May 20, 2021 Aventura City Commission Regular Workshop Meeting Minutes •
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AVENTURA CITY COMMISSION
REGULAR WORKSHOP MEETING MINUTES
MAY 20, 2021
9:00 a.m.
Aventura Government Center
19200 W. Country Club Drive
Aventura, FL 33180
The meeting was held in the Commission Chamber at Aventura Government Center.
1. Call to Order/Roll Call: The meeting was called to order by Mayor Enid Weisman
at 9:03 a.m. The following were present: Mayor Enid Weisman', Vice Mayor Dr. Linda
Marks, Commissioner Jonathan Evans, Commissioner Rachel S. Friedland2,
Commissioner Denise Landman, Commissioner Marc Narotsky, Commissioner Robert
Shelley, 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. Update: Upgrade of Water and Sewer Infrastructure Along Island Boulevard
and N.E. 183 Street (City Manager): Mr. Wasson introduced the representatives from
the project in attendance to provide the update.
Hardeep Anand - WASD Deputy Director and Bernardo Favole - Public Involvement and
Outreach (EV Services, Inc. on behalf of Pabon Engineering) reviewed a PowerPoint
presentation covering the following items: WASD at a Glance, Project Overview, Project
Construction Key Facts, Project Timeline, Project Map, Project Construction Progress &
Communications, and Project Feedback & Concerns.
Alex Valdes - WASD Construction Manager, Alex Regalado - Project Manager (Pabon
Engineering), and Anibal Pabon - President (Pabon Engineering) responded to questions
regarding the project.
Mr. Wasson reported that meetings were held regularly with the project team along with
the Aventura Police Department to mitigate the traffic.
The Commission discussed increasing the number of hours and workers, as well as
additional police presence during peak hours.
Mr. Wasson recognized the attendance of Alexis Moseley (Miami-Dade County
Commissioner Sally Heyman's office) at the meeting, who would report back to
Commissioner Heyman on the discussion.
1 Participated via video conferencing.
2 Arrived during the Update on the Water and Sewer Infrastructure Item.
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City Manager Summary: It was the consensus of the City Commission for Mr.
Wasson to have a discussion with the Miami-Dade County WASD Director regarding the
Commission's request to increase the work hours and number of construction workers in
order to expedite the project.
3. Discussion: Rescheduling Commission Meeting Date from July 7th to July
14th (Mayor Weisman): Mayor Weisman requested that the July Commission Meeting
be rescheduled from July 7th to July 14th, due to the July 4th holiday.
The Commission discussed scheduling the meeting for Tuesday, July 13th, instead of
Wednesday, July 14cn
City Manager Summary: It was the consensus of the City Commission to
reschedule the July Commission Meeting to Tuesday, July 13, 2021 .
4. Discussion: Responsibilities of the Community Services Advisory Board
(Vice Mayor Dr. Marks): Vice Mayor Dr. Marks requested that the involvement of the
members of the Board be increased and their talents be utilized more.
Mr. Wasson discussed the decreased number of City events due to the COVID-19
pandemic, which were now slowly being increased, and anticipated that members would
have more responsibilities in the coming months.
The Commission discussed the possibility of coming up with projects for the boards, as
well as asking the members for input of their visions.
City Manager Summary: It was the consensus of the City Commission for the
members to be utilized more as the events increased.
The following additional items were discussed:
Mr. Wasson discussed an upcoming Brightline station update, July 4th fireworks, adding
water misting features for the playgrounds/parks for cooling purposes, and amending the
high school charter to include children of active military to correspond with federal law.
Vice Mayor Dr. Marks provided an update on the recent Commission Liaison meetings
regarding curriculum and requested confirmation for that work to continue and to also
include ACES (Aventura City of Excellence School) for alignment with DSAHS (Don
Soffer Aventura High School). It was stipulated that the models for the two schools would
not change and any alignment would be strictly focused on the curriculum.
Members of the Commission expressed that only curriculum should be discussed at the
Commission Liaison meetings and anything outside of that should be discussed at
Commission Meetings.
Mr. Wolpin reviewed the original appointment of the Commission Liaison members with
regards to the curriculum and construction of the Don Soffer Aventura High School.
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The concept of formalizing the Commission Liaisons was discussed, without any action
taken.
5. Adjournment: There being no further business to come before the Commission,
the meeting was adjourned by consensus at 10.21 a.m.
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Ellisa L. Horvath, M C, City Clerk
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Approved by the City Commission on June 1, 2021.
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