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<br />Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting January 19,2012 <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida <br /> <br />Mr. Steiger asked if the Commission can visit Israel soon, and Mayor Edelcup said we will <br />arrange to do something but he doesn't want to commit for this year because they may be tied <br />up for other Sister City events or require us to travel. Let's try to plan it for 2013, and that <br />would give you plenty of time to get a group together. The last time we did this, there was a <br />group of 10-12 people that went, perhaps we should open this to any other residents of the <br />City that want to buy into going, and we can go over as a bigger group. As a courtesy open it <br />to residents of the City that may want to go if we can come up with an attractive rate. <br /> <br />13B. Guillermo Ramirez discussed Senior Exercise Equipment be placed in the Parks. He <br />feels it is important to recognize retirees, and he has not seen anything in the Parks to attend <br />to the physical well being ofthe senior citizens. He recently visited Brazil and in their parks <br />they have equipment for seniors to exercise. He said this is true in other major cities in the <br />world such as in Canada and England, and Sunny Isles Beach being a progressive City he <br />would like to see that in our Parks. Mayor Edelcup said that was an excellent suggestion and <br />told him to talk to Cultural and Human Services Director Susan Simpson who was sitting in <br />the audience, and she will get with our City Manager. If we can work something into our <br />existing Parks or future Parks that is beneficial for our senior citizens and we can find the <br />space to do it, and he is sure we can, he thinks it is an excellent suggestion. In the interim, <br />Ms. Simpson runs a number of programs that create an exercise program in Pelican <br />Community Park and maybe she can make you aware of some of the things that are currently <br />available until such time that we are able to expand it out into the other Parks. <br /> <br />14. ADJOURNMENT <br /> <br />Mayor Edelcup adjourned the meeting at 9:12 p.m. <br /> <br />, . Respectfully submitted by: <br /> <br />Approved by the City Commission on Feb. 16,2012 <br /> <br />~A~ <br /> <br />Jane A. Hines, CMC, City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />19 <br />