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MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
The Miami Shores Village
Council held their regularly scheduled Council Meeting on Tuesday,
September 7, 2004 in the
Village Hall Council Chambers. The
Meeting was convened at 7:30 PM with the following members present:
PRESENT: Jim McCoy
Herta Holly
Al Davis
Ed Quinton
Greg Ullman
ALSO PRESENT: Tom Benton, Village Manager
Barbara Estep, Village Clerk
Richard Sarafan, Village
Attorney
PRESENTATION
Mr. Berg, Planning &
Zoning/Code Enforcement Director, presented the House of the Month award to
Ed and Kelly Brill for the month of September, 2004.
CONSIDERATIONS
1)
VILLAGE CLERK Barbara
A. Estep
A) APPROVAL OF THE JULY 20, 2004 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES.
Mrs. Holly moved approval
of the July 20, 2004 Council Meeting Minutes as submitted. Mr. Ullman seconded the motion and the
vote was unanimous in favor.
B) REQUEST APPROVAL TO AMEND RESOLUTION #1080-04 TO
ALLOW FOR
APPROPRIATION OF THE FUNDS APPROVED
IN THE ADOPTED RESOLUTION.
Ms. Estep explained the
omission in the Resolution previously adopted. Mr. Quinton moved to amend the Resolution
as recommended. Mrs. Holly seconded
the motion and the vote was unanimous in favor.
2) VILLAGE MANAGER Tom Benton
A) DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AUTHORIZATION
TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE
VILLAGE ATTORNEY, WITH MICHELE MELLGREN & ASSOCIATES, TO PREPARE THE
VILLAGE’S EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
Mr. Benton offered
information regarding the process used in selecting the firm and introduced
Michele Mellgren, the president of Michele Mellgren & Associates. Ms. Mellgren
responded to questions regarding the scope of service and the work needed
to complete the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) relating to the
Village’s Comprehensive Plan. In
addition, Planning & Zoning Director, Al Berg, provided a brief
explanation of the EAR process.
Subsequent to these discussions, Mr. Ullman moved to authorize the
Village Manager to enter into an agreement with Michele Mellgren
& Associates to prepare the Village’s Evaluation and Appraisal Report. Mrs. Holly seconded the motion andd the vote was unanimous in favor.
B)
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ERECTING A FENCE WITHIN THE
EXISTING BARRICADE LOCATED AT N. BAYSHORE DRIVE AND 91ST TERRACE
AND ALSO ONE AT N.W. 96TH STREET AND 2ND AVENUE.
Mr. Benton introduced the
item under consideration before the Council. Mr. Ullman requested that the two
requests be considered separately.
Each Council person offered their opinion on the separate requests
for fences to be erected within the existing barricades. With respect to the request at N. Bayshore and N.E.
91st Terrace, the consensus of the Council was to have
input from the neighborhood residents prior to making any decision. Should the request be granted, it was
agreed that a locking, combination gate within the fence be installed in
order to allow access to residents.
With respect to the
request for the fence at N.W. 96th Street and N.W. 2nd Avenue, Mr. Ullman moved to have the Village place a
fence within the barricade as requested.
Mr. Quinton seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous in favor
of the motion.
3) ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ms. Estep read the
announcements.
Mr. Benton provided an
update on the hurricane clean-up efforts.
4) PUBLIC COMMENTS
No one in attendance offered
any comments.
5) COUNCIL COMMENTS
Greg Ullman Mr. Ullman welcomed everyone back from
the summer recess. He thanked the
Village Manager and staff for the tremendous presence and assistance to the
residents during the hurricane. In
addition, Mr. Ullman spoke about the Boulevard improvement project and
spoke about the great job that the Village has done in ensuring that
traffic is moving smoothly.
Al Davis Mr. Davis echoed Mr. Ullman’s
comments.
Ed Quinton Mr. Quinton voiced his appreciation
of the Village staff.
Herta Holly Mrs. Holly thanked the staff for
doing a great job and heroic efforts, indicating that she had heard nothing
but wonderful comments about the Village’s response. Mrs. Holly also spoke about the FDOT
project at 103rd
Street.
6) ADJOURNMENT
Mayor McCoy adjourned the
September
7, 2004 Regular Council
Meeting at 8:20 PM.
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Jim
McCoy, Mayor
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Barbara A. Estep, CMC
Village Clerk
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