2006 0216 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting February 16,2006 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Commissioner Goodman said that the Federal Government has renourished the beach three times since he has lived here and Miami-Dade County was in the forefront of helping us get the beach renourished. He said we gave them 1,000 parking spaces and he is concerned if we take over the beach and go to the Federal Government to renourish the beach, do we have enough power like Miami-Dade County has. Vice Mayor Brezin asked what they are discussing now is the area that Miami-Dade County is currently taking care of. Mr. Cantrell said no, it is a private company that charges each condominium to clean the public beach that belongs to Sunny Isles Beach, everybody uses it, why should the condominiums pay to clean the beach. Vice Mayor Brezin said that the portion that they are referring to and are paying is currently the responsibility of Miami-Dade County not Sunny Isles Beach, and what he is stating is that the service is not adequate and perhaps the action should be, not for us to take over, but to take the step and see to it that Miami-Dade County, who is responsible for that area, live up to what they are supposed to do. Commissioner Iglesias said just recently we passed a law that ifthere is a hurricane, prohibit people from swimming, and at that time he had asked if they had jurisdiction to do that, it is DERM and the Army Corp of Engineers, and when he asked the question you said yes, we are legal and binding, and he said that if we are passing a law, we are sticking our necks out and prohibiting people from swimming on something that really we don't maintain. He said we should look deep and find out maybe, not that we are going to accept responsibility for the beach or the erosion control ofthe refurbishing of the beach, but as an added service, just as we clean the streets, we can clean the beach as well. Commissioner Thaler said that Miami-Dade County does part of it and before we do that we should go to the County and find out why they are not doing the whole beach. Commissioner Iglesias said that is a good point and what we can do is go to the County and ask what it would cost for their maintenance person to do the whole beach and maybe we should look at it and provide the service, not that we are going to inherit the beach but we may be able to provide the service. Mayor Edelcup, on behalf of the Commission, instructed staff to meet with the County and report back to the Commission. 14. ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Goodman moved to adjourn the meeting, and Mayor Edelcup adjourned it at 11 :33 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: ~~'~i:,~ Jane 'A.lIines; CMC: Git)<G:lerk ,";' ~ !:: ~-,~ \ " {.., ~--- -.- :; ; '_J ".Q";"~:... ~"'r'-"-, '. .- ~ ~ . ! \ ~ .,. .~t Approved by the City Commission on March 16, 2006 ,4h / '. . . , "', I.. , , . '-~ .: r;'" /' ....;/ ~ ,..., '1"" ..' . - 24