10-06-1998 Agenda RecapCity of Aventura
....... City Commission CiW Manager
~"~}i Arthur L Snyder, Mayor Eric M. Soroka
Ken Cohen, Vice Mayor
City Clerk
] Arthur Berger Teresa M. Smith, CMC
Jay R. Beskin
Jeffrey M. Perlow Weiss Scrota Helfman
C~9, of EX¢¢-- ~ ~ Patricia Rogers-Libert Pastoriza
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AGENDA
Commission Meeting
October 6, 1998 - 6:00 P.M.
1. CALL TO ORDER\ROLL CALL
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ZONING HEARINGS - SPECIALLY SET BY COMMISSION FOR 6 P.M.
QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS - Please be advised that the following items on the
Commission's agenda are quasi-judicial in n~ure. If you wish to object or comment upon these
items, please indicate the item number you would like to address when the announcement regarding
the quasi-judicial item is made. You must be sworn before addressing the comnUssion, and if you
wish to address the Commission, you may be subject to cross-examination. If you refuse to submit
to cross-examination, the comnUssion will not consider what you have said in its final
deliberations.
DISCLOSURE OF ANY EX-PARTE COMMUNICATIONS PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE 964)9
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF TItE CITY OF
AVENTURA, FLORIDA; GRANTING A NON-USE VARIANCE TO
PERMIT TIlE ERECTION OF A PRIVACY WALL AND GATE AT A
SINGLE-FAMILY HOME LOCATED AT 19951 NE 39 PLACE WHICH
ItEIGItT EXCEEDS TttAT ALLOWED BY CODE; PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
Action taken: Withdrawn
4. APPOINTMENT OF VICE MAYOR EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 1998
Action taken: Marry ltolzberg selected as Vice Mayor until April 1, 1999.
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$. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Commission Meeting September 1, 1998
Commission Workshop September 8, 1998
Commission Meeting September 10, 1998
Commission Workshop September 28, 1998
Action taken: Approved
0. AGENDA: Request for Deletions/Emergency Additions
?. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS: None
8. CONSENT AGENDA:
A. MOTION AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF UP TO $20,000
FROM THE POLICE FORFEITURE FUND FOR TRAFFIC FLOW
ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM AT THE IVES DAIRY ROAD
INTERSECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S
MEMORANDUM DATED SEPTEMBER 23, 1998
(Authorizes appropriation of monies from the Police Forfeiture Fund to hire
additional part-time Police Service Aides to implement traffic flow enhancements
at the Ives Dairy Road intersection during season)
Action taken: Approved
B. MOTION TO ADOPT 1999 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS AND
PRIORITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY MANAGER'S
MEMORANDUM DATED SEPTEMBER 29, 1999
(Approves and adopts legislaflve priorities for 1999 as established by the
Commission)
Action taken: Approved
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA, FLORIDA AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 97-61, WHICH
ESTABLISHED TIIE RATE OF STORMVqATER UTILITY FEE, BY
AMENDING THE RATE OF THE STORMVqATER UTILITY FEE FOR
THE CITY OF AVENTURA STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM;
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
(Provides for increase in stormwater utility fee from $2.00 to $2.50 effective
October 1, 1998 to fund necessary drainage improvements)
Action taken: Approved
D. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA, FLORIDA AWARDING AND LETTING A BID/CONTRACT
FOR BID NO. 98-8-17-2-2, PARKS/MEDIANS/RIGHT-OF-WAY
MAINTENANCE, TO LUKES' LANDSCAPING, INC., AT THE BID
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PRICE OF $577,000; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE ASSOCIATED CONTRACTS; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO TAKE NECESSARY AND EXPEDIENT ACTION TO
CARRY OUT THE AIMS OF THIS RESOLUTION; PROVIDING FOR
THE APPROPRIATION AND ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR SAID BID
AWARD; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
(Awards bid for the privatization of parks, medians and rights of way maintenance
functions to Luke's Landscaping, Inc.)
Action taken: Approved
E. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER ON
BEHALF OF THE. CITY TO EXECUTE AND OTHERWISE ENTER INTO
THE ATTACHED REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AND SALE CONTRACT BY
AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF AVENTURA AND AL SCHNEIDER,
TRUSTEE; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DO ALL THINGS
NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE AIMS OF THIS RESOLUTION; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
(Authorizes execution by City Manager of Purchase/Sale Agreement for property
referred to as the Huber Tract)
Action taken: Approved, subject to approval of grant from Miami-Dade County Safe
Neighborhood Parks Program in amount of $1,027,100
F. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA, FLORIDA URGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
DEVELOP AN AFFORDABLE, EFFICIENT AND STANDARDIZED
SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND REPORTING OF FEDERAL GRANTS;
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
(Urges federal government to implement procedures for tracking federal grants)
Action taken: Approved
9. PUBLIC HEARING: ORDINANCES - FIRST READING:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA; EXTENDING
THE DURATION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING MORATORIUM ON
ISSUANCE OF DEVELOPMENT ORDERS AND DEVELOPMENT
PERMITS WITHIN THE MARINA AREA AND THE HOSPITAL AREA, AS
PREVIOUSLY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 97-22, AND AS
AMENDED PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 98-08, OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA; BY AMENDING SECTION 8 "TERM" OF ORDINANCE NO.
97-22, AS AMENDED, TO PROVIDE FOR A FURTHER EXTENSION OF
THE TERM OF SUCH MORATORIUM, SO AS TO ENABLE CITY'S
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO BE COMPLETED AND IMPLEMENTED;
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PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
Action taken: Approved on first reading
10. PUBLIC HEARINGS: ORDINANCES - SECOND READING:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA (THE
"CITY"), AMENDING THE CITY CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTER 34
"PLANNING AND ZONING", BY AMENDING ARTICLE H "QUASI
JUDICIAL MATTERS", BY CREATING SECTION 34-33 "PUBLIC
STATEMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS" TO REQUIRE THE MAYOR
AND COMMISSIONERS TO AVOID PUBLICLY EXPRESSING THEIR
INTENTION TO VOTE FOR OR AGAINST A QUASI JUDICIAL
MATTER PRIOR TO HEARING; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN CODE; PROVIDING FOR
EFFECTIVE DATE.
Action taken: Enacted
11. RESOLUTIONS: None
12. OTHER BUSINESS:
A. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION:
AVENTURA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRIDE PROGRAM
Action taken: Approved in accordance with City Manager's memorandum
B. FUTURE MEETING DATES
November 17, 1998
December 15, 1998
13. REPORTS
14. PUBLIC COMMENTS
15. ADJOURNMENT
SCHEDULE OF FUTURE MEETINGS/EVENTS:
COMMISSION WORKSHOP OCTOBER 19, 1998 9 A.M.*
COMMISSION WORKSHOP OCTOBER 29, 1998 9 A.M.*
*Government Center 2999 NE 191st Street Suite 500