2016-1215 Regular City Commission Meeting Minutes

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting December 15, 2016 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida paid a payment for the low voltage at the October 20, 2016 meeting, and this is the big chunk of FPL, there may be other miscellaneous expenses but this is going to get implemented and energized. Public Speakers: None Mayor Scholl said just so the public understands this, Collins Avenue has been torn up for the past eight (8) months and it will be torn up a lot longer. We are putting in conduit piped under the ground to take all the wires down along Collins Avenue and underground them all, not only the power lines but also cable television, the telephone and other utilities that are up on the poles. As part of that we are going to have a new Streetscape with new light posts and new lights along Collins Avenue. Everybody that has called him about holiday decorations, we don't have holiday decorations up because of this project but also the new light posts will accommodate holiday decorations that we can power, then hopefully we will outshine Bal Harbour next year. Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2016-2650 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 10P. Add -On: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending Resolution No. 14-Z-149 to Extend the Time Period to Obtain a Building Permit by Chabad Lubavitch Russian Center of South Florida, Inc., (the "Applicant") for the Project Entitled "488 & 500 Sunny Isles" Located at 488 & 500 Sunny Isles Boulevard in Accordance with Section 265-11 (L) of the City Code; Authorizing the City Manager and the City Attorney to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: [City Clerk's Note: Distributed prior to the meeting.] City Clerk Hines read the title, and Planning and Zoning Director Claudia Hasbun reported that this Application was approved on December 18, 2014, and the Rabbi has requested an extension for another 12 months and he also has mentioned that he might come in, in the next six months, to downsize the design of the project. Public Speakers: None Mayor Scholl said he had discussed this with the Rabbi and he might consider downsizing this project a little bit and he was sorry that he could not be here as his father took ill in Russia and he flew to Russia yesterday. Commissioner Aelion said he also spoke to him and he voiced the same sentiments to him. Commissioner Aelion moved and Commissioner Goldman seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2016-2651 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 12