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 which are the Caladium, and Impatiens do well in the winter in cooler weather with many different colors. Commissioner Thaler said that there are many different sizes that one can get on Begonias, and we use the smallest thing that we can find, can't we start with something a little bigger, and Mr. Watts said we can visit that but we are going by what the contract said four years ago, the plants would cost $1.45 each. City Manager Szerlag said if it is a question of cost we can go with larger plants at a higher cost. Mr. Watts said we can go with one-gallon plants. Mayor Edelcup said when they were in Netanya, Israel the flower arrangements were much more beautiful then the typical Caladiums, Begonias, and plants that we are so accustomed to seeing over here, and they were using plants like Snapdragons, and flowering annuals that had a multitude of coloring. Vice Mayor Brezin said the colors were magnificent and as she is reviewing this presentation, she can see that there is some color added but doesn't feel that it is sufficient. She said she can understand that a lot of these were recommended to us because they require less care. She said what has been shown tonight where we have the fencing most of it is just green hedge, it might be different types of green hedge but it is not floral, it is not what we would really like to see in the City. Commissioner Iglesias said what they saw were layers but to go to Atlantic Isle there is nothing but green where you could have different tiers and different color and he understands that we are limited in certain areas but we are not, for example, in the Park. He said you need to put something on the median that is sturdy and looks nice but maybe something bigger that will make an impact, or have layers with different sizes. He said what we need to do is something that will catch your eye and make the City more beautiful. He said we now have Town Center Park that people love and use, and at the very beginning of it we can, next to those trees, use a couple of rocks as well to add to different layers of different colors of flowers. Commissioner Thaler agreed but he felt that staff should also look on a different level for the entranceways to the City, we can put in a layered flowering area, we need color. Mayor Edelcup said a mixture of color, not all one color. He said the Commission would like to see some variety, not everything looking uniform within the City, different beds of flowers will attract your eye as opposed to seeing the same bed again and again throughout the City. Commissioner Thaler said if you would look at the Pinnacle you will see to some extent as to what they are talking about, they have three or four different layers, and they are all different flowers, with all different colors, which is the closest in the City what the Commission is trying to relay to staff. Commissioner Goodman said coming across the William Lehman Causeway you can see that sign there and there is nothing underneath the sign, no beauty or flowers, and Public Works Director Watts said that Crown of Thorns were there but looked bad and were torn out and replaced, but we can do better. He said as far as flowers are concerned we can get larger and more colorful flowers. Commissioner Iglesias said entrances to communities like Poinsianna, Atlantic Isle, Winston Towers, Arlen House, Golden Shores, main entrances, in addition to the seasonals, there are other things we can put in like boulders, rocks, where you have a larger tree behind it, and different flowers, something that when you drive by you say wow this is nice, in the Park in certain areas you can do that as well. 19