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Draft Summary Minutes <br /> City Commission Workshop <br /> 4th Floor Conference Room <br /> Tuesday, August 9, 2011, 12:00 p.m. <br /> City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida <br /> ATTENTION ALL LOBBYISTS: CITY LAW REQUIRES YOUR REGISTRATION PRIOR TO ENGAGING IN <br /> LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BEFORE CITY STAFF, BOARDS,COMMITTEES OR THE CITY COMMISSION. <br /> PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK FOR FORMS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. <br /> AGENDA <br /> 1. Call to Order/Roll Call of Members <br /> The meeting was called to order by Mayor Edelcup at 12:09 p.m.,with the following officials <br /> present: <br /> Mayor Norman S. Edelcup Assistant City Manager/Services Jorge Vera <br /> Vice Mayor Lewis J. Thaler City Attorney Hans Ottinot <br /> Commissioner Isaac Aelion Assistant City Manager/Finance Minal Shah <br /> Commissioner Jeanette Gatto City Clerk Jane A. Hines, CMC <br /> Commissioner George `Bud' Scholl <br /> Mayor Edelcup gave opening remarks, and welcomed representatives of the Miami-Dade <br /> County School Board: Paul Greenfeld, Ana Rijo-Conde, AICP, Jamie Torres. and Jerold of <br /> Dr. Martin Karp's Office. <br /> 2. Discussion on Overcrowding at the Norman S. Edelcup/Sunny Isles Beach K-8. <br /> Action: Mayor Edelcup said that the K-8 School has been a resounding success, so much so <br /> that they are over capacity and we now need to address that particular problem knowing that <br /> there will be more and more children going to this School and we need to provide the facility <br /> for them. Vice Mayor Thaler has been ramroding this project from our side, and he knows <br /> that Ana and everyone has been working to come to a solution. <br /> Vice Mayor Thaler said that the registration is already over where we actually ended last year, <br /> and so we will have a big increase of students] to start 2011/2012. The Commission has <br /> received a copy of the information the School Board provided him, and they did have some <br /> objections to just handing over the money for the building. The biggest problem that occurred <br /> is the fact that the City has been promised over and over again that illegals would be gotten <br /> out of that school and that the County would be proactive in getting them out and we really <br /> have not seen it. We believe there is a substantial amount of people who should not be in that <br /> school,and that is part of the reason why we need these 12 rooms to grow, and just to put up <br /> the building without having them gone, we feel is not right. Before we discuss the dollars and <br /> cents and where it is coming and when it is needed, we would really like to hear from you <br /> what is being done,and what will be done to get the enrollment down to just the legals within <br /> the system. That is one of the major sticking points in this whole program. <br /> Paul Greenfeld gave some background on the school system,there are four(4)administrative <br /> regions, there is a regional center, and they cover 68 schools which cover all the Miami Beach <br />