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Home My Public Portal About01-11-05 Regular Council Meeting.tifMINUTES VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2005 COUNCIL CHAMBER 760 CRANDON BOULEVARD 1 CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS The meeting was called to order by the Mayor at 7 00 p m Present were Councilmembers Steve Liedman, Jorge E Mendia, Thomas Thornton, Patncia Weinman, Vice Mayor Robert L Vernon and Mayor Robert Oldakowski Councilmember Enrique Garcia was absent Also present were Village Manager Jacqueline R Menendez, Village Clerk Conchita H Alvarez and Village Attorney Richard Jay Weiss 2 INVOCATION Reverend Jose Luis Hernando, Saint Agnes Catholic Church gave an invocation 3 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Dr Henny Groschel-Becker led the Pledge of Allegiance 4 SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS There were no special presentations 5 PUBLIC COMMENTS The following individuals addressed the Council Mabel Miller, 260 Seaview Dnve and Carlos Sucre, Key Biscayne Farmers Market, 91 Harbor Dnve 1 of January 11 2005 6 AGENDA The Clerk, at Councilmember's Mendia request, requested the addition of a motion to hire an urban planner as Item 10A2, requested the removal of Item 10B1 and the addition of a bnef report regarding relocation of polling places as Item 10C2 and the Manager requested the addition of an update regarding the farmers market as Item 10D3 There was no objection to the agenda changes 7 APPROVAL OF MINUTES Councilmember Vernon made a motion to approve the minutes of the December 7, 2004 Regular Council Meeting and the minutes of the December 7, 2004 Beach Concession Workshop The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Vernon and approved by a 6-0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Liedman, Mendia, Thornton, Weinman, Vice Mayor Vernon and Mayor Oldakowski voting Yes 8 ORDINANCES There were no ordinances considered by Council 9 RESOLUTIONS The Clerk read the following resolution by title A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA, CONCERNING THE CRANDON BOULEVARD STREETSCAPE MASTER PLAN, APPROVING MINOR REVISIONS TO MASTER PLAN FOR CRANDON BOULEVARD, APPROVING CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF CRANDON BOULEVARD MASTER PLAN, AND PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE Councilmember Liedman made a motion to approve the resolution The motion was seconded by Councilmember Weinman The Manager and Jud Kurlancheek, Director of Building, Zoning and Planning addressed the Council regarding this resolution Dr Henny Groschel-Becker, Chairman of the Crandon Boulevard Master Plan Implementation Committee, Ramon Castella, 3CTS and Chris Alonso, Landscape Architect with Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC addressed the Council Mortimer Fned, 291 Harbor Court, Conchita Suarez, 201 Crandon Boulevard, Bernard N Eismann, 151 Crandon Boulevard and Ed Meyer, 100 Sunrise Dnve addressed the Council It was the consensus of Council to eliminate the last sentence in Section 2 Subsections 2 and 3 of the resolution Vice Mayor Vernon made an amending motion to add a right hand lane to the south side of Crandon 2 of 5 January 11 2005 Boulevard The motion was seconded by Councilmember Weinman Vice Mayor Vernon withdrew his motion The resolution, as amended, was approved by a 6-0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Liedman, Mendia, Thornton, Weinman, Vice Mayor Vernon and Mayor Oldakowski voting Yes 10 REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS The following items were discussed Mayor and Councilmembers The Mayor addressed the Council regarding the appointment of a Council liaison to the Miami -Dade League of Cities The Mayor recommended the appointed of Councilmember Pat Weinman as liaison to the League Mayor Oldakowski made a motion to appoint Councilmember Weinman as liaison to the League The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Vernon and approved by a 6-0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Liedman, Mendia, Thornton, Weinman, Vice Mayor Vernon and Mayor Oldakowski voting Yes Councilmember Mendia addressed the Council regarding the need for an urban planner Vice Mayor Vernon made a motion to direct the Manager to hire an urban planner to design a comprehensive streetscape plan for the residential areas to include street lighting, street signage, landscaping, traffic calming, sidewalks and other related items The motion was seconded by Councilmember Liedman Director Kurlancheek and the Manager addressed the Council regarding this issue Councilmember Mendia made an amending motion to delete "hire an urban planner" and replace with "include in the visioning process" The motion was seconded by Councilmember Liedman and approved by a 6-0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Liedman, Mendia, Thornton, Weinman, Vice Mayor Vernon and Mayor Oldakowski voting Yes The motion, as amended, was approved by a 6-0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Liedman, Mendia, Thornton, Weinman, Vice Mayor Vernon and Mayor Oldakowski voting Yes Village Attorney The Attorney did not submit a report Village Clerk The Clerk submitted a copy of her office's 2004 annual report to the Council 3 of 5 January 11 2005 The Clerk reported that the Miami -Dade County Elections Department had agreed to relocate precincts 049, 050 and 051 to the Community Center Village Manager The Manager introduced Mr Tim Blankenship with Coastal Systems International Inc and Mr John Peart with Universal Beach Services Corporation who gave an update on the condition of our beach Armando Nunez, Public Works Director also addressed the Council regarding the condition of our beach The Manager and the Attorney addressed the Council regarding solid waste collection After evaluating all proposals submitted, the Manager is recommending Waste Management Systems for solid waste collection Councilmember Liedman made a motion to authorize the Manager to negotiate an agreement for solid waste collection with Waste Management for Option I, Section II (side yard/backyard pick-up) The motion was seconded by Councilmember Weinman and approved by a 6-0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Liedman, Mendia, Thornton, Weinman, Vice Mayor Vernon and Mayor Oldakowski voting Yes The Manager addressed the Council giving an update on the Farmers Market on Village Green Way recommending to hold this event for one year due to the construction on McIntyre Street 11 OTHER BUSINESS/GENERAL DISCUSSION There was no further business discussed 12 SCHEDULE OF FUTURE MEETINGS/EVENTS A schedule of future meetings and events was presented to the Council 13 ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 9 10 p m Respectfully submitted 4 of 5 Conchzta H Alvarez, CMC Village Clerk January 11 2005 Approved this 25th day of January , 2005 4'O L(kL. 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