2005 0210 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting February 10,2005 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Public Speakers: none Vice Mayor Thaler moved and Commissioner Goodman seconded a motion to approve the resolution, as amended. Resolution No. 2005-773 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 11. MOTIONS None 12. DISCUSSION ITEMS 12A. Add-On Discussion by Stanley K. Shapiro regarding the Prime Time Seniors of 501C3. Action: Mayor Edelcup introduced Stanley K. Shapiro. Mr. Shapiro said he belongs to VFW Post 3559 American Legion Post 85 in Miami Beach, and is a senior citizen activist in Miami Beach and Miami-Dade County. He brought up at his Post the idea of writing letters to our servicemen overseas. He said he has already gone before the Commission in North Bay Village, Bal Harbour, and Surfside and they each gave him $1,000.00 for the Prime Time Seniors, and he will be going before the Bay Harbor Island Commission next. He then asked Sunny Isles Beach for a donation of$I,OOO.OO. Commissioner Goodman moved and Commissioner Iglesias seconded a motion to donate $1,000.00 to the Prime Time Seniors. The motion was approved by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 12B. Add-On Discussion by City Attorney Dannheisser regarding the Miami-Dade County School Board. Action: Mayor Edelcup said that City Attorney Dannheisser wanted to bring the Commission up to date on an item. City Attorney Dannheisser said that the Commission had requested an Attorney General Opinion as to whether the School Board could initiate the condemnation action for the property that we wanted to acquire for the school site and where Dade County could construct the school site. She said we asked the question as to whether the School Board could initiate a condemnation action on our behalf so that we could acquire the property for an educational purpose because we were going to pay for all the costs including the cost of acquisition, they would then turn the title over to us, and we would in turn lease back the property, long-term lease, for them to construct a school. She said the answer has been returned from the Attorney General in the negative, specifically, they have opined that the School Board may not use its power of eminent domain on behalf of the City to obtain fee simple title and subsequently convey that title to the City even if a lease hold interest is granted back to the School Board. She said this leaves us with a couple of options: she said she met with City Manager Russo and our Lobbyist Ron Book to reinstate the provision that was sunsetted that took away our power of eminent domain to acquire property 14