September 10, 2019 (4 30 p.m.) Aventura City Commission Special Workshop Meeting Minutes The City of CITY COMMISSION
SPECIAL WORKSHOP MEETING Aventura Government Center
.-Ventura. 19200 W Country Club Drive
MINUTES Aventura, Florida 33180
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
--0 4:30 P.M.
1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: The meeting was called to order by Mayor Enid
Weisman at 4:52 p.m. The roll was called and the following were present: Mayor Enid
Weisman, Vice Mayor Denise Landmanl, Commissioner Dr. Linda Marks,
Commissioner Gladys Mezrahi, Commissioner Marc Narotsky, Commissioner Robert
Shelley, Commissioner Howard Weinberg, City Manager Ronald J. Wasson, City Clerk
Ellisa L. Horvath, and City Attorney David M. Wolpin. As a quorum was determined to
be present, the meeting commenced.
2. INTERVIEW AND SELECTION OF DON SOFFER AVENTURA HIGH SCHOOL
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS (City Manager): Mr. Wasson briefly reviewed the role
of the Advisory Board and the Commission discussed the interview process for the
selection of three members.
The following applicants were interviewed by the Commission in the order listed:
• Dana Marin
• Jorge Garcia
• Zeynep Beykont
• Patrick Brown
• Annette Weissman
The Commission discussed the applicants and reached consensus on the three
members to be appointed by the Commission for two-year terms.
The following member of the public provided comments: Mariana Vargas (Florida
International University student journalist).
City Manager Summary: It was the consensus of the City Commission to
proceed with placing a resolution on the October Commission meeting agenda
appointing the following members to the Board: Patrick Brown, Jorge Garcia, and Dana
Marin.
3. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the
Commission, the meeting was adjourned by consensus at 6:11 p.m.
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Approved by the City Commission on October 2, 2019.
' Vice Mayor Landman participated in the meeting via speaker telephone and then attended in person during and
I following the interview of Ms. Beykont.