10-29-1998 Commission Workshop MINUTES
CITY OF AVENTURA
COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING
OCTOBER 29, 1998 - 9:00 a.m.
Aventura Government Center
2999 NE 191st Street Suite 500
Aventura, Florida 33180
The meeting was called to order at 9:50 a.m. (following an Executive Session) by
Mayor Arthur I. Snyder. Present were Commissioners Arthur Berger, Jay R.
Beskin, Ken Cohen, Jeffrey M. Perlow, Patricia Rogers-Libert, Vice Mayor Harry
Holzberg, Mayor Arthur I. Snyder, City Manager Eric M. Soroka, City Clerk
Teresa M. Smith and City Attorney Richard Jay Weiss. As a quorum was
determined to be present, the meeting commenced.
2. Point East Shoppinq Center: Michael Snyder, Esq., representing the owner
of the Point East Shopping Center, addressed the Commission regarding the
Florida Department of Transportation Biscayne Boulevard Improvement
Project and access into the shopping center. Daniel Iglesias, representative
of FDOT, FDOT's traffic engineer and Tish Burger, Public Information Officer
for the Biscayne Boulevard Expansion Project, addressed the concerns of the
Commission and residents regarding this matter and the danger that the
current situation poses to residents and pedestrians. Commissioner Rogers-
Libert suggested that a median cut be made north of 178th Street for
southbound traffic into the Point East Shopping Center with a permitted le~
hand turn on green arrow only, to be synchronized with the 178th Street
signal; that no u-turns be permitted at either intersection and that no right on
red be permitted at 178~h Street and Biscayne Blvd. City Manager to meet
with representatives of FDOT to discuss this suggestion and other possible
solutions.
3. Lon.q Ran.qe Plannin,q Committee: (Mayor Snyder) The Commission
viewed a videotape of a monument display as proposed by the Mayor's Long
Range Planning Committee.
1. Code Enforcement Process: Brenda Kelley, Community Development
Director, provided information explaining the code enforcement process.
4~ Other Business: Other items discussed included: recognition of the Charter
Commission members (consensus that they be given a key to the City at the
Founders Dinner) and the request of the Joint Council to schedule a town hall
meeting to inform the public about the flyover. After discussion by the
Commission and members of the public, the request by the Joint Council was
withdrawn by Leonard Brenner.
The meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m.
Teresa M. Smith, CMC, City Clerk
Approved by the Commission on November 17, 1998.