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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 & Guedes **RECAP** 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 Action taken: Withdrawn 4.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. October 6, 1998 Commission Meeting $. 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 2 October 6, 1998 Commission Meeting 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; October 6, 1998 Commission Meeting 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