2016-1117 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting November 17,2016 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida 5. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 5A. A Presentation to Winners of the Sunny Isles Beach Photo Contest for the City's 2017 Calendar. Action: Cultural and Community Services Director Susan Simpson said Alayne Yeash who normally presents this is on vacation. She said the competition for the 2017 desktop calendar had 49 photographers contributing, which is a record. This year's calendar commemorated the City's 20'h year of incorporation. Many fine shots did not make the final cut as there were only 17 spots to fill, the runner-up shots however will be used in such places as the quarterly Living Magazine, the monthly Islander, the City's Website, and in various marketing articles or ads. Ms. Simpson gave a PowerPoint Presentation of the 2017 Calendar. As she announced the winners, Senior Office Assistant Luz Rey presented them each with a blue etched glass plaque and a gift bag of calendars. The winning photographers are as follows: Mykola Khodorovskyi; Harry Frahm; Smadar Sasson; Sonny Sabatto; Beatrix Csinger; Ekaterina Khramova; Laura Carrier; Deborah Newport; Guillermo Levain; Leonardo Escobar; Guido Prado; Rafael Gonzalez;and Miriam Poletto. Ms. Simpson said she would get the awards to those who were not here tonight. 5B. A Presentation by Elizabeth Ellis of AEA Consulting regarding the Final Draft of the Sunny Isles Beach Cultural Master Plan. Action: [City Clerk's Note: See additional action under the related Add-On Item 100.] Mayor Scholl said we have been working a long time on this, and Elizabeth Ellis of the Consulting firm is here tonight to present the final draft of the Cultural Master Plan. He noted that former Mayor Norman S. Edelcup and Lynn Dannheiser, Esq. are also here. Public Speakers: Elizabeth Ellis Ms. Ellis presented the Cultural Master Plan, and noted that the full plan was presented last month at a Workshop. She went over the changes, the drive behind it, and the vision. We did the plan because there was a sense that arts and culture could do more of a bonding here in Sunny Isles Beach. If we could leverage that it would bring a lot of benefits to the • Community. The following is the Vision Statement: Arts and cultural programming will enhance Sunny Isles Beach as a livable, family-friendly, vibrant, and creative community. Through a high-quality, accessible, year-round portfolio of attractive cultural programs, we will expand participation in the arts across our diverse residents, improving the quality of life in our City. Arts and cultural programming will animate and celebrate our unique landscape and public spaces, enhance our City's profile, and forge stronger bonds within our community. The goals are: bridge and bond the community through inclusive and accessible flagship events; leverage arts and culture for creative place-making; focus on families and children in cultural programming; expand upon existing successful programs; and support arts and culture with required infrastructure. Since last month, we added more detail, we included some government and management problems that was referred to for the Arts in Public Places Program,we wrote some new job descriptions for two recommended positions, a full time Public Arts Program Manager and a part-time Music Program Manager, and we did some research on fund raising.