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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting July 21,2016 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida <br /> Assistant to the City Manager for Special Projects Kathryn Matos reported the purpose of <br /> this Resolution is to give the City Manager authority to begin negotiations for an annual <br /> Shoreline Surveying Contract with the top qualifying firm [Sea Diversified, Inc.] that <br /> responded to the RFQ. The reason this is important is the City has to start monitoring the <br /> amount of sand on the beach so that in an event of a major storm that wipes out our beach, <br /> we will have solid data to submit to FEMA for reimbursement. We will also be able to use <br /> the data to monitor the health of the beach and for grant applications for beach renourishment <br /> and future erosion mitigation project. <br /> Public Speakers: None <br /> Mayor Scholl said what you are saying is that we have got to keep track of it if we want to <br /> hold them responsible for the operations in the future. On top of that,we have all heard from <br /> Commissioner Heyman that we have got $11 Million in the County budget, and if he is <br /> correct, the State matches the County and the Federal government matches both of them. <br /> And so this year we have got hopefully roughly $40 Million coming in to address beach <br /> erosion and we are next on the list. Last year's roughly $40 Million went to Miami Beach <br /> but in the Army Corps of Engineering priority, our hot spots are next as far as the priority is <br /> concerned. We just need to be vigilant in keeping an eye on the County that they don't nix <br /> that from the budget at the last minute because that is kind of our earmarked funding at the <br /> County. Commissioner Aelion said right,especially that area under the Pier,that is a chronic <br /> situation and it needs to be monitored. City Manager Russo said we already started having <br /> meetings with the Army Corps about that specific area,we know it is going to take time and <br /> we have already started. <br /> Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve the <br /> resolution. Resolution No. 2016-2575 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. <br /> 11. MOTIONS <br /> None <br /> 12. DISCUSSION ITEMS <br /> 12A. A Discussion regarding a Request for Extra Security Assets at Pier Park. <br /> Action: Commissioner Aelion said he had a request from LaPerla regarding parking at Pier <br /> Park, and we have Roberto Rodriguez the President of LaPerla here tonight. We have all <br /> seen the incident reports from the Chief. One of the incidents of late was an almost physical <br /> injury that would have occurred in the infamous parking lot for the Pier. The issue is one of <br /> oversite, and so the City has made an effort to add staff to be able to supervise the regular <br /> traffic back and forth. What he did as a result of what happened because it only got worse, <br /> and we would see videos every now and then from the Property Manager as to the <br /> bottlenecking and other incidents that occur there almost on a regular basis,and he would say <br /> dangerous. Before he even placed this item on the agenda, he went there about four or five <br /> times at different times to find out exactly what is going on there. He sat with the City <br /> Manager and the City Attorney and he came up with a couple of suggestions. The Police <br /> 12 <br />