelcup, Mayor <br />Lewis J. Thaler, Vice Mayor <br />Roslyn Brezin, Commissioner <br />Gerry Goodman, Commissioner <br />Danny Iglesias, Commissioner <br /> <br />A. John Szerlag, City Manager <br />Hans Ottinot, City Attorney <br />Jane A. Hines, City Clerk <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: The Honorable City Commission <br />FROM: A. John Szerlag, City M~ <br />DATE: March 8, 2007 <br /> <br />RE: 1. Opposition to the Property Tax Revision Proposed by the Florida House of <br />Representatives. <br /> <br />2. Support for the Alternative Property Ta~_nRef~~_n~!~P~S~_~_~L!~~gmo~~!!lor <br />-Wlth-Changes.- _n__ un________m__ -------- --- -- - <br /> <br />City Managers within Miami-Dade County have been meeting for reason of assessing the financial <br />and level of service impacts to municipal operations based on the restrictions contained in the <br />Property Tax Reform Proposal advanced by the Florida House of Representatives. All impacts are <br />negative; in fact, severely negative. Succincdy, when a city loses its revenue stream, its level of service <br />is also reduced. When the municipal level of service is reduced, the quality of life for residents, <br />including public safety issues, are also reduced. What happens next is that capital projects are placed <br />on hold or eliminated. Add all this together and what you have is a city wide angle of repose to <br />blight. And in a very short time frame. <br /> <br />The attached resolution has four components: <br /> <br />1. What the Florida House of Representatives is proposing. <br />2. How this proposal would affect the City of Sunny Isles Beach. <br />3. Why the proposal by the House of Representatives is flawed. <br />4. Support for Governor Crist proposal along with some additional suggestions. <br /> <br />On the home front, Mayor EdeIcup and I have collaborated on this issue, so please feel free to <br />contact either one of us should you have any questions. <br /> <br />AJS/iw <br /> <br />cc: Jorge L. Vera, Assistant City Manager/Service Division <br />Douglas M. Haag Assistant City Manager/Finance Division <br />Hans Ottinot, City Attorney <br />Jean Watson, Finance Director <br /> <br />Commission - Property Tax RevisionDoc <br /> <br />Agenda Item \ 0 I <br />Date 3 -I S- 07 <br />