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<br />Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting <br /> <br />July 21,2011 <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida <br /> <br />5. SPECIAL PRESENT A TIONS <br /> <br />SA. City Commission Employee Recognition Program: Certificates of Appreciation to be <br />Presented to the Following City Employees: Office Assistant Agustina Graddick, Assistant <br />City Clerk Mauricio Betancur, Police Corporal Ruben Zamora, and Police Officer Rey <br />Zamora. <br />Action: Mayor Edelcup reported that these employees went above and beyond their call of <br />duty in the performance of their duties, and the City Commission presented the Certificates <br />of Appreciation and noted that each recipient will receive a $100 check. <br /> <br />5B. A Presentation Honoring the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, with the Government <br />Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for <br />Fiscal Year 2010/2011. This Award is the highest form of recognition in governmental <br />budgeting reflecting the commitment of the governing body and staff in meeting those <br />highest principles of governmental budgeting. The City satisfied nationally recognized <br />guidelines for effective budget presentation and for this achievement is presented with the <br />Distinguished Budget Presentation Award. <br />Action: Mayor Ede1cup congratulated Assistant City Manager/Finance Minai Shah and her <br />Finance Department staff on receiving this prestigious award. Staff accepting the award <br />included Controller Michael Quesada, Administrative Coordinator Francesca Pellot, and <br />Senior Office Assistant David Blanco. <br /> <br />6. ZONING: ZONING HEARINGS ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS. <br /> <br />6A. Request of Sunny Isles Daycare Corp., Owner of the Property Located at 17395 North <br />Bay Road, #102, for the Following: (Hearing #Z2011-03) <br /> <br />1. The Applicant is requesting a Conditional Use Site Plan Approval for a Daycare Center <br />in the RMF-2 Zoning District. <br /> <br />2. The Applicant is requesting a Variance of Section 265-44(D)(2) of the City Code to <br />permit a Child Care Center with a maximum of 40 children where 6 children are <br />permitted. <br />Protests 0 Waivers 0 Ex Parte 0 <br /> <br />Action: [City Clerk's Note: Applicant distributed the Jollowing documents: Report oj <br />Evaluation oj Educational Credentials; Booklet on Sunny Isles Daycare Corp; Memo on <br />Petition to Stop the opening oj a day care center; Petition with signatures in support oj <br />daycare center; Traffic Memorandum re: Sunny Isles Day Care Facility Traffic Analysis.) <br />Mayor Edelcup gave opening remarks on zoning procedures/decorum and City Clerk Hines <br />read a disclaimer for the Zoning hearing, and administered the oath to the witnesses for the <br />Zoning hearing. Assistant City Manager Vera reported noting that the purpose of this public <br />hearing is to request Conditional Use Site Plan for a Daycare Center in the RMF-2 Zoning <br />District, and to permit a maximum of 40 children where the maximum of children permitted <br />is six (6) children. The Applicant is planning on providing the Daycare Center in what we <br />know as Winston Towers Shopping Plaza which is located in a residential zone providing <br />business services for the immediate area. <br /> <br />2 <br />