2009-1119 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting November 19, 2009 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida proposed ordinance on first reading. The motion was approved by a roll call vote of 5 -0 in favor. Second reading, public hearing will be held on Thursday, December 17, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. Vote: Commissioner Brezin yes Commissioner Goodman yes Commissioner Scholl yes Vice Mayor Thaler yes Mayor Edelcup yes 713. An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending Section 212 of the City Code Relating to Construction Site Maintenance Standards; Providing for Severability; Providing for Inclusion in the Code; Providing for Repealer; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and City Attorney Ottinot reported noting that this ordinance puts a burden on the property owner and also the construction crane operator to remove the crane if no construction activity takes place within a 30 -day time period. If it is not removed we will hold the property owner and crane operator responsible and could be fined $1,000 per day if not removed. Public Speakers: None Vice Mayor Thaler moved and Commissioner Scholl seconded a motion to approve the proposed ordinance on first reading. The motion was approved by a roll call vote of 5 -0 in favor. Second reading, public hearing will be held on Thursday, December 17, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. Vote: Commissioner Brezin yes Commissioner Goodman yes Commissioner Scholl yes Vice Mayor Thaler yes Mayor Edelcup yes City Attorney Ottinot said that he has been working with City Manager Conner and Assistant City Manager Vera to try to get the crane removed from the Solice site. They were given the deadline of today to remove the crane, and today we received notice that they contacted the crane owner and they will remove it within two weeks but that is not confirmed. If they don't remove it, he asked the Commission for any action necessary to get that crane down. Mayor Edelcup said one of the other actions that we could take would be to cancel the active permit that is allowing that construction to go forward since they haven't been doing any construction for more than six months, and so he would like the Commission to consider giving the City Attorney the right all the way up to withdrawing the permit if they do not remove the crane in the two -week period. Commissioner Scholl said he would go further, cancel the permit and tear the building down, and he would like to give the City Attorney and City Manager as much leeway as possible, and the Commission agreed. 4