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<br />Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting February 10, 2005 <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida <br /> <br />for a public school and all that we are left with is the power to acquire a property for a <br />Charter School. She said that Mr. Book has taken this and run with the ball and is now in the <br />form of a Bill in front of the Legislature and the end of the term will be at the end of April <br />and we should know at that time, and before we have done anything we can actually <br />condemn this property on our own. City Attorney Dannheisser said that alternatively we can <br />have the School Board exercise its authority and basically do the entire acquisition and <br />construction. She said she met with Mayor Edelcup, City Manager Russo, and the school <br />construction people because they also had an issue with what we have contemplated and <br />discussed which is that if they didn't live up to the educational standards or performance <br />standards that we would negotiate, that we would have some leverage that we would have the <br />authority to default them in the lease and take back the property. She said we would buy the <br />school back or pay for the bonds for the construction. She also noted that the construction <br />people have an issue and do not believe they have the legal authority to enter into such an <br />agreement there either. She said she has formulated a question for their attorney to answer <br />based on those conversations just as she formulated the letter request to the Attorney <br />General. She stated that once we have the answer to that, the Mayor will bring your options <br />back before the Commission and to the Advisory Committee, and thinks we should wait to <br />have discussion on this until we get that opinion, but we will continue to try to acquire this <br />site through negotiations because that is not affected by any of this. <br /> <br />Mayor Edelcup said that the City Attorney has succinctly defined where we are at and she is <br />right we need to wait until we get a reply from the School Board because that reply may <br />necessitate us going back to the drawing board depending upon their decision. As soon as <br />we get the response from the School Board he suggested that this Commission convene to <br />examine that response and determine whether or not it is acceptable or if it needs to go back <br />to the Subcommittee for a determination as to where we go. Vice Mayor Thaler noted that <br />there is a School Board meeting next Tuesday, is there any way we can push the issue to see <br />if we can get even a verbal answer before that. City Attorney Dannheisser said they are very <br />structured at the School Board, they will not discuss anything impromptu. Mayor Ede1cup <br />also noted that the Oversite Board has refused to release the funds at the School Board level. <br />City Attorney Dannheisser said this opinion, if the property owners get hold of it, may <br />impact on negotiations as well so we have to reexamine once we get the opinion. <br /> <br />13. CITIZENS' FORUM: REQUESTS, PETITIONS & OTHER COMMUNICATIONS <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />14. ADJOURNMENT <br />cOnVnissi~n~r Goodman moved and Vice Mayor Thaler seconded a motion to adjourn the <br />~e~t,iiig; qg.d Mayor Edelcup adjourned it at 10:52 p.m. <br /> <br />'. ..... <br />.... .. <br /> <br /> <br />Respe~.tfully. s~bh1iRea'by: '.- <br />~A~l. ~. <br />....~ <br />Jane A. Hir~~', ity Cler~~'.:, . <br /> <br />,. .. ~ '...~J' <br />