Please join us in the Commission Chambers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 19, 2014. The meeting opens with three special presentations:
A presentation to the City Commission from the Miami-Dade County Police Benevolent Association.
Certificates of Appreciation to be presented to Miss Sunny Isles Beach USA, Miss Sunny Isles Beach Teen USA, Miss Miami Beach USA and Miss Miami Beach Teen USA.
A presentation by Florida International University to Sunny Isles Beach First Generation Scholarship Winners.
There is one Ordinance for first reading:
Amending Chapter 121 of the Code of Ordinances pertaining to Certificates of Use, providing for additional grounds for denial. There are two Ordinances for second reading: Amending Chapter 62 of the Code to clarify that purchases in excess of $25,000.00 for utilities shall be administratively approved in the adopted Fiscal Year budget and are not subject to the requirements of Chapter 62 unless required by the City Commission.
Amending Chapter 256 of the Code to prohibit the use of skateboards along Collins Avenue and Sunny Isles Boulevard.
There are seventeen Resolutions on the Agenda:
Request to authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with TD Bank for banking services. Request to authorize a $5,000 contribution to sponsor the 2014 South Florida Dragon Boat Festival at Haulover Park.
Request to approve an agreement with Ornamental Home Design, Inc. for custom gate fabrication and installation.
Request to authorize participation in the “Prestige Cultural Series at Biscayne Bay Campus 2014-2015” program, authorizing a charitable contribution to FIU in the amount of $5,000 and a performance donation to the School of Music in the amount of $15,000.
Request to approve an in-kind donation for use of a city facility by the Sunny Isles Beach Foundation in the amount of $600.
Request to approve an in-kind donation for use of the Chief Fred Maas Baseball Field at Pelican Community Park, and personnel costs, to the Simcha Chapter of Hadassah for their annual “Madi Thaler Walk For Cancer” in October 2014, in an estimated amount of $1,168.
Request to approve an in-kind donation for use of space within the Government Center by Mount Sinai Medical Center to provide services to the community, in an annual estimated amount of $2,400.
Request to approve an in-kind donation to One Blood, Inc. to utilize the parking lot of the Government Center to host bimonthly blood drives, in an estimated value of $960.00.
Request to urge the Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners to restore full funding to the entire Miami-Dade Public Library System. Request to enter an agreement with Lynx Construction, LLC for Arlen House rightof- way improvement.
Request to approve an agreement with Bermello, Ajamil & Partners, Inc. to provide construction observation services for the Arlen House right-of-way improvement project. Request to authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with the top-ranked firm for the design, build out, operation and lease of a restaurant facility at Gateway Park.
Request to approve an agreement between Ronald L. Book, Esq. and the City of Sunny Isles Beach for professional legislative relations and lobbying services.
Request to approve a Memorandum of Understanding regarding Section 18 of the collective bargaining agreement between the City of Sunny Isles Beach and the Police Benevolent Association.
Request to approve temporary and permanent easement agreements between Salem House Condominium Association and the City of Sunny Isles Beach regarding the construction of the emergency pedestrian bridge connecting North Bay Road between 172nd and 174th Streets.
