2012-0510 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting May 10, 2012 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida to give an update on the Sister City Program. Ms. Baronoff thanked the Commission for their help with the Sister City Program. We had a great response from the Italians of Sicily, the Delegation of four people who came to Sunny Isles Beach including the Vice Mayor and two Commissioners. The City agreed on becoming twin cities, and a delegation from the City will go to Sicily in August for a formal signing, and then they will come next year for a formal signing here in Sunny Isles Beach. The other City is Trouville de Sur, France, they had not responded to her as they just finished with an election. They will try to visit here before September. Mayor Edelcup thanked Ms. Baronoff for bringing our proposed Sister City to us and for all the work that she and the Dezer organization did, and for the other developers that helped make last week a very memorable week for the people that were here from Sicily. He said they were very pleased with our City and a lot of that is due to your good selling efforts. Ms. Baronoff gave Mayor Edelcup a few newspapers from Sicily. Commissioner Scholl moved and Vice Mayor Thaler seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2012 -1902 was adopted by a voice vote of 5 -0 in favor. lOB. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving the Award of RFP No. 12 -03 -02 to and Entering into an Agreement with Shorty's Bar -B -Q for Catering Services for the City's Annual Anniversary Celebration, in an Amount Not to Exceed $35,138.25, Attached Hereto as Exhibit "A "; Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Said Agreement; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Assistant Cultural and Human Services Director Sylvia Flores reported noting that it is the same caterer that we used last year. Public Speakers: None Vice Mayor Thaler moved and Commissioner Gatto seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2012 -1903 was adopted by a voice vote of 5 -0 in favor. 10C. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Approving the Award of RFQ No. 12 -04 -03 to and Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into an Agreement with Stanley Consultants, Inc., Provided that the Agreement is Reviewed by the City Attorney for Form and Legal Sufficiency, to Provide Acoustic Engineering Consulting Services for Town Center Skate Park, in an Amount Not to Exceed $50,000.00; Authorizing the City Manager and the City Attorney to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: [City Clerk's Note: A revised Resolution and Cover Memo were distributed prior to the meeting.] City Clerk Hines read the title, and City Manager Cohen reported that this is a budgeted item in the Capital Improvement Program. He noted he had handed out an assessment prepared by our new City Engineer Helen Gray of the two firms that submitted responses to the RFQ. Public Speakers: None Commissioner Aelion said that studies have been performed on the matter by the City at an expense, and he would ask that the City Manager incorporate within the $50,000 the