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Home My Public Portal About08-30-94 Special Council Meeting.tifM I NUT E S SPECIAL VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1994 COUNCIL CHAMBER 85 WEST MCINTYRE STREET, SECOND FLOOR 1 CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: The meeting was called to order by Mayor Festa at 7 05 p m Present were Councilmembers Mortimer Fried, Raul Llorente (arrived at 7 10 p m ), Raymond Sullivan, John Waid, and Mayor John Festa Councilman Betty Sime and Vice Mayor Joe Rasco were absent Also present were Village Manager Sam Kissinger, Village Clerk Guido Inguanzo and Village Attorney Richard Weiss 2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Festa led the Pledge 3 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: There were no minutes presented for the Council's consideration 4 AGENDA: Mayor Festa requested the addition of discussion regarding communications, public works and Virginia Key The changes to the agenda were adopted by unanimous consent 5 SPECIAL PRESENTATION: There were no special presentations scheduled for the meeting 6 ORDINANCES: There were no ordinances considered by the Council 7 RESOLUTIONS: The clerk read the following resolution by title A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA; AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE A JOINT PARTICIPATING AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM OF CRANDON BOULEVARD WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE VILLAGE; APPROPRIATING FUNDS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. After brief discussion, Mayor Festa made a motion amending Section 1 of the resolution by authorizing the manager to execute the agreement in substantially the form attached and adopting the resolution as amended The motion was seconded by Councilman Fried Resolution 94-29 was adopted by a 4 - 1 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilman Waid voted No Page 1 of 5 August 30, 1994 8 REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: The following items were considered Mayor and Councilmembers Gloria de la Cruz, 600 Grapetree Drive, made a presentation to the Council regarding the final report of the results of the Village's school survey The following residents addressed the Council Tony Camejo, 151 Crandon Boulevard, Martha Broucek, 170 Ocean Lane Drive, Mary Schulman, 1121 Crandon Boulevard, and Henny Becker, 290 West Mashta Drive It was the consent of the Council that the School Advisory Committee prepare a draft resolution, with recommendations based on the survey results, for the Council's consideration at the meeting of September 13, 1994 At the request of the manager, Councilman Waid made a motion rejecting the bids received in connection with the Mashta Causeway improvements The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and adopted by a 5 - 0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, Waid, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Mayor Festa discussed communications and recommended a "man on the street" segment for the Village's daily broadcast Ms Becker addressed the Council The mayor briefly discussed street signs and other public works issues The mayor discussed the meeting held recently to discuss Virginia Key and requested that the manager prepare a plan to be submitted to the City of Miami in connection with locating ball fields at that location Village Attorney The attorney gave an update regarding Calusa Park -- including his recent discussions with the county attorney's office Mayor Festa made a motion authorizing the attorney to negotiate with the county for an operating permit for Calusa Park The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and adopted by a 5 - 0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, Waid, and Mayor Festa voting Yes The attorney announced that an executive session of the Council shall be held on September 13, 1994, at 6 00 p m , to discuss the Lipton litigation matter Village Clerk The clerk did not submit a report Page 2 of 5 August 30, 1994 Village Manager The manager made a brief presentation regarding the awarding of grants under the Village's Community Grant program The Council discussed the issue of charitable contributions versus community grants After extensive discussion, Councilman Llorente made a motion that the Council consider all the applications submitted under the Community Grant program as grants The motion was seconded by Councilman Sullivan and adopted by a 5 - 0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, Waid, and Mayor Festa voting Yes The following residents addressed the Council Michele Padovan, 425 Grapetree Drive, representing the Island Garden Club, Cliff Brody, 180 Harbor Drive, Bob Brooks, 95 West McIntyre Street, representing the Chamber of Commerce, Hugh O'Reilly, 475 Allendale Road, John Nols, 1540 Southwest 12 Avenue, Miami, representing the Boy Scouts, Chris Sager, 335 Harbor Drive, representing the Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce, Susan Han, 685 Curtisswood Drive, representing Cub Scouts, Jim Brewster, 595 North Mashta Drive, representing the Lighthouse Run Committee, Dorothy Rider, 9720 East Calusa Club Drive, representing the Island Garden Club, and Sally Brody, 180 Harbor Drive Mayor Festa made a motion limiting grants to any one organization to $10,000 00 The motion was seconded by Councilman Sullivan and adopted by a 5 - 0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, Waid, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilman Sullivan made a motion adopting the manager's recommendation for a grant to the Boy Scouts of America in the amount of $6,000 00 The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente Mayor Festa offered an amendment limiting the grant to $4,000 00 for an equipment trailer The amendment was seconded by Councilman Waid and failed on a 2 - 3 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilman Waid and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Fried, Llorente and Sullivan voted No The Sullivan motion failed on a 3 - 2 voice vote Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, and Sullivan voting Yes Councilman Wald and Mayor Festa voted No Mayor Festa made a motion awarding a $2,323 00 grant to the Cub Scouts The motion was seconded by Councilman Fried and adopted by a 5 - 0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers ,Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, Waid, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Mayor Festa made a motion reconsidering his previous motion The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and adopted by a 5 - 0 Page 3 of 5 August 30, 1994 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, Waid, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilman Sullivan made a motion awarding a $2,323 00 grant to the Cub Scouts The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and failed on a 3 - 2 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente and Sullivan voting Yes Councilman Waid and Mayor Festa voted No Mayor Festa made a motion awarding a $2,500 00 grant to the Cub Scouts The motion was seconded by Councilman Waid and adopted by a 5 - 0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, Waid, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilman Fried made a motion awarding a $10,000 00 grant to the Island Garden Club There was no second to the motion Mayor Festa made a motion awarding a $5,000 00 grant to the Key Biscayne Nature Center The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and adopted by a 4 - 1 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilman Waid voted No Mayor Festa made a motion to consider both of the Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce's applications as one request The motion was seconded by Councilman Sullivan and adopted by unanimous consent Councilman Llorente made a motion awarding a $10,000 00 grant to the Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce The motion was seconded by Councilman Waid and adopted by a 4 - 1 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, and Waid voting Yes Mayor Festa voted No Councilman Llorente made a motion awarding a $10,000 00 grant to the Key Biscayne Lighthouse Committee The motion was seconded by Councilman Sullivan and adopted by a 4 - 1 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, and Wald voting Yes Mayor Festa voted No Mayor Festa made a motion to reconsider the motion awarding a grant to the Boy Scouts The motion was seconded by Councilman Waid and adopted by a 5 - 0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, Waid, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Mayor Festa made a motion awarding a $4,000 00 grant to the Boy Scouts The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and adopted by a 5 - 0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sullivan, Waid, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilman Sullivan made a motion awarding a $2,300 00 grant to the Boy Scouts The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and failed on a 3 - 2 voice vote Page 4 of 5 August 30, 1994 The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente and Sullivan voting Yes Councilman Waid and Mayor Festa voted No Councilman Fried made a motion awarding a $10,000 00 grant to the Island Garden Club The motion was seconded by Councilman Waid and failed on a 1 - 4 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilman Fried voting Yes Councilmembers Llorente, Sullivan, Waid, and Mayor Festa voted No Discussion regarding a underground and overhead utility policy for the Village was deferred until the next meeting of the Council The manager gave a brief report regarding the Crandon Boulevard seasonal plantings 9 OTHER BUSINESS/GENERAL DISCUSSION: There was no further business discussed 10 ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 10 00 p m Approved this 04-i` day of cep , 1994 Village Clerk Mayor IF A PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO ANY MA21:K CONSIDERED AT A MEETING OR HEARING, THAT PERSON WILL NEED A RECORD OF 7! 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. Page 5 of 5