11-08-2006
City Commission
Susan Gottlieb, Mayor
A~he City of
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City Manarer
Eric M. Soroka, ICMA-CM
Zev Auerbach
Bob Diamond
BiI1y Joel
Harry Holzberg
Michael Stern
Luz Urbaez Weinberg
City Clerk
Teresa M. Soroka, MMC
City AttomfO'
Weiss Serota Helfman
Pastoriza Cole & Boniske
AGENDA
NOVEMBER 8,2006 following 6p.m. LPAmeeting
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1. CALL TO ORDER\ROLL CALL .
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. AGENDA: Request for Deletions/Emergency Additions
4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS:
. Employee Service Awards/Certificates of Appreciation
5. CONSENT AGENDA: Matters included under the Consent Agenda are self-explanatory and are not
expected to require discussion or review. Items will be enacted by one motion. If discussion is desired by any
member of the Commission, that item must be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered separately.
A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
October 3, 2006 Commission Meeting
October 26,2006 Workshop Meeting
Action taken: Approved
B. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE ATTACHED WORK
AUTHORIZATION NO. 01-0103-080 FOR PROFESSIONAL
DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE NE 29TH AVENUE STREET
LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT BY AND BETWEEN
THE CITY OF A VENTURA AND CRAVEN THOMPSON AND
ASSOCIATES, INC.; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE AIMS OF
THIS RESOLUTION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Action taken: Adopted as Resolution No. 2006-63
C. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA ESTABLISHING THE CITY'S
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR HEALTH INSURANCE
Novadxr 8, 2006 CcInmiIIkm Meetiag
RETIREMENT PROGRAM; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO CARRY
OUT THE AIMS OF THIS RESOLUTION; PROVIDING FOR
EFFECTIVE DATE.
Action taken: Adopted as Resolution No. 2006-64
D. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF A VENTURA, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND APPLY FOR THE FEDERAL
DRUG CONTROL AND SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
GRANT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; TO APPLY FOR,
RECEIVE, AND EXPEND $5,781 IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR
EXPANSION OF THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER
PROJECT; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DO ALL
THINGS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE AIMS OF THIS
RESOLUTION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Action taken: Adopted as Resolution No. 2006-65
E. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF A VENTURA, FLORIDA DECLARING CERTAIN
PROPERTY LISTED UNDER THE ASSETS OF THE CITY AS
SURPLUS TO THE NEEDS OF THE CITY; DESCRIBING THE
MANNER OF DISPOSAL; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO CARRY
OUT THE AIMS OF THIS RESOLUTION; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
Action taken: Adopted as Resolution No. 2006-66
F. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA;
AMENDING THE CITY CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTER 2
"ADMINISTRATION" BY AMENDING DIVISION 3
"PURCHASING" BY AMENDING SECTION 2-252
"PURCHASING GUIDELINES" , SECTION 2-253
"EXEMPTIONS FROM COMPETITIVE FORMAL BIDDING",
SECTION 2-256 "AWARD OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
CONTRACTS"; PROVIDING FOR ENHANCED PURCHASING
AUTHORITY, REVISIONS TO EXEMPTIONS FROM
COMPETITIVE BIDDING, CLARIFICATION AND UPDATE OF
EXISTING PROVISIONS; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN
CODE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Action taken: Approved on first reading
6. ZONING HEARINGS:
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Novadxr 8, 2006 ('~ Meetiag
QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS - Please be advised that the following items on the Corrunission's agenda are
quasi-judicial in nature. If you wish to object or comment upon any of these items, please inform the Mayor when she
requests public comments. An opportunity for persons to speak on each item will be made available after the applicant and
staff have made their presentations on each item. All testimony, including public testimony and evidence, will be made under
oath or affirmation. Additionally, each person who gives testimony may be subject to cross-examination. If you refuse either
to be cross-examined or to be sworn, your testimony will be given its due weight. The general public will not be permitted
to cross-examine witnesses, but the public may request the Commission to ask questions of staff or witnesses on their behalf.
Persons representing organizations must present evidence of their authority to speak for the organization. Further details of
the quasi-judicial procedures may be obtained from the Clerk.
A. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF A VENTURA, FLORIDA GRANTING CONDITIONAL USE
APPROVAL TO PERMIT A USE THAT MEASURES 16
STORIES AND 180 FEET HIGH IN THE B2, COMMUNITY
BUSINESS DISTRICT, WHERE USES THAT EXCEED THE
HEIGHT LIMITATION OF 12 STORIES AND 120 FEET MAY
BE PERMITTED BY CODE IN THE B2, COMMUNITY
BUSINESS DISTRICT AS A CONDITIONAL USE; TO PERMIT
AN INDOOR COMMERCIAL RECREATION USE CONSISTING
OF A BOWLING ALLEY IN THE B2, COMMUNITY BUSINESS
DISTRICT, WHERE INDOOR COMMERCIAL RECREATION
USES INCLUDING A BOWLING ALLEY MAY BE PERMITTED
BY CODE IN THE B2, COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT AS
A CONDITIONAL USE, AND TO GRANT AN EXTENDED TIME
LIMIT FROM THE DATE OF SITE PLAN APPROVAL IN
WHICH TO OBTAIN A BUILDING PERMIT, WHERE THE
CODE PROVIDES THAT THE TIME FOR OBTAINING A
BUILDING PERMIT IS 12 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE
APPROVING RESOLUTION UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED
IN THE APPROVAL, FOR A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED ON
THE SOUTH SIDE OF NE 207 STREET BETWEEN NE 29
AVENUE AND NE 30 AVENUE, CITY OF AVENTURA,
FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT
"A" TO THIS RESOLUTION; PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
Action taken: Adopted, with amendment, as Resolution No. 2006-68
B. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF A VENTURA, FLORIDA GRANTING CONDITIONAL USE
APPROVAL TO PERMIT A DRIVE-THROUGH BANK
FACILITY AT PROPERTY AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF NE 207 STREET AND NE 30 AVENUE, CITY OF
AVENTURA LOCATED IN THE OP, OFFICE PARK DISTRICT,
WHERE DRIVE-THROUGH BANK FACILITIES ARE
PERMITTED BY CODE IN THE OP, OFFICE PARK DISTRICT
AS A CONDITIONAL USE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
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Novadxr 8, 2006 CcInmiIIkm Meetiag
Action taken: Adopted as Resolution No. 2006-69
7. ORDINANCES: FIRST READING/PUBLIC INPUT: None.
8. ORDINANCES: SECOND READING: PUBLIC HEARING:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
A VENTURA, FLORIDA APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 163, FLORIDA STATUTES,
BETWEEN GULFSTREAM PARK RACING ASSOCIATION INC. AS
DEVELOPER AND THE CITY OF AVENTURA ATTACHED AS
EXHIBIT "A" TO THIS ORDINANCE AND RELATING TO A PARCEL
OF LAND CONTAINING 19.550 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS,
ZONED B2, COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT, LEGALLY
DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "B" TO THIS ORDINANCE, LOCATED AT
THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF NE 213 STREET AND BISCAYNE
BOULEVARD, CITY OF A VENTURA; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
Action taken: Enacted as Ordinance No. 2006-16
9. RESOLUTIONS - PUBLIC HEARING:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA, FLORIDA ADOPTING THE ATTACHED WATERWAYS
PARK DOG PARK AND VETERANS PARK RECONFIGURATION
PLAN FOR INCLUSION AND FUNDING IN THE CITY'S CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DOCUMENT 2007/08 - 2011/12;
ESTABLISHING AN ESTIMATED BUDGET AT $661,000;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DO ALL THINGS
NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE AIMS OF THIS RESOLUTION;
PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
Action taken: Adopted as Resolution No. 2006-67
10. REPORTS
11. PUBLIC COMMENTS
12. OTHER BUSINESS: None.
13. ADJOURNMENT
SCHEDULE OF FUTURE MEETINGSIEVENTS
COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING NOVEMBER 16, 2006 9 A.M.
COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING NOVEMBER 16, 2006 following 9 a.m. mtg
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