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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5) FEB 20, 2025 Reg Comm Mtg1 2. 3. SUMMARY MINUTES Regular City Commission Meeting Thursday, February 20, 2025, 6:30 p.m. City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida ATTENTION ALL LOBBYISTS: CITY LAW REQUIRES YOUR REGISTRATION PRIOR TO ENGAGING IN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BEFORE CITY STAFF,BOARDS, COMMITTEES ORTHE CITY COMMISSION. PLEASE CONTACTTHE CITY CLERK FOR FORMS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. AGENDA CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS The meeting was called to order by Mayor Svechin at 6:30 p.m. with the following officials present: Mayor Larisa Svechin Vice Mayor Alex Lama Commissioner Jerry Joseph Commissioner Fabiola Stuyvesant Commissioner Jeniffer Viscarra PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/INVOCATION APPROVAL OF MINUTES City Manager Stan Morris City Clerk Mauricio Betancur, CIVIC City Attorney Alain Boileau 4. ORDER OF BUSINESS (Additions/Deletions/Amendments) Add On: 9M. A Resolution Expressing Opposition to Florida House Bill 301 Relating to Sovereign Immunity; 10A. Motion to Censure Mayor Svechin. Deferred: 9L. A Resolution Amending Resolution No. 2025-3778 to Correct a Scrivener's Error and to Reflect the Correct Not -to -Exceed Amount of $78,470.00 for the Purchase of Five UTV's From McKibben Motorsports. Action: Commissioner Viscarra moved, and Vice Mayor Lama seconded the motion to approve the changes and was approved by a voice vote of 5-0. 5. ZONING 5A. Request of A3 Development, LLC and A3 Atlantic Boulevard, LLC ("Applicants"), fora Site Plan Modification to the Estates at Acqualina Off -Site Garage Project Located at 17941 Atlantic Avenue (Hearing #PZ2025-03). Summary: City Clerk asked if there were any ex-parte communications with the applicant that needed to be disclosed? Mayor Svechin mentioned she communicated with Applicant that this item was going to be on the agenda. Action: City Clerk Mauricio Betancur read the title, and Planning and Zoning Director Amy Canales reported. Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting February 20, 2025 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Public Speakers: none. Commissioner Joseph moved, and Vice Mayor Lama seconded a motion to approve and grant the application. Zoning Resolution No. 25-Z-213 was adopted by roll call vote 4-1 in favor. Vote: Commissioner Joseph yes Commissioner Stuyvesant no Commissioner Viscarra yes Vice Mayor Lama yes Mayor Svechin ides 6. ORDINANCES FOR FIRST READING 6A. An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending Ordinance No. 2024-618; Approving Budget Amendment No. BA2425-03 to the City's Operating and Capital Improvement Budget for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Implement the Terms and Conditions of this Ordinance; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Mauricio Betancur read the title, and City Manager Stan Morris reported. Public Speakers: none. Commissioner Viscarra moved, and Vice Mayor Lama seconded a motion to adopt the Ordinance on first reading. Second and final reading was scheduled for March 20, 2025. The motion was approved by a roll call vote of 5-0 in favor. Vote: Commissioner Joseph ryes Commissioner Stuyvesant ryes Commissioner Viscarra ryes Vice Mayor Lama yes Mayor Svechin ryes 7. PUBLIC HEARINGS (Other than Ordinances for Second Reading) 8. ORDINANCES FOR SECOND READING (Public Hearings) 8A. An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending Ordinance No. 2024-618; Approving Budget Amendment No. BA2425-02 to the City's Operating and Capital Improvement Budget for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Implement the Terms and Conditions of This Ordinance; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Mauricio Betancur read the title, and City Manager Stan Morris reported. Public Speakers: none. 2 Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting February 20, 2025 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Commissioner Joseph moved, and Commissioner Viscarra seconded a motion to adopt the Ordinance on second and final reading. Ordinance No. 2025-624 was approved by a roll call vote of 5-0 in favor. Vote: Commissioner Joseph eyes Commissioner Stuyvesant yes Commissioner Viscarra ides Vice Mayor Lama yes Mayor Svechin ides 8B. An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending Chapter 22 of the Code of Ordinances Entitled "City Departments Created" to Eliminate the Development Services Department; Creating the Procurement Department; Creating the Innovation and Technology Department; Providing for Repealer; Providing for Severability; Providing for Inclusion in the City Code; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Mauricio Betancur read the title, and City Manager Stan Morris reported. Public Speakers: none. Commissioner Joseph moved, and Vice Mayor Lama seconded a motion to adopt the Ordinance on second and final reading. Ordinance No. 2025-625 was approved by a roll call vote of 5-0 in favor. Vote: Commissioner Joseph ides Commissioner Stuyvesant yes Commissioner Viscarra yes Vice Mayor Lama yes , Mayor Svechin yes 9. RESOLUTIONS 9A. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Declaring "Zoning in Progress" Relating to the Mixed Use -resort (MU-R) District, Town Center District (TCD), Neighborhood Business (1131) District, and Business Overlay (BO) Districts; Determining that Applications for Development Orders and Development Permits Shall Be Subject to the Zoning in Progress; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate This Resolution; and Providing an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Mauricio Betancur read the title, and City Manager Stan Morris reported. Public Speakers: none. Commissioner Joseph moved, and Vice Mayor Lama seconded a motion for approval. Resolution No. 2025-3792 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 3 Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting February 20, 2025 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 9B. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving the Purchase of a 2025 ARBOC Low Floor Shuttle Bus from Model 1 Commercial Vehicles, Inc., in an Amount Not to Exceed $188,846.98, Attached Hereto as Exhibit "A"; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate This Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Mauricio Betancur read the title, and City Manager Stan Morris reported. Public Speakers: none. Vice Mayor Lama moved, and Commissioner Viscarra seconded a motion for approval. Resolution No. 2025-3793 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 9C. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving a First Amendment to the Agreement with Policing with Passion, LLC, to Provide Law Enforcement Consulting Services, in an Amount Not to Exceed $48,000.00, 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 Mauricio Betancur read the title, and City Manager Stan Morris reported. Public Speakers: none. Commissioner Joseph moved, and Commissioner Viscarra seconded a motion for approval. Resolution No. 2025-3794 was adopted by a voice vote of 4-0 in favor, Vice Mayor Lama was absent for vote. 9D. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving an Off -System Construction and Maintenance Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation to Perform Pedestrian Safety Improvements from South of State Road 826 to North of 178 Street and Collins Avenue, Attached Hereto as Exhibit "A"; Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Agreement, and to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate This Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Mauricio Betancur read the title, and City Manager Stan Morris reported. Public Speakers: none. Vice Mayor Lama moved, and Commissioner Viscarra seconded a motion for approval. Resolution No. 2025-3795 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 9E. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving a First Amendment to the Agreement with Nunez Construction for the Installation of an Emergency Generator and Building Restoration at Gateway Community Center, in an Amount Not to Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting February 20, 2025 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Exceed $212,804.73, Attached Hereto as Exhibit "A"; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to' Effectuate This Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Mauricio Betancur read the title, and City Manager Stan Morris reported. Public Speakers: none. Commissioner Joseph moved, and Vice Mayor Lama seconded a motion for approval. Resolution No. 2025-3796 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 9F. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving a Third Amendment with IAM Electric, Inc. for Street Lighting Preventative Maintenance and As - Needed Electrical Services, in an Amount Not to Exceed $65,000.00, Attached Hereto as Exhibit "A"; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate This Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Mauricio Betancur read the title, and City Manager Stan Morris reported. Public Speakers: none. Commissioner Joseph moved, and Commissioner Viscarra seconded a motion for approval. Resolution No. 2025-3797 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 9G. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving a Fourth Amendment to the Agreement with the Amusement Source, LLC., for Event Ride Rentals, in an Amount Not to Exceed $90,000.00; Attached Hereto as Exhibit "A"; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate This Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Mauricio Betancur read the title, and City Manager Stan Morris reported. Public Speakers: none. Commissioner Joseph moved, and Commissioner Viscarra seconded a motion for approval. Resolution No. 2025-3798 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 9H. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving an Agreement with Neon Signs Solutions, Inc. for the Removal, Fabrication, and Installation of Monument Signs Throughout the City, in an amount Not To Exceed $950,000.00, Attached hereto, in Substantially the Form, 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 Mauricio Betancur read the title, and City Manager Stan Morris reported. Public Speakers: none. G1 Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting February 20, 2025 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Commissioner Joseph moved, and Commissioner Viscarra seconded a motion for approval. Resolution No. 2025-3799 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 91. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending Resolution No. 98-34, to Include Friday, May 9, 2025, as Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, and Thereafter the Friday Before National Police Week as an Observed Holiday in the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Mauricio Betancur read the title, and City Manager Stan Morris reported. Public Speakers: none. Commissioner Joseph moved, and Vice Mayor Lama seconded a motion for approval. Resolution No. 2025-3800 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 9J. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Expressing Support for Florida Senate Bill 2-C, Relating to Immigration Enforcement; Directing the City Clerk to Transmit Copies of this Resolution; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate the Terms of This Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Mauricio Betancur read the title, and Mayor Svechin reported. Public Speakers: none. Commissioner Joseph moved, and Vice Mayor Lama seconded a motion for approval. Resolution No. 2025-3801 was adopted by a voice vote of 4-1 in favor, Commissioner Viscarra voted no. 9K. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Expressing Support for Florida Senate Bill 226, Prohibiting Smoking in Public Places; Directing the City Clerk to Transmit Copies of This Resolution; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate This Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Mauricio Betancur read the title, and City Manager Stan Morris reported. Public Speakers: none. Vice Mayor Lama moved, and Commissioner Viscarra seconded a motion for approval. Resolution No. 2025-3802 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 9L. Deferred: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending Resolution No. 2025-3778 to Correct a Scrivener's Error and to Reflect the Correct Not -to - Exceed Amount of $78,470.00 for the Purchase of Five UTV's from McKibben Motorsports; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate This Resolution; 6 Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting February 20, 2025 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Providing for an Effective Date. 9M. Add On: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Expressing Opposition to Florida House Bill 301 Relating to Sovereign Immunity; Directing the City Clerk to Transmit Copies of This Resolution; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate This Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Mauricio Betancur read the title, and Commissioner Viscarra reported. Public Speakers: none. Commissioner Viscarra moved, and Commissioner Joseph seconded a motion for approval. Resolution No. 2025-3803 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. Add On: 10. MOTIONS 10A. Motion to Censure Mayor Svechin for Abuse of Power. Public Speakers: Cooper, Kevin; Feldman, Isaac; Guro, Maxim; Lima -Taub, Anabelle; Rozman, Tamara; Thaler, Lewis; Wilson, Michelle. Action: Commissioner Joseph offered to amend the aforementioned motion to include recovery of costs related to the RK Art Wall. Having received no second, the motion failed. Commissioner Stuyvesant moved, and Commissioner Joseph seconded motion to censure Mayor Svechin for abuse of power. The motion was adopted by a voice vote of 4-1 in favor, Mayor Svechin voted no. 11. CITIZENS' FORUM: REQUESTS, PETITIONS & OTHER COMMUNICATIONS Public Speakers: Falkovich, Vitaly. 12. ADJOURNMENT MayqrSvechin adjourned the meeting at 8:50 p.m. Respectfully bmitted by: Appro, A_ A auricio 4tancur, CIVIC City Clerk VA by the qty Commission on April 1 , 2025 Larisa Svechin Mayor