2006 0518 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting May 18, 2006 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida it over a period of time as long as they admit that they are responsible to pay us for the shortfall, and we would agree to sit down with them and discuss a new formula going forward as long as it is fair not only for the County but fair for each of the cities and respectively fair between the cities, and if we can achieve that then we can settle this, short of any other legal action. He said if we cannot settle it that way then he will be back before this Commission asking for whatever authority that City Attorney Ottinot would need to either mediate this or bring it before ajudicial body if we have to go that way. He said that the next meeting is May 30, 2006 and that he would come back and report at the June 15,2006 City Commission meeting the outcome of that meeting and what the County's position is. Mayor Edelcup said what the County doesn't want to recognize is that they sat down with us and this was part of the Interlocal Agreement when we left the County as unincorporated, the County came up with this agreement, we accepted this agreement, now they have decided that they don't like the agreement that they suggested and have unilaterally just changed the formula to give them the answer that they want without informing us ahead of time as to whether or not we agreed to that or not. City Attorney Ottinot said that we will keep the Commission apprised of all the negotiations and also will provide a written status report after the meeting on May 30, 2006. 12E. Add-On: Discussion regarding Landscaping of Samson Oceanfront Park and the Medians. Action: City Manager Szerlag said that this issue is time sensitive because he would like the Commission to be aware as well as receive their input on projects that we are going to do in the future and asked Public Works Director James Watts to do a power-point presentation, and noted that a copy of the presentation has been handed out to the Commission. Public Works Director Watts said that they will be discussing landscaping in the medians and in Samson Oceanfront Park, and the seasonal color change. Public Speakers: Andrew Tagleomonte Public Works Director Watts said we are having difficulties on Collins Avenue because we are having a fence put in and have not decorated that; we have damage from hurricanes where plants burned up and were completely taken out; and there are a lot of places that need to be filled from damage of people walking through flowers and from vehicles. Mr. Watts said the plants that they use on the medians are Green Buttonwood, Silver Buttonwood, and Ficus Green Island plants which is an excellent slow growing plant, does not need a lot of trimming or care, and is highly adaptable to the weather, whereas Red Cocoplum burned up very quickly from salt and wind damage. He said that we want plants and trees badly but so does everyone else and so the plants that we have got are very small and will take a couple of years of growing. He said currently we have 12 noses on Collins Avenue and we have 26 noses located on 174th Street and we would like to recommend we do colored noses on every island in the City. He said right now we are doing 38 and now there will be another 38 which will double our cost from $34,000 per change to $70,000 per change or $210,000 per year. He said we have three basic colors that we are using, the Begonias which is a summer flower and stands well under the heat, we have the fall plants 18