2004 0617 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting June 17,2004 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Rorida Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Mayor Edelcup reported. Public Speakers: Phillip Chernoff; Mary Ann Eicke Phillip Chernoff said for the record that he did not resign, that he was removed, and that he recei ved a call from Vice Mayor Goodman and was told that he has been removed from the Committee. Mayor Edelcup said that the City's procedures as such that if he did not resign, he cannot be removed unless the Commission were to act in total. Mr. Chernoff said that under the circumstances he wouldn't want to serve on this Committee, and that he will resign. Vice Mayor Goodman said he did call him and it was done verbally. Mayor Edelcup said we will defer this until we receive a written resignation from Mr. Chernoff. Commissioner Iglesias noted that Herb Abramson did not accept the appointment and therefore he appointed Alina Sosa-Perez to the Health and Welfare Committee, which was just a correction. Commissioner Thaler noted that the resignation of Trina Duluc was verbal. Deputy City Attorney Ottinot said for the record we should have a written resignation. Mayor Edelcup noted that the appointments by Vice Mayor Goodman and Commissioner Thaler will be deferred until written resignations have been received by the City Clerk. Commissioner Brezin moved and Commissioner Iglesias seconded a motion to approve the appointment of Alina Sosa-Perez to the Health and Welfare Committee. The motion was approved by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 11. DISCUSSION ITEMS 11A. Discussion regarding Jet Ski Wave Runners. Action: City Manager Russo reported that two complaints were received concerning the operation of jet skis, one was a letter from the Sands Point Association, and the issue was generally the pollution, the gas power, the smell that comes out of the jet skis going in and out, traveling too close to shore, and just getting from the shore, if they are going out to the location that they are allowed to use them. He said that looking into this, the beach is operated by the County, the permitting for jet skis on our beach which is typically the hotels, one is the Newport, and the other is the Sonesta Hotel, there may be another, but those are the two that he knows of. He said that the County has laws on this, there is a channel that they have to mark off to go from the location, what he thinks is a 300-foot mark which is the swim line, and they can go beyond that line. City Manager Russo noted that the two fundamental issues are the pollution that these jet skis give off being gas-powered, getting out to that point because, whether they are in the channel or not, it is the same water that is going to where people are swimming, and then staying beyond that 300-foot area. He said in checking this out, it was found that the County would very 9