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e e e e e good evening everyone I would like to call the aventur city Commission meeting to order call the meeting to order and
we'll have a roll call please mayor Weinberg here vice mayor fredin here commissioner a here commissioner blman here commissioner Bloom here commissioner Cruz here commissioner Alinsky here Mr fages here and Mr Myers
here you have a quorum thank you I would like to ask if our County Commissioner Mickey Steinberg would lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance please please rise if you can flag United
States indivisible thank you commissioner and thank you for all that you do for this City of Aventura okay any deletions or additions Mr
manager none okay we've got um a couple of proclamations tonight the first one I'm going to ask vice mayor fredland to
read and there he whereas athletic trainers are highly educated and skilled healthc Care Professionals who provide services in prevention Emergency Care clinical diagnosis therapeutic therapeutic intervention and Rehabilitation of
injuries and medical conditions and whereas athletic trainers work with individuals of all ages and in a variety of settings including sports teams schools clinics hospitals corporations and the military to ensure the health and well-being of their patients and
whereas the national athletic trainers Association known as NATA has declared March as National athletic training month to recognize and promote the critical work athletic trainers do in the healthc care field and whereas the theme for National athletic training
month 2025 champions in healthcare emphasizes the vital role of athletic trainers impr in improving Health outcomes and enhancing the quality of life for their parent patients and whereas the city of aventor acknowledges the valuable
contributions of atic trainers in keeping our community safe and healthy as well as their commitment to education research and injury prevention now therefore be resolve that I Howard Weinberg as mayor and on behalf of the city Commission of the City of
Aventura do hereby proclaim the month of March 2025 as National athletic training month yeah it's a huge one and I believe there's a representative here please uh if you'd like to say a
few words you're more than welcome to and then we're going to present you with this Proclamation up here so we can take pictures to tell us your name good evening thank you so much mayor thank you so much uh City commissioners my name is PR bangui I serve as the president of the athletic
trainers Association of Florida we're over 3,000 members strong across our state and this is a Statewide initiative to U help us with some proclamations across uh you know various cities and counties so we thank you for this token of appreciation and recognition for our
profession um and we uh look forward to continuing working in the City of Aventura at athletic training thank you and thanks for what you and the members of your organization do to keep us fit um why don't you come up here we'll present this and we'll take a nice picture of all the Commissioners thank
you e e okay next moving forward I believe that commissioner Mickey Steinberg you have a Proclamation would you like to come up here and and read it to us you uh Amit has one also but you're going to go
first if you don't mind thank you so much can you hear me okay um thank you for having me here today this is actually a promise I had made to commissioner Stern that whereas if awareness is the greatest agent for change then it is appropriate for Miami day County to
propagate National Health observances to better serve inform and educate the citizens within our community and whereas coloral cancer is one of the few cancers that can be prevented with timely screening it is estimated that only one in three individuals eligible
for screening are doing so whereas this type of cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States among men and women combined the research supports prevention with colonoscopy screenings to detect early stages when treatment is more like likely to be successful
whereas educational insight and preventative techniques are key ceral cancer is increasingly being diagnosed in those under the age of 50 which is considered early onset with such contributing factors as unhealthy diet and seditary behavior and whereas the
national goal established by the American Cancer society's National coloral Cancer Roundtable is to strive to increase timely screenings to 80% in every Community for all eligible adults everybody please get
screened so now on behalf of our mayor our chairman of the board the members of the board of County Commissioners and on behalf of our Miami Dade County and this community we here dueby Proclaim March 2025 as colorl Cancer Awareness Month in
Miami day County thank you what will you join us up here for a photo please you bring that nice acclamation I just want to acknowledge um commissioner Michael Stern's wife
Randy and his mother RZ e all right guys look amazing all right for we have one more Proclamation but first commissioner Bloom has a few remarks so I want to begin by expressing
my sincere gratitude to the Miami dat County League of cities and our clerk Alisa Horvath for helping me reach out to all the cities AC across the county and requesting a proclamation in honor of continuing commissioner Michael
Stern's important work of raising awareness for colon cancer screening I'm deeply thankful to all the cities that have joined in this effort a special thank you also as well to our Miami Dade County Commissioner Mickey Steinberg and her office for being among
the first to respond and for being with us here tonight tonight marks the first time that we recognize col rectal cancer awareness
month without the familiar presence of Michael Stern as the one to receive the proclamation instead I wasn't going to cry for five years Michael didn't just battle for his own own life he fought for the lives of others he turned his
diagnosis into a mission to save lives and in doing so he brought joy and purpose to every moment that he had Michael was dedicated to making a difference using his story to shine a light on the importance and ease of getting a
colonoscopy through his work with fight CRC and the commitment of the City of Aventura behind him he educated countless people on life-saving screening tonight we are joined by Michael's wife Randy and his mom
Raz I know I speak for everyone here when I say thank you to the both of you we understand that when someone faces an illness they do not face it alone thank you for supporting Michael in his fight which allowed all of us to
benefit from his friendship his leadership and his courage we miss Michael dear our friend brother and colleague in his honor we continue the commitment he started to educate the public on the importance of colon cancer
screenings and with that I will close the way Michael would have wanted me to Michael would have said colorl cancer is preventable and treatable early detection is the key if you're 45 or older and you haven't yet had a
colonoscopy make an appointment today don't wait waight early detection saves lives and we have a proclamation whereas coloral cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States among men
and women combined and whereas screening for coloral cancer can lead to earlier detection and save lives by allowing for the prevention and treatment of this disease and whereas although coloral cancer is one of the few cancers that
can be prevented by timely screening it is estimated that only one in three people who are eligible for screening do so and whereas a champion for research and prevention was lost with the passing of our beloved City of Aventura
commissioner Michael Stern and whereas the City of Aventura would like to recognize the late Aventura commissioner Michael Stern as an advocate of fight colar rectal cancer and their combined efforts to
increase awareness and offer education on the importance of early detection and screening of color rectal cancer and whereas the aventur city commission is committed to carrying on the legacy of commissioner Michael Stern by continuing to use coloral Cancer
Awareness Month to inform the public on the importance of prevention and treatment now therefore be it resolved that I Howard Weinberg as mayor and on behalf of the city Commission of the city of aventur Florida in honor of our friend
and colleague commissioner Michael Stern do hereby Proclaim March 2025 as Colo rectal cancer awareness month come you mind
okay so now it's really a privilege because I'm going to for me anyway I'm going to present a couple of uh certificates um of special recognition because when
uh anyone in our community does something that is inspiring is courageous is helpful to the community um we want to know about it and we want to recognize it because we want to encourage it and um
so the first certificate it involves um a situation where many of you probably saw the news last year 2024 when um a condominium president at one of our condo associations was arrested and
taken away in handcuffs as the result of a 4-year investigation um by the avator police department and of course everyone is innocent until proven guilty everyone is Presumed Innocent whatever other disclaimers I should make but the fact
of the matter is that our Police Department uh Chief Michael benta's officers um have really become specialized in things like financial fraud and identity theft um not what you
immediately think of when you think of a police officer but the way that investigation got started is condominium residents in that building thought things weren't right something wasn't right and they came to
the police department the police department didn't poo poo it and tell them to go away they looked into it and they saw a little smoke and where there was Smoke there was fire and they were very careful to investigate thoroughly so we encourage our residents as the
flagship municipality Flagship condominium municipality in the state of Florida we need to be the leaders uh because there is wrongdoing not always if there was wrongdoing every time someone told me their board is corrupt we'd all be you know in a in a
terrible world but sometimes there's validity so in this particular case um just a few weeks ago a property manager at one of our luxury properties luxury condomini
buildings thought something wasn't right it looked like a vendor was doing something wrong and um might be ending up with some money that they weren't supposed to have basically stealing from the
association and she reached out to the avator police department well lo and behold the aventor police department did a great job of investigating and found that Not only was this property manager correct but that this had occurred
allegedly by the same individual at more than one building but this manager is the only one that discovered it because she was very very very careful and reconciling
and um really professional and with great vigilance said something's not right um and allegedly what was happening was and this happens a lot these days with you know printers are so good now and everything computers in high depth
there were checks that were printed that looked exactly like the legitimate checks that were issued by the Association and they were forged with signatures that look like the association's board signatures and they were deposited in the
bank a little bit at a time other managers didn't notice but um a few weeks ago that person was also taken away in handcuffs that's two and short time as a result of the vigilance of our residents and the people who work
in our community and the fine work of our Police Department this investigation didn't take four years this was just a few months um and I want to recognize um that property manager and you most of us know her because of the condominium
symposiums that she produces we had one just last week where our state senator and our state representatives come in and we all get educated and condominium law and what's going on in Tallahassee and um what we need to know so she was practicing what she preaches so I want
to recognize um Daniela Marquez for your great work your your and this is what the certificate reads you can come while you're coming up here to the right here I'm going to uh read this in recognition of your professionalism and vigilance in uncovering fraudulent activity within
our community the city Commission of the city of avator applauds your courageous in protecting our residents congratulations Danel would you like to say anything make sure that is green that microphone that light hello
hi um well thank you I want to thank the detective that was involved in the investigation for this case cuz it was um very quick we knew that the person was guilty with a few weeks but they
were obviously building the case um thank you for the commission and for you the the job that you guys do the events that we're able to host with your support in the city for condominums for board members and for the homeowners so
thank you thanks come on up if you're here with anyone in your family if your mom is here come on up for a picture start great Che over come in a don't move all right e
okay so many of you participated um one not this not this past Sunday but the Sunday before that in the annual I think the seventh annual Ellie's Army dirty socks 5K run and
wathon um I think Stacy L is here now with her family and uh with some of her family and um it's really it's really a um an incredible event I don't think I ever
missed one I know that one of our commissioners is on the board or the chairman of the board maybe and it's just a it's a great event and it inspires people and it's for the best of causes and uh there was just sort of
um something that was just so inspiring when um Carlos Paro or caritos another one of our fine residents um really a a profile and courage and at the um Finish
Line he a a quadriplegic got out of his wheelchair and walked across the Finish Line it was one of the most inspiring things that I've ever seen and it's silly for me to try to explain it I'm
just going to ask the booth to play the video if you could watch this for just 60 seconds or so [Music] [Music] [Music]
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want to welcome if uh you car Carlos caritos or and if your family your wife if any wants to say anything this is a handheld mic over here and Stacy Stacy do you want to say something or you want to give something to
caros that's F I can't gra it you better put it right there thank you Mr Mayor and uh it's a great honor to be here and especially for u a strength and Faith Foundation it's our new
organization is a nonprofit and uh we are trying to do our best not only inspiring and motivation people here in South Florida but helping supporting and provided with guidance to people who suffer spinal core injury so it's a great honor to be here and represented
so many people in needs especially for young people who suffer accidents with the spinal core injury I did have one myself believe it or not I was playing tennis when I almost broke my neck and I have an injury and the C4 and C5 level and after the doctors told me that um I
won't be able to move out of my power wheelchair well guess what five years later I'm proven it wrong and I doing the best that I can do to support and to help others to do the same so that's my blueprint from the future generations to
know that uh we can do it everybody if I did it somebody can do it as well and it's an inspiration for me to just participated in that kind of event so thank you Mr Mayor thank you Commissioners for having me here tonight so I'm Stacy Levy and I'm the founder of Ellie's Army Foundation which
was the host for the dirty socks wathon last week and I I want to thank you first of all for um showing such courage and and inspiring all of us at the at
the event and um the foundation was named for my daughter Ellie at the end of her life she had to double lung transplants and her doctors told her that she needed to walk to get well and her doctor doctor asked her to do 30
laps around the floor around the ICU and she had done 15 so he didn't think she was going to be able to do it but I'm sure you understand he was trying to motivate her and he came back and asked her did you do 30 laps and she said no I did
31 so it's important to us at Ellie's Army about 31 um means to Aspire to persevere to do the best that you can to give all you've got and then give a little bit more and you epitomized and
showed us what an example the human Spirit could you know can be and so I want to give you this thank you very much special number yeah thank so I'm going to read this certificate caritos and then we're going
to down there and take a picture with you and your family and Stacy hopefully you and you and your family will join us um caritos in recognition of your inspirational Crossing line finish at the Ellie's Army dirty socks 5K run in walkon in amatur the city Commission of
the city of avor applauds your accomplishment oh be caros caros Foria can here e for got keep going forever
he has Awards he has Awards you have Awards you have a Mr manager you have an employee Service Awards it's always a great honor and a privilege to present our Service Awards to our brave and heroic police officers
and this is uh Sergeant anello's 15-year service award with the City of Aventura just a couple notable facts of his uh remarkable career it back in 2010 he started with us as a public service Aid and then became an officer in 2012 in
2013 he led the entire agency in Narcotics arrest and then in 2014 or 2015 I'm sorry he and two of his fellow officers stopped a a man with an AK-47 that was about to rob the Walgreens late
in the evening um they were able to take down this individual who had the rifle without any harm to any citizens without any harm to any of the officers for that he received the officer of the year award and the prestigious Leo award from Miami day County now the Leo award is is
not just here for Aventura this is recognizes all officers throughout Miami date County and throughout all officers in Miami day County he was selected for his heroic actions on that evening so it's a major major major accomplishment he's also worked in our uh multi- agency
gang task force our bike unit and in our honor guard and just recently he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant so which is a remarkable accomplishment and we're very proud of him and he's going to have a remarkable career I'd ask if you want your uh your family to come up and take a photo he's got his a
beautiful daughter L wer [Music] oh no told she did really good the first 45 minutes she H it's okay come here come here I know
come here you did so good the first 45 you ready take a picture yeah it's okay [Music] happy holiday thank you it makes me want to cry also sergeant
thank you everybody thank you everybody [Applause] okay moving on to consent agenda is anyone on the commission or the manager need to remove an item okay if not then uh I need a motion
to approve the consent agenda from commissioner Bloom seconded by commissioner a uh let's vote on that commissioner Cruz yes commissioner Linsky yes commissioner a yes commissioner blman yes commissioner
Bloom yes vice mayor fredin yes and mayor Weinberg yes motion passes okay item six quas judicial public hearings the um quas judicial proceedings shall be invoked for 6B through 6E also 6G
and I'm going to ask the City attorney to provide the procedures regarding quas judicial thank you mayor uh as as the mayor said uh the Quasi judicial procedures will be invok for 6B CDE e and G uh these are zoning hearing is in
their quasi judicial nature as such the Quasi judicial procedures of the city shall be invoked for these items if you wish to object or comment upon these items please inform the mayor when public comments are requested an opportunity for persons to speak on these items will be made available after the applicant and staff have made their
presentations on the items all testimony including public testimony and evidence will be made under oor affirmation for these quasa judicial items additionally each person who gives testimony may be subject to cross-examination if you refuse either to be cross-examined or be sworn your testimony will be given its
due weight the general public will not be permitted to cross-examine Witnesses but the public May request the commission to ask questions of Staff or Witnesses on their behalf persons representing organization must present evidence of their authority to speak for the organization further details of the
quas judicial procedures may be obtained from the clerk I'd also like to mention at this time Mr Mayor if any of the members of the commission at exart communications with respect to any of the items now would be the time to disclose them before uh the vote is
taken okay and I'll ask the clerk to swear in anyone that will be offering testimony if you'll be providing comments on any of these items I need you to stand up raise your right hand and be swor it at
this time if you'll be providing comments or you going if you're a member of the public also that will be providing comments on any of the items I need to be sworn in at this time do you solemly swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so
help you God thank you okay and Madam clerk If You Could Read 6A an ordinance of the city of aventuro Florida amending chapter 31 Land Development regulations of the city code of ordinances by amending section
31-45 Town Center zoning districts to create section 31-1 145f Town Center North plan development tc5 District to provide for a new zoning district and related regulations and standards providing for severability providing for
inclusion in the code and providing for an effective date can I have a motion to adopt the ordinance commissioner Cru seconded by commissioner Bloom uh I'll ask the community development director to review the item
please thank you Mr Mayor good evening Kevin klopp community development director if we could have the presentation on the screen uh please um oops okay so I entitled this The Gulfstream Park development agreement I'm going to
make one presentation if it's okay with the commission for all six items I'll cover everything all at once for I insist um the culmination of many months in fact more than a year of work and and
meetings is development agreement which is one of the items not the first item on the agenda that you just heard read but is really the culmination so that's why I titled it this um we are speaking about the south end of Gulfstream Parks
property which is the North End of the City of Aventura see a graphic here on the screen and the development agreement is something that is occurring along with uh a purchase of land for a new
City of Aventura school which is outlined here in red little background as I mentioned this has been going on for over a year in December of 2023 uh a letter of intent was received
from Gulfstream Park uh laying out the uh parameters of a potential development agreement they'd be requesting and a potential acquisition of land from the city uh for the city school that uh
letter was presented to the city commission at a workshop in January of 202 24 followed by a resolution in February of 2024 Which authorized the manager to begin negotiations of this agreement in June of 2024 the commission
then uh passed a resolution approving of the terms that had been negotiated and uh then at that time it was for three acres of land in September it was increased to 3.7 acres of land uh
which was uh believ to uh assist in a better school design uh and then in October we started the public hearings on all the zoning items um the comprehensive plan Amendment and and rezonings that would be necessary to make this happen uh then
in February uh the development agreement itself was presented uh at a public hearing and here we are tonight uh the culmination of all these items they're all on the agenda for one final public hearing and reading meting um so as you
see there's been many meetings on this uh nobody can say that you weren't public and and very uh forthright in uh presenting this for comment so tonight's hearing um include 6A which is item Mor on which is the
creation of a new zoning District called Town Center 5 and we have to create that zoning District first before we can start taking the steps to put that District into place uh for Gulfstream Park the next item uh 6B is a future
land use map Amendment or designation uh to town center right now it is uh business and office and so this will allow the Town Center zoning to be applied to their parcel uh then the next action would be to actually do that rezoning of their
parcel 6D is the rezoning of the remainder that is being uh purchased by the city being rezoned to community facility which allows for a school to be built 6E is approving the development
agreement and then 6f is really a subse section to the development agreement which is allowing access from Northeast 213th Street uh to the um Gulfstream Park site currently there's a covenant uh disallowing that access so that has
to be specifically undone or modified uh tonight so what the ultimate description of what's Happening Here is Gulfstream Park's 26.5 acre tract of land that's their tract minus 3.7 Acres that will
become the city's tract which is currently designated business and office will become a town center and then it will be rezoned to tc5 tc5 allows a maximum density of 62 units per acre maximum height of the
buildings is 30 stories and it requires preapproval of design guidelines and a plan for development which there is not a uh plan of development at this point these are just setting development parameters the
development agreement in includes a 30-year time frame for them to uh Implement uh the allowances in the agreement as I mentioned three access points from Northeast 23 213 Street there are traffic mitigation
requirements as they proceed uh to obtain permits they will have also have to mitigate traffic along 213th and uh biscane Boulevard and there's a trade-off Matrix which I just want to explain very briefly because it could become a question in the future of how
are they doing this so the agreement sets parameters for traffic and the number of trips that can be generated on the parcel based upon how many units they can have as well as how many square feet of various uses such as hotel and
Commercial they can have if they reach a point in the future where they've developed all of the commercial that this agreement allows them to build but they want to build a little bit more they can reduce the number of
units equivalent by the number of traffic trips it generates and get that additional uh development so it's a very flexible tool that they get uh with this development agreement on this tradeoff so they can uh address Market uh demands
in the future and not be tied in and have to come back to the city commission just for one small change of of one thing or another so that uh summarizes all of the items on the agenda I'm certainly here to answer any questions on this specific
one which is the creation of tc5 or any of the others as you go through them thank you very much any questions from the commission for the development director seeing [Music] none we will
um open the item for public comment if any members of the public want to speak they should come forward now I don't see any so I'll close it for public comment and ask um if there's any questions or comments by
the city commission I don't see anyone uh I will just I think I've disclosed on the record many times um in terms of exp party Communications it was as far back as 2022 that I reached out to the owner of
the property and started the ball rolling I asked for three acres of land to be deeded to the city at no cost to the city contiguous to our existing high school so that we could build a new school that is a request that I made of gstream and we started the conversation
what will it take to get that done had two or three meetings on that topic and then brought it to the amatur city Administration to continue negotiations so to the extent that's an expart of communication I most definitely had them
that's the beginning of why we are where we are today um okay no commission comment then it's time to vote commissioner olinsky yes commissioner a yes
commissioner blachman yes commissioner Bloom yes commissioner Cruz yes vice mayor friedin yes and mayor Weinberg yes motion passes moving on to Six B an ordinance of the city of aventur Florida approving a smallscale Amendment to the Future
land use map of the city of aventur comprehensive plan pursuant to section 6 3. 3187 Florida Statutes to redesignate an approximate 26.5 acre tract of land on the northeast corner of biscane Boulevard and Northeast 213 Street
identified by folio numbers 28-12 34-01 9-11 and 28-12 34-1 9-21 from business and office to Town Center providing for conflicts providing for sub ability providing for inclusion
in the comprehensive plan and providing for an effective date motion to [Music] approve commissioner a seconded by commissioner blanchan uh you've reviewed you've
included this in your your review Mr klopp any member of the public want to speak on this okay seeing none I'll close it for public comment any commission questions or comments I see none let me clear this so
I'll close it and ask for a vote commissioner a yes commissioner blman yes commissioner Bloom yes commissioner Cruz yes commissioner olinsky yes vice mayor fredin yes and mayor Weinberg yes motion passes 6C an ordinance of the
city of aventur Florida amending the official zoning map by changing the zoning design designation of an approximate 26.5 acre trative land on the northeast corner of biscan Boulevard and Northeast 213 Street identified by folio numbers 28-12 34-01
9-11 and 28-12 34-19 0021 from community business district B2 and medical office District M to Town Center North plan development District tc5 providing forever ability providing
for inclusion in the code and providing for an effective dat motion to approve commissioner blman seconded by commissioner Cruz any public comment on this item six C seeing none I'll close it any
commission comment questions statements let's close it and vote commissioner blman yes commissioner Bloom yes commissioner Cruz yes commissioner rinsky yes commissioner a yes vice mayor frand yes and mayor
Weinberg yes motion passes 6D an ordinance of the city of aventur Florida amending the official zoning map by changing the zoning designation of an approximate 3.7 acre tract of land east of the northeast corner of biscan Boulevard and Northeast
2 and 3 Street depicted on the location map in exhibit one and legally described an exhibit 2 from medical office District M to community facilities District CF providing for severability providing for inclusion in the code and
providing for an effective date okay I need a motion to commissioner Bloom motion to approve commissioner Bloom seconded by commissioner olinsky any public
comment any commission I'll close it any commission comment let's vote commissioner Bloom yes commissioner Cruz yes commissioner Alinsky yes commissioner a yes commissioner blatman yes vice mayor
friedin yes and mayor Weinberg yes motion passes 6 e a resolution of the city Commission of the city of aventur Florida approving pursuant to chapter 163 Florida Statutes a second amendment
attached to this resolution as exhibit a to the development agreement made between Gulf Stream Park Racing Association Inc as developer and the City of Aventura dated November 8 2006 and first amended on December 21st 2017
to extend the term of the agreement to March 4 2055 to allow for the development of 1,633 residential units buildings of 30 stories non-residential development of 150,000 square fet of office 300 hotel
rooms 300,000 Square ft of commercial uses a commercial floor area ratio of 2.0 a Lan's tradeoff equivalency Matrix setting a maximum traffic generation limit and three unrestricted roadway
access points to Northeast 213 Street all relating to two Parcels of land totaling approximately 26.5 acres and legally described an exhibit e b located on the North nor side of the Northeast 213 Street East of biscane Boulevard
City of Aventura authorizing the city manager to execute the agreement on behalf of the city providing for severability and providing for an effective date motion to approve commissioner bman second Mr Mayor can can I just jump in here please uh there was uh some
clarifying language that was added to the development agreement it was passed out uh before the meeting and and I the motion should reflect the fact that this this uh clarifying language as part of the uh motion that the commission is approving okay I need a motion to
approve which includes the clarifying language I commissioner blanchan seconded by commissioner a any public comment on this item 6E seeing none I will close it for
public comment any commission comment seeing none we will vote commissioner Cruz yes commissioner olinsky yes commissioner a yes commissioner blachman yes commissioner Bloom yes vice mayor fredin yes and mayor Weinberg yes motion
passes 6f a resolution of the city Commission of the city of aventur Florida approving an amendment Amendment to the Declaration of Covenant with Gulfstream Park Racing Association Inc regarding vehicular access from Northeast 213 Street to Gulfstream Park
properties authorizing the city manager to finalize and execute the amendment to Covenant providing for implementation and providing for an effective date okay any public comment I will close it for public
comment see if there's any commission comment or statements questions seeing none let's vote and mayor I believe we need a motion on the floor for this item I'm sorry I need a motion to approve 6f commissioner Cruz seconded by
commissioner Bloom um I did open it for public comment I'll reopen it I'll reclose it any commission comment now let's vote commissioner Alinsky yes commissioner a yes commissioner blman yes commissioner
Bloom yes commissioner Cruz yes vice mayor frand yes and mayor weberg yes motion passes 6G a resolution of the city Commission of the city of aventur Florida approving a sign variance from section 31-1 191
j2f of the city's Land Development regulations to permit a wall sign on an elevation facing an adjacent residentially zoned property approving a variance from section 31-1 191 j7 of the city's Land Development regulations to
permit directional signs of 5 Square ft when the maximum allowed area is 4 squ F feet for Belmont Village Senior Living located at 3150 Yacht Club Way providing for implementation and providing for an effective
date thank you did you want to uh speak to this Kevin very briefly just to show the uh images of what the variance uh requested would look like uh you've seen this rendering before but the uh sign
that you see saying Belmont Village is technically not allowed because it's a commercial use facing a residential use uh we think that's perfectly fine and the U entry and exit signs and directional signs would just be uh
slightly larger than is allowed uh they thought it had the better scale for their site and for what they want to put on the signs we also think they're they're perfectly fine so we're in support of the variant okay any public comment
regarding this item 6G seeing none on closeing from public comment any commission statements questions issues on 6G seeing none we'll vote I mayor believe I need a motion for this item
also you're so difficult I know I need a motion to approve 6G vice mayor freedland seconded by commissioner olinsky uh any public comment Second Chance last chance closed let's vote
commissioner a yes commissioner blman yes commissioner Bloom yes commissioner Cruz yes commissioner Alinsky yes vice mayor fredin yes and mayor Weinberg yes motion passes no first readings no second readings on ordinances item nine
resolution I'll ask the clerk to read item nine a resolution of the city Commission of the city of Amur Florida authorizing the waiver of the fees associated with the rental of the aventur Arts and Cultural Center by the youngstar Showcase sponsored by the
aventur marketing Council and an amount not to exceed $99,000 providing for implementation and providing for an effective date you're probably going to tell me I need a motion so let me ask for one motion to approve commissioner Cruz second by
commissioner Bloom Mr manager thank you mayor this resolution weighs up to $9,000 in rental and labor fees for the Avent Arts and Cultural Center to support the young Stars showcase an event sponsored by the marketing Council this long standing event provides a
platform for young local talent to perform in a professional setting the fee waiver represents a foregone expense rather than a direct cost to the city and similar waivers have been granted for events that align with the city's Mission and values and I'm happy to answer any
questions okay any Commissioners have any questions this was workshopped uh any member of the public want to comment on this issue seeing none I'll close it and we'll vote on item nine commissioner
blachman yes commissioner Bloom yes commissioner Cruz yes commissioner olinsky yes commissioner a yes vice mayor fredin yes and mayor Weinberg yes motion passes okay uh commissioner Cruz did you want to comment on the balloons
that we see here yeah briefly I wanted to uh thank uh um our city manager Brian and and whoever went to get these balloons uh they represent uh the pain we're feeling for the bius family the
two beautiful kids innocent kids one was uh cfir who was 9 months old and his brother Ariel that was uh four years old when they were kidnapped by this H brutal and and um barbaric uh terrorist organization this is why we have them
here because they represent the innocence of uh the Israeli people and especially the kids uh they were redhead kids beautiful redhead kids and as I tell everybody those things in life are
very uh are Shades of Gray but this is one of those things that are that's very black and white and whoever can't tell the difference is part of the problem so we uh commemorate their lives we send our deepest condolances uh love love and
prayers to their father uh their mother also passed away unfortun was also killed unfortunately to the father uh and um yarden bibas to their family uh and that we and we demand that
all the innocent hostages are brought back home safely soon to their families uh Israel's fight is our fight and the City of Aventura is very proud uh to stand up loudly and proud for the people of Israel as they undergo
this terrible War uh for all of us and uh we pray for the uh safe return of the hostages and for peace and for the uh defeat of Hamas thank you and thank you Mr manager for the uh
balloons um reports any commissioner or the manager or the attorney have anything to report commissioner orlinsky I was reminded by commissioner Bloom um so I just wanted to thank
everyone for coming out to Ellie's Army uh 5K wathon this past Sunday for participating and making it our seventh year a huge success so um next year we'll be doing it again bigger and
better as always and um everyone brought their best and it made it super special and moments that you like you brought Carlos um each year we have special moments and you made it extra special this year so thank
you thank you any other reports if not we'll move on to public comments I'm going to ask the City attorney to explain to members of the public how it works what the purpose is the fact that there's no personal attacks and um whatever else they need
to know well you pretty much covered it but uh the public has three minutes to uh speak to the commission on about any item that wasn't already covered on the agenda it's not a back and forth with the commission it's just three minutes to speak on an item of relevancy uh to
the city commission and the C manager okay any member of the public wish to speak on an issue that wasn't addressed earlier okay seeing none I'm going to close public comment any other
business Mr manager anything else none okay then I am going to ask for a motion to adjourn commissioner Bloom seconded by commissioner a all those in favor say I any opposed we're adjourned