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SPECIAL VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING
VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA
MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1993
COUNCIL CHAMBER
85 WEST MCINTYRE STREET, SECOND FLOOR
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Festa at 7 00 p m Present
were Councilmembers Mortimer Fried, Raul Llorente, Betty Sime,
Raymond Sullivan, John Wald (arrived at 7 05 p m ), Vice Mayor Joe
Rasco, and Mayor John Festa Also present were Village Manager Sam
Kissinger, Village Clerk Guido Inguanzo, Village Attorney Steve
Helfman, and Master Plan Consultant Robert Swarthout
Mayor Festa announced that this meeting was a continuation of the
Council meeting held on December 7, 1993
Attorney Helfman announced that the Council will meet in an
executive session on Tuesday, December 14, 1993, at 5 30 p m
Mayor Festa opened the floor for discussion regarding adoption of
the Comprehensive Master Plan
The Council briefly discussed Traffic Circulation Servando
Parapar, 240 Cypress Drive, addres9ed the Council regarding a north -
south traffic circulation corridor along the east side of the
island Councilman Sime addressed the issue and requested that a
special meeting be held to specifically discuss the matter The
following residents addressed the Council regarding a possible
north -south traffic corridor Camille Guething, 260 Seaview Drive,
Conchita Suarez, 201 Crandon Boulevard, Martha Broucek, 170 Ocean
Lane Drive, Shirley Brill, 550 Ocean Drive, and Henny Becker, 290
West Mashta Drive Mayor Festa recommended that the manager study
the issue and prepare a recommendation for the Council prior to
final submission of the plan
The Council extensively discussed the Recreation and Open Space
segment of the plan Ms Broucek addressed the Council The
Council concurred to adopt a policy allowing the Village time to
research all options available in terms of recreation level of
service The Council also amended Objective 1 4 (Open Space) to
read "Achieve public open space in the Village, some public open
space on the waterfront plus open space in conjunction with any new
private development" and deleted Policy 1 4 3
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After brief discussion of the Capital Improvements element, Policy
1 1 5 was amended to delete the words "general obligation" Michael
Kahn, 881 Ocean Drive, addressed the Council Councilman Waid made
a motion to amend Policy 1 1 5 to limit debt to 1 5 percent of total
assessed valuation The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente
and adopted by a 4 - 3 roll call vote The vote was as follows
Councilmembers Llorente, Waid, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor Festa
voting Yes Councilmembers Fried, Sime and Sullivan voted No
The Council also made the following additional changes to the
proposed plan any references to specific Village employees were
changed to "Village Manager or designee" and references to a Village
newsletter were deleted
Mayor Festa made a motion to continue the meeting to Tuesday,
January 11, 1994, at 6 00 p m for approval of the plan as amended
The motion was seconded by Councilman Sime and adopted by a
unanimous voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers
Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, Waid, Vice Mayor Rasco, and Mayor
Festa voting Yes
The meeting was adjourned at 9 30 p m
Approved this \Ilk day of , 1994
Village Clerk Mayor
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