2012-0419 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting April 19, 2012 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Mayor Edelcup said to look more at site specifics because there are some areas that you want to screen and there are some areas that are open to water that you do want to see. It doesn't have to be symmetrical, there are certain areas where you want to camouflage areas. City Manager Cohen said if we are creative we might be able to achieve an equa- distant look. Commissioner Scholl said he thinks being more restrictive on the view rather than less restrictive isn't what we are trying to achieve. Vice Mayor Thaler said we want it more open than what we have now. City Manager Cohen said we will be coming back to the Commission with a much more formal rendering after you approve a contract with the selected architecture firm. Vice Mayor Thaler asked if he will come back with pavers, and City Manager Cohen said we will come back with everything, this is just to get some feedback so that when we meet with the Architect, we can give him some general guidance. 13. CITIZENS' FORUM: REQUESTS, PETITIONS & OTHER COMMUNICATIONS 13A. Representative Joseph Gibbons said he is the Minority Leader in the House of Representatives that represent District 105 which includes parts of Hollywood, all of Hallandale Beach, Pembroke Park, West Park, parts of Miramar, parts of Pembroke Pines. The Legislature has a constitutional requirement to pass a balanced budget. Every ten (10) years the requirement also includes redistricting which has now been completed. The District had been redrawn and submitted, and the Supreme Court has approved on a 7 -0 vote the House Districts. The Senate Districts are being challenged and they have been resubmitted again, and the Congressional Districts are also in the courts. The House Districts as they are drawn have completely changed District 105 that he currently represents. That District has now been changed to District 100, and runs from 595 and Federal Highway, all the way down Federal Highway to Surfside and east, and includes Sunny Isles Beach. He is now going around to all the new cities, as he actually has ten (10) new cities and introducing himself to each municipality. Typically he sends out a Legislative Wrap Up, and you will get it in the mail in the next two weeks. He has previously served on the Hallandale Beach City Commission and the Broward County Planning Council, and so he found tonight's discussions very interesting. There is an election that has to happen, and hopefully he will be successful, he has only one term left as he just completed his third term. Commissioner Scholl mentioned the Florida Building Code, and Representative Gibbons said it has not been approved yet, there are 40 Senators and it takes 21 to make something happen. There are 3000 Bills submitted every year and only 250 pass. For instance, he and Senator Margolis had $500,000 in the budget for the Holocaust Documentation Center restoration in Hollywood, and Governor Scott took it out two days ago, but it will come back again and they will commit to that project and see that it happens. It is difficult when you have a super majority on the other side getting one year's budget. 14. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Edelcup adjouM64 the meeting at 8:04 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: y Approved by the City Commission on May 10, 2012 T.0 e.A Jane A. Hines, CMC; City Clerk Norman S. 61elcup, Mayor 17