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<br />Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting
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<br />April 21, 2011
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<br />City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
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<br />Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida is requesting this, and the husband and wife that run it are
<br />residents of Sunny Isles Beach, as well as several of their students. They are hosting the
<br />International Young Dancers Festival and are bringing in 130 dancers with their directors and
<br />they are looking for a donation of the rooms. The students/dancers find host families but the
<br />directors/teachers do not and are looking for a donation of approximately $4,000.00. They
<br />will receive a rate at the Marco Polo for $69 a night, for 8 nights, 7 rooms for a total of
<br />$3,864.00. They are also seeing if they can get the performance room at the Ramada to do a
<br />performance free for the City on behalf of the donation.
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<br />Public Speakers: none
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<br />Mayor Edelcup asked when they would do a performance for the City, and Ms. Simpson said
<br />they are here May 8-16, and have performances in A ventura, North Miami Beach, and
<br />Broward County on May 13, 14, and 15, and so it can be any day other than those days.
<br />Mayor Edelcup said they are currently going to perform at the A ventura Arts and Cultural
<br />Center, the Theater in North Miami Beach, and in the Broward Center. Ms. Simpson said
<br />yes, and that they are willing to give us 200 free tickets to the North Miami Beach
<br />performance that we could give to residents. Mayor Edelcup asked what the City's benefit
<br />would be, and Ms. Simpson said we would be considered a sponsor. They have 288 media
<br />publications that cover this international event, and have dancers from several different
<br />countries including Japan, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and all
<br />the countries will be covering the event. Our City logo will be on all their publications.
<br />They are holding up printing t-shirts, banners, programs, etc. until they hear back from us.
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<br />Mayor Ede1cup said that he doesn't see any benefit for the City by us providing hotel rooms
<br />for performances that are taking place in three other cities, and the last minute get-together of
<br />putting something on probably would be ill-planned and very difficult to execute. If it is
<br />something that happens annually, we should be talking about it for next year with a
<br />performance in our City, and pass on it for this year, and Vice Mayor Thaler agreed. Ms.
<br />Simpson said they have also offered to do a performance with their school, not with the
<br />international group, for anytime in September through May. They performed for us before
<br />and we paid them $1,000, and as to next year, each year it is a different country host.
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<br />After discussion, it was the consensus of the Commission to pass on it for this year.
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<br />13. CITIZENS' FORUM: REQUESTS, PETITIONS & OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
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<br />None
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<br />14. ADJOURNMENT
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<br />Mayor Ede1cup adjourned the meeting at 9:57 p.m.
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<br />Approved by the City Commission on May 19,2011
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