2007 0920 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting September 20, 2007 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 7. ORDINANCES FOR FIRST READING 7A. An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending Section 265-11 of the City Code to Require Site Plan Review for Charter Schools and Private Educational Facilities with a Student Population Over 40 Students or More; Providing for Severability; Providing for Repealer; Providing for Inclusion in the Code; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and City Attorney Ottinot reported. Public Speakers: none Vice Mayor Thaler asked on the enforcement of the 40 children, how will we go about that. City Manager Szerlag said we had a template for enforcement when we had a request earlier this year from B'nai Zion Temple and as an agenda supplement, he attached a Conditional Approval letter to the Temple that the applicant had to sign. He said for any future requests, we would use that Conditional Approval as a template, the applicant would have to sign in concurrence with those conditions. He said the Conditional Approval would be strengthened somewhat to indicate that should the student population increase to 40 or more students based on periodic audits that the City would take, there would be a strong possibility that the school would be shut down until such time as an appeal could be made to the governing body to essentially modify the ordinance to have administrative approval for more than 40 students. Mayor Edelcup said basically what this ordinance is doing is saying that the small school, having first gotten Miami-Dade County approval because a Charter School still needs County approval, we are delegating to staff to make the decision that a small school can be properly handled, for a large school of 40 or more students, they would come before the City Commission. Assistant City Manager Vera said that we could have a loop hole here and he would like to add to the Ordinance that Day Care be exempt. Commissioner Brezin moved and Vice Mayor Thaler seconded a motion to approve the proposed ordinance on first reading, as amended to exclude Day Care. The motion was approved by a roll call vote of 4-0-1 [Commissioner Iglesias absent] in favor. Second reading, public hearing will be held on Thursday, October 18, 2007, at 7:30 p.m. V ote: Commissioner Brezin yes Commissioner Goodman yes Commissioner Iglesias absent Vice Mayor Thaler yes Mayor Edelcup yes 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS (Other than Ordinances for Second Reading) None 6