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<br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue, Suite 250 <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33 160 <br /> <br />(305) 947-0606 City Hall <br />(305) 949-3 II 3 Fax <br />(305) 947-2150 Building Department <br />(305) 947-5107 Fax <br /> <br />city Commission <br />Norman S. Edelcup, Mayor <br />Lewis Thaler, Vice Mayor <br />Isaac Aelion, Commissioner <br />Jeanette Gatto, Commissioner <br />George "Bud" Scholl, Commissioner <br /> <br />Alan J. Cohen, City Manager <br />Hans Ottinot, City Attorney <br />Jane A. Hines, CMC, City Clerk <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Honorable Mayor and City Commission <br /> <br />Hans Gttinot, City Attorney ~ <br /> <br />September 15,2011 <br /> <br />Cancelation of Agreement with American Traffic Solutions (A TS) for the <br />Installation and Operation of Red Light Cameras <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />It is recommended that the City cancel its Agreement with A TS for the installation and operation <br />of the red light cameras. <br /> <br />REASONS <br /> <br />On July 17, 2008, the City passed and adopted Resolution No. 2008-1290, which established and <br />authorized the City's Traffic Safety Camera Program and authorized the City to enter into an <br />Agreement with American Traffic Solutions, Inc. ("A TS") to effectuate said purpose. The <br />Agreement between the City and A TS was to install and operate red light cameras at various <br />intersections on Collins Avenue in order to give continuous video coverage to the City's Police <br />Department as a traffic safety measure at no cost to the City. <br /> <br />The Traffic Safety Camera Program was temporarily stayed following the City's internal review <br />of the program's cost and effectiveness. More recently, the City Commission held a workshop <br />addressing the program's viability. During this workshop, certain concerns were raised <br />regarding the effectiveness of the Traffic Safety Camera Program in terms of overall traffic <br />safety and cost to the City. Based on these concerns, it was determined that the program should <br />be discontinued. Moreover, a legal decision from state court questioned the constitutionality of <br />the Red Light Camera Program under the current law. <br /> <br />The City Commission is authorized to terminate without cause its Agreement with A TS pursuant <br />to Section 6.3.4 of the Agreement. That section states that after the first three (3) years of the <br />Agreement, the City may provide for the early termination for the City's own convenience. <br />As indicated previously, the Agreement was approved by the City Commission on July 17,2008. <br /> <br />Cancelation of Agmt- ATS <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />