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HomeMy Public PortalAbout03-01-97 Regular Council Meeting (Continuation of 03-11-97).tifMINUTES VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1997 (CONTINUATION OF MARCH 11, 1997 MEETING) 85 WEST MCINTYRE STREET, SECOND FLOOR The Mayor called the continuation meeting of March 11, 1997 to order at 10 00 p m Present were Councilmembers Mortimer Fned, Gregory Han, Christina Reed, Betty Sime, Vice Mayor Michele Padovan and Mayor John Festa Councilmember Hugh O'Reilly was absent Also present were Village Manager C Samuel Kissinger, Village Clerk Conchita Alvarez and Village Attorney Richard Weiss Dave Leahy, Supervisor of Elections, Metro -Dade County Elections Department, 111 N W First Street, Miami addressed the Council on different options for the Village's upcoming election on Charter amendments Councilmember Han made a motion to hold the Special Election by mail The motion was seconded by Mayor Festa and approved by a 6-0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fned, Han, Reed, Sime, Vice Mayor Padovan and Mayor Festa voting Yes The Attorney addressed the Council regarding the Charter amendments Vice Chairman Michael Kahn, Charter Revision Commission, addressed the Council Councilmember Han suggested to issue a Proclamation to the Charter Revision Commission members The Clerk read into the record a letter from Councilmember O'Reilly regarding powers of Initiative and Referendum to the people regarding debt The Attorney addressed the Council on this issue Councilmember Han made a motion to have the Attorney draft O'Reilly's proposal to be place in the ballot The motion was seconded by Mayor Festa and failed by a 1-5 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmember Reed voting Yes Councilmembers Fried, Han, Sime, Vice Mayor Padovan and Mayor Festa voting No Mayor Festa made a motion to have alternate language to the Charter Revision Commission's recommendation to Section 7 05 "to require a vote of 5 Councilmembers" on grants Councilmember Sime seconded the motion and it was approved by a 6-0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fned, Han, Reed, Sime, Vice Mayor Padovan and Mayor Festa voting Yes Mayor Festa made a motion to amend the Charter to change the language regarding Charitable Contributions to say "such contributions as have been approved by 5 Councilmembers" The motion 1 of March 18 1997 was seconded by Vice Mayor Padovan and approved by a 6-0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Han, Reed, Sime, Vice Mayor Padovan and Mayor Festa voting Yes The Manager addressed the Council regarding his intention to petition the Metro -Dade Environmental Quality Control Board (EQCB) for an extension of time to connect to the proposed sanitary sewer collection system which, pursuant to Section 24-13(7) of the Metropolitan Dade County Code, requires residential properties to hook-up within ninety (90) days of service availability Councilman Han made a motion to delete #3 "A change in the property's ownership occurs, or" Councilmember Reed seconded the motion and failed by a 3-3 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Han, Reed and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Fried, Sime and Vice Mayor Padovan voting No Councilmember Han made a motion to delete #4 "Five (5) years have elapsed from the date of sewer availability " The motion was seconded by Mayor Festa and approved by a 5-1 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Han, Reed, Sime, Vice Mayor Padovan and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmember Fried voting No Carlos Pemn from C A P Engineering addressed the Council By Council consensus the Manager was directed to get the necessary dates changed on the time schedule for the sanitary sewer Mayor Festa made a motion to extend the meeting to 11 15 p m The motion was seconded by Councilmember Fried and failed by a 3-3 voice vote Councilmembers Fned, Han and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Reed, Sime and Vice Mayor Padovan voting No Mayor Festa made a motion to instruct the Manager to make offers to the property owners of the land adjacent to the Village Green and adjacent to the Police Fire complex The motion was seconded by Councilmember Han and approved by a 6-0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Mortimer Fried, Gregory Han, Christina Reed, Betty Sime, Vice Mayor Michele Padovan and Mayor Festa voting Yes Scott Bass, 201 Galen Drive addressed the Council The Manager was directed to put together a list of other available properties for sale and present it at the next Council meeting The meeting adjourned at 11 01 p m 2 of 3 March 18 1997 Respectfully submitted A)/6ho, onchita H Alvarez, Village Clerk Approved this 1st day of April 1997 jD ,1)--e,,-1-7_,- Jo n F Festa ayor IFA PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT A MEETING OR HEARING, THAT PERSON WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND, FOR SUCH PURPOSE, MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED 3 of