Good evening. >> How come you're giving it away? >> Did you buy it? Let's call the October 8th Amateur City Commission meeting to order. And uh let's have a roll call. >> Mayor Wineber >> here. >> Vice Mayor Rinsky >> here. >> Commissioner A
>> here. >> Commissioner Blotchman >> here. >> Commissioner Bloom >> here. >> Commissioner Freriedeland >> here. >> Commissioner Cruz >> here. >> Mr. Beis >> here. >> Mr. Meyers >> here. >> You have a quum.
>> Thank you. Uh, I'd ask if um, Alex Bentz, hey, you want to come up and lead us in the pledge. All those who can, please stand for the pledge of allegiance. Thank you. To the flag of the United States of America to the
stands one nation indivisible and justice for all. >> Thank you. Uh, I'm looking I I know that former Vice Mayor Liz Weineberg is here somewhere. I want to
front row. I want to recognize her for you can clap. It's okay. You can clap. Um, former Vice Mayor Denise Landman is here. I see her. Row four. Everybody's >> Everybody's
>> Okay. If I missed you, if you were a vice mayor, please raise your hand. Okay. Um any any additions or deletions to the agenda, Mr. Manager? >> No, mayor. >> Okay. Let's move on to commission reports. Who has
a report? Uh I know Commissioner Bloom does. You want you go ahead. >> Thank you, Mayor. I have a couple of things uh that I wanted to review. Um this month the Aventura Police Department teamed up with Starbucks at
Target Aventura for Coffee with a Cop, one of my favorite outreach programs. It's all about neighbors and officers sharing a cup of coffee, asking questions, and building trust. We had a great turnout from the residents and the highlight was Deputy Chief Chastain,
Captain Maestry, and Captain Frered all trying out their barista skills. That was a lot of fun. Uh you can find photos from the event on the city of Aventura's social media. The second thing is that the Aventura Police Foundation is proud to announce
its first annual golf tournament taking place next Wednesday, October 15th. All proceeds from this event will directly benefit the foundation, which provides vital support to our officers and their families, including assistance with medical expenses, funeral costs, and
other foreseen uh hardships. If you'd like to show your support, we invite you to join us for the awards lunchon immediately following the tournament at approximately 12 noon at Bourbon Stake at Turnberry Resort. There is a fee to
attend the luncheon, but every dollar uh that is raised goes back to the foundation and to the men and women who serve our community each day. So, if you want some more information, please go to Aventura Foundation, avant policefoundation.org. And lastly, uh, but perhaps most
importantly, it is with deep sadness that the city of Aventura and the Aventura Police Department announced the passing of Captain Andrew Smith. Captain Smith began his law enforcement career with Florida Highway Patrol in Miami in 1987 before joining the
Aventura Police Department in 1998. He served with distinction as a canine officer in both agencies and rose through the ranks to the position of captain. He was a man of character and integrity. He was known for his
sense of humor, his kindness, and his genuine care for others. Um, his warm smile touched the lives of all who had the privilege of working alongside him. Captain Smith's passing leaves a tremendous void within the department and our community and we extend our
heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues during this difficult time. With that, I'd like to call Chief Bentila to come up and please say a few words. >> Chief Uh thank you commissioners, mayor, city
manager for the opportunity to say a few words. Uh really there aren't enough words to describe Andy Smith. Um individual who is truly larger than life and uh it's very difficult in this job to have a career for so long and yet not
have any enemies. Um, I don't recall a single time that Captain Smith received a complaint from the public or anybody he ever encountered. Uh, every single employee would consider him a friend.
Uh, he was liked by everyone and disliked by none. And that's extremely hard to do in this job wearing this uniform both inside the agency and outside. And he was able to accomplish that. Um, one thing that I do want to point out, while he was with FHP, he did
start in ' 87, like the commissioner said, in 1990, he received trooper of the month when he was involved in a shootout with some armed subjects who had kidnapped two women. He was able to recover the two women safely. And then
yet again in 98, just before coming to us, he did get trooper of the year again uh for another confrontation that involved a shooting. And they were able to resolve that. um and get those subjects in custody as well. So Andy,
you know, was a true cops cop. Um one of the nicest people I've ever met and um one of the funniest people I've ever met. Uh always had a joke, always had a smile, was just a uh a gentle
giant and um used his heart for everybody around him. And I think just at the end when he was getting sick um he didn't save enough heart for himself unfortunately. Um but that's who he is and I don't think he
would have changed that in any way shape or form. So thank you for giving me a chance to speak a little bit about him. There's no way I could say enough to um explain the life of Captain Andy Smith. Um he's going to be sorely missed in
more ways than one and he'll be laid to rest next week. Um and we'll be uh sending him off with the proper honors and the respect that he deserves as a member of this agency and a captain and a member of my command staff. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Chief. Next, we have uh some special presentations. Um we have a proclamation and I'm going to ask starting at this end with the vice mayor to read each read a paragraph.
Whereas October is nationally recognized as breast cancer awareness month to raise awareness in support of those courageously battling this disease in acknowledgement of the many survivors and in honor of those lives lost. And
[Music] whereas breast cancer is currently one of the most common cancers in women in the United States with one in eight women diagnosed with breast cancer during an average lifetime. While men are also diagnosed and affected by this
disease at a significant but lower rate and pass not going to do it fast. Whereas through research and advocacy, advances have been made in the fight against breast cancer, including
significant decreases in mortality with currently more than 4 million breast cancer survivors in the United States and Whereas there are patients and survivors within the city of Aventura,
including our beloved Commissioner Amit Bloom, who are personally impacted by breast cancer and wish to raise awareness within our community and Whereas the city of Aventura would like to recognize Aventura Commissioner Amit
Bloom as an advocate in the efforts to increase awareness and education on the importance of early detection and screening of breast cancer. Now therefore, be it resolved that I, Howard Weinberg, as mayor, and on behalf of the city
commission of the city of Aventura, do hereby proclaim October 25th, October 2025 as breast cancer awareness month in the city of Aventura. And we encourage all
residents to wear pink. Thank you. And this will be presented to our survivor Amit Bloom. Commissioner Amit Bloom. >> If you'd like to say a few words and then we'll do our normal photo op.
>> Thank you everybody. I'm speaking a lot tonight so thank you for your patience. Uh this proclamation raising awareness for breast cancer holds a deep personal meaning for me as I reflect on that time in my life. It's true what they say that life can change in an instant. With that
in mind, it feels especially fitting that this proclamation is being issued today, just one day after the second anniversary of October 7th. As we saw in Israel on that day, the world can shift unimaginably in a single moment, just as it does for someone
receiving a cancer diagnosis. So, as we come together to raise awareness for breast cancer, I also keep Israel, its people, its soldiers close to my heart and in my prayers. May those fighting breast cancer face their battles with the same courage,
strength, and resilience that the people of Israel continue to show in the face of unimaginable adversity. Let's do a quick photo in front of the seal. Okay. I think all of you or at least most of you know that yesterday was
October 7th and I hope you noticed that the um government center right here was lit up the last couple of nights. Tonight also, right? uh yellow for the hostages to bring them home. And uh if you looked at
our social media, we um we shot a video and we named each of the remaining hostages um asking that, you know, they be home. Maybe we'll have good news soon. But uh in any event, um
we have a a a another proclamation um that I'm issuing. I'm going to again I'll start on the other end. Um this is very very important to us up here and to our entire city and it is a Jewish holiday. So um the
Israeli consulate office um can't be here but uh after the holiday they will be receiving this proclamation that we'll read now. >> Thank you. Whereas on October 7, 2023, Hamas
launched an unprovoked terrorist attack by invading southern Israel brutally and is indiscriminately indiscriminately murdering nearly 1,200 men, women, and children while kidnapping 250 more
including American citizens And whereas the October 7th massacre marked the worst act of violence targeting Jews since the Holocaust, left Jewish communities worldwide in grief and deeply traumatized and triggered a
global wave of anti-semitism unprecedented in the past World War II era. And >> whereas the city of Aventura rejects anti-semitism and all forms of hatred, bigotry, and extremism and affirms the
safety, dignity, and equal protection of all who call our city home and [Music] Whereas we wish to remember the lives taken, call for the return of all hostages, stand in solidarity with our Jewish
neighbors, and unconditionally condemn anti-semitism in all of its forms along with every expression of hatred and bigotry by reaffirming our unwavering commitment to safeguard the safety, dignity, and equal rights of all people.
Now therefore, be it resolved that I, Howard Weineberg, as mayor and on behalf of the city commission of the city of Aventura, do hereby proclaim October 7, 2025 as a day of remembrance remembrance and community resilience in the city of
Aventura. Thank you. As I said, we'll present that after the holiday. Um, we're fortunate this evening we have um uh Sharon Trusman, a a survivor of the Nova Music Festival and she's going to
speak to us this evening. Also, I see that um we have representatives of um various uh organizations that have been um at the forefront over the last two years. I think I see NU hatred uh loving
moms. I if anyone after um Sharon speaks, if anyone wants to come up and say a few words, you know, you're more than welcome to. Um but for now um please Sharon and thank you so much for being here and thank you to Commissioner
Cruz in on the Zoom for uh for arranging this speaker. Thank you Paul. Hi. Make sure that's um green. Push that button. Make make sure it's green on the bottom. >> Okay. >> Yeah.
>> Good evening. My name is Sharon Trusman and I stand here before you as a survivor of of October 7 attack. A day that began with music, light and freedom and ended in horror. Two years have passed yet for many of us that morning
still lives inside us. I was at the festival surrounded by friends, laughter, and music that celebrated life. In an instant, everything changed. The sounds of joy were replaced by screams,
gunfire, and chaos. What we witnessed that day were not just acts of terror. They were atrocities beyond imagination. We ran for our lives. We hid. We prayed. We said we saw things that no human
being should ever have to see. And while some of some of us made it out alive, many did not. We lost sons and daughters, friends and neighbors. People whose only wish was to
dance, to love, to live freely. And the cruel cruelty of what happened that day left a wound that will never fully heal. It was not only an attack on people. It was an attack on humanity itself. But
standing here today, two years later, I also see something else. I see the faces of those who refused to let the darkness win. I see the survivors who found strength in in one another, who learn to
breathe again, who walk again, to trust again. I see families who even even through unbearable pain chose to rebuild because the human spirit is stronger than hate. Surviving that day changed me
forever. It took me time to understand what survival really means. It is not just continuing to exist. It is the choice every single day to keep believing in life when life itself try to break you. There are moments when
grief still takes over. When I close my eyes, I still hear the music that was silence. The voice that will never return. But in those same moments, I also remember the hands that pulled others to safety, the people who refused
to abandon strangers, the courage that rose from despair. October 7 showed us the worst of humanity. But in the days and months that followed, we also saw the best of it. We saw unity, compassion, strength.
We saw that even when our hearts are shattered, we can still choose to love. Tonight, as we gather to remember, we do so not to be trapped in pain, but to bear witness, to say we remember. We
will not let the world forget what happened that day. Not out of hatred. Hatred, but out of love for those who can no longer speak. Their memory is our responsibility. Our survival is our is their legacy.
Two years later, I stand here for them and for all of us who live through that day to say that we are still here. We still believe in light over darkness. We still believe in peace even after seeing
what hate can do. And we will keep telling the truth, not to relieve the pain, but to make sure it it never happens again. To everyone who listens tonight, remember the faces, the names, the lives behind the behind the numbers.
Remember the music that was lost and the voices that still sink through us. May the memory of those who who we lost be a blessing. May our courage be a reminder that even after the darkest night, the human spirit can raise again. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Can you come on? Come on. Come on up so we can take a picture with you up here, please, if you don't mind. Thank you so much for those remarks. Greatly appreciate it. And you're you're here among friends. Mom, you're more than welcome to come up as well for a
picture. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Anyone? Yes. Please come on up to say your name for the record. Thank you. Jenny Ensline representing Nju hatred. I first want to thank Sharon for her
courage. Where is Sharon? For your courage and your resilience. Thank you. Because of you, we all believe. I want to thank the mayor and the commissioners for being at the forefront of always bringing
awareness. Remembering it takes a lot of work to do that and it's appreciated. I want to remember all these IDF soldiers that have perished, the hostages that are still in Gaza, and
I want to also thank you for bringing awareness about the end of Jewish hatred. Thank you. >> Thank you. And thank you for all you do. >> Former Vice Mayor, >> good evening, Denise Landman. Um, I want
to echo every sentiment that Jenny Einstein just shared. Thank you, Sharon, for your courage and your bravery. And I also want to share that with us tonight, we have two Israeli citizens who are here visiting. They happen to be family,
Abi and Rua Heitz. And I just want to share their story because their son who's actually at the house packing. They're leaving tomorrow. They've been visiting from Israel. He was on the front lines during this conflict for about 400 days. He was a father of a
newborn baby and he still went out there to defend his country. So, you know, I know that it was tough and I know that he did what he had to do for the Jewish people, but we appreciate it and we love you and we're so happy that he's safe. He's home with his family. So, thank
you. [Applause] >> Thank you so much, Denise. Thank you so much. Okay, anyone else or Okay, we we're going to please former vice mayor,
current commissioner, >> I just want to say thank you that we have some representatives from loving moms here and end you hatred and October 7th will never be a day we will forget. But these organizations, these women are
fighting anti-semitism in our daily lives every day as we move forward and beyond just our community. I want to say thank you for the fight you are putting up and continuing to educate and make the world know that the Jewish
population and Israel is not going to stay silent. So, thank you for continuing this fight beyond October 7th. [Applause] I guess I'll share just maybe it's appropriate to let our residents know who don't know that I've been named to
um a mayor's board uh mayor's anti-semitism advisory board 15 mayors throughout the United States to fight against anti-semitism. It makes me very proud. I'll be in New Orleans for the uh
national uh mayor's summit to fight anti-semitism in um December. And I'm very pleased that as of last night, I received an invitation to go to an international mayor's conference uh next month, November, in Israel, which I'm
proud to attend. And I have to add that um that will cost our taxpayers zero. That's how we roll in Aventura. won't do that with tax dollars, but um I'll be going to Israel with mayors in November and uh New Orleans in December. But I
think it's a very very very important fight and I feel like it's one of the most important things that I could do as the mayor of Aventura, Florida. So I thank you for all of your support. Okay, we do have an amazing city. So, we're going to change gears here because
there's just always something great in Aventura. Always someone to honor and always people doing wonderful things. So, we have a special recognition for um one of our Donover High School students. I'm going to let um
Vice Mayor Orlinsky um read this uh this um certificate of special recognition just due to a close relationship with the honor. Do you want to? >> Okay.
So, before I Okay. Before I read this, I just want to say a few words about Al. So, it's my pleasure to introduce to you someone that I've known since since
she's a little girl. Quiet, laser focused, big brown eyes taking it all in. The same grace and grit are still here today, just not so quiet anymore. An academic standout with a 5.2 2 GPA,
Cambridge ACE diploma, AP Scholar, Honoral National Honor Society, MW Alpha Theta, and over a thousand hours of community service. A decorated leader and citizen, Leaders of Tomorrow Award,
US President's Volunteer Service Award, Gold Miami Volunteer of the Year, Twolane Jr. Book Award, Miami Dade MUN outstanding leadership, Ellie's Army President and Aventura Youth Advisory
Member, a true scholar athlete, varsity volleyball captain, triple sport athlete with a volleyball flag football and soccer, a scholar athlete, the best teammate award in 2025, and volleyball
MVP. a campus spark. We have our very own Miss Sofur High. She's here with us. A current SGA executive board and the president of the Cadena Club.
>> That's it. And no, and there's more. And on deck, she's here to earn and will earn her bright future scholarship. But tonight, we're not just recognizing all of these amazing accolades. And by the
way, there is more. But for being selected from hundreds of applicants as one of the two recipients nationwide of Hadasa's 2025 leadership of tomorrow merit scholarship
award, where Allet ended up being the sole recipient from the entire country and our community. [Applause] With this merit scholarship award, Ali was able to travel to Israel on the
Geisher Israel trip and give back to those communities that had suffered from October's you're crying October 7th and those that needed help. As always, Ali led with service, supporting Israel's rebuilding,
reaffirming her dedication to making meaningful differences. In Ali's own words from Ali's essay, she wrote about her Geisher experience. Traveling to Israel was more than visiting a country. It was stepping into a living story.
I'm part of a reminder of faith and hope and a renewed pride in who I am and the values I want to live by. That's all achievement with purpose, leadership and humility. Strength with service. We the
city of Aventura and me are so proud of you. You have represented us so well. So, and this certificate reads certificate of special recognition
presented to Alexandra Bentes in recognition in recognition of your achievement in receiving the Hadasa 2025 leaderships of tomorrow award. The city commission of the city of Aventura applaud your accomplishment. Signed by
our mayor, Howard Weinberg. Thank you. So, you you're going to come up here to get that and take a picture. And you're also more than welcome to speak. If anyone in your family wants to say a few words, if they're proud of you, they certainly are welcome to. But this
microphone is yours. >> Do you want to say a few words? >> Pictures last. >> Okay. So hello guys. I don't know if you heard all that, but I'm just so honored to even be receiving any sort of
recognition. This is just it's so amazing to me and it's a true honor to also be representing my homeborn city of Aventura. So I'm just thank you guys so much. This is awesome.
Thank you. Come on up. Come on up. You guys want Thank you. [Music] >> Thank you. Okay. Uh, Mr. Manager, employee service
awards. Michelle, how you doing? It's great to see. >> So, thank you, mayor and commissioners. I just want to recognize um Michelle Augustine. She's one of our public service aids. And for those of you that
know or don't know, our public service aids work in our police department and are the backbone of the agency. They work day in day out just as hard as our police officers doing accident reports. Michelle is a traffic homicide
investigator. So people that unfortunately these tragic incidents that we've had over the years, uh Michelle is out there able to investigate these and bring closures to the families. But not only that, Michelle is an amazing amazing 20-year employee, but not just for her work that
she does day in and day out in the police department, but what makes her special is her volunteer work. From day one, since I've known Michelle, every city event, we have founders day, we have movie nights, we have anything that the city does that has to do with
community, bringing the community together, Michelle is there volunteering her time. She's an advocate for this community. She's been part of this community for 20 long years. And I will tell you, especially during the holidays when there's times and some of our our older populations when they have when
they're at need, people are of limited means, Michelle is there going doortodoor helping and bringing food to people in our community. She really is an incredible person and just a gem and we're so fortunate to have her. And I want to say thank you for 20 years of
service and uh 20 20 more years. So, thank you, Look at Mike first. >> Okay. Look here. French. Okay, I think at this time I should ask for a motion to adjourn.
Um, okay. So, FD Resilient Florida Comprehensive Vulnerability Assessment. Um, former Vice Mayor LS Weinberg, you want to handle this? Good evening, guys. Sorry, I'm like
charged up with your adolescent energy. Congratulations. What a night to be at a commission meeting. Thank you, uh, Mr. Mayor, uh, members of the commission, uh, Mr. Manager, Madame Clerk, Mr. Attorney, uh, yes, you all know my name is, uh, L Weinberg. I am privileged to
be here tonight in front of you again to tell you about a very, very exciting program here for the city of Aventura. Frank Clicker. Am I just doing the computer? Boom. So, you might all be very much aware and I'm going to introduce my uh guy over here
in about a moment. But you might all remember a few years ago about four years ago Mar May of 21 to be except uh Robert Governor Ronda Santis passed Senate bill number 1954 which in essence created resilient Florida program which allows municipalities, counties,
agencies, anyone with a body of water or or needing water uh assistance to apply for a certain number of grants designed to help you adapt. mitigate, plan and manage for uh prepare
for um climate change events added uh you know increasing uh flooding, sea level rise, etc. So, in comes your resolution in uh July of 2023. You give the city manager the
authority and your very able public works director Jake Azim goes running and applies for the grant which of course he gets and the award gets a grant. The grant gets awarded to the city of Aventura few months later in April of 2024. Of course, money doesn't
come free. Every grant that we receive has specific, very specific parameters that you must follow. This one contains a total of eight tasks. And I'm very proud to say that we're about task six seven um which included the creation of
a steering committee. Most of these grants when you're sending money to municipalities and agencies um require you to create committees that involve the community's feedback on what you're doing. So I'll get into that in just a moment. And who is that team? So Jake,
of course, your director of public works. Stand up, Jake, and wave. Jake is hungry for grants and uh we're very appreciative of his efforts for everything that he's gotten done for the city. So he employs uh George Otakf who's our engineer on this particular
project and he's going to wow you with some slides and that he's very excited about as engineers tend to get by these things. But Jake was very smart in acquiring Georgia to come do this for the city of Aventura because Georgia's actually the engineer of record of Miami
Day County's latest storm water master plan. So, we couldn't be in better hands to help the cities uh put together our comprehensive storm water vulnerability assessment. By its very word, of course, we're identifying areas where we're vulnerable as a city and our coastline
might be vulnerable and how do we then go about protecting those. So, we're in phase one. We're getting data that Jojo will explain to you in a moment and then, you know, figuring out how to best go about protecting our critical assets.
Our inventory identify a whole host of critical assets in the city. The grant dictated them for hospitals, schools, um, community centers, police departments, fire stations. We have about 20 plus wastewater stations throughout the city. Those qualify. So
we have a pretty comprehensive critical assets inventory list. Our steering committee also we took great care in putting that together. So our director of development Kevin Klopp is on our steering committee. We have two members
of Miami Day County's storm water management side and water and sewer side. Marshall Steelman, I don't know if she made it tonight, and Marisella Aranguis Kuetto. They've been very helpful to our uh efforts here. Uh Mr.
Harrison Suler, you all know from Aventura Maul who's, you know, is pretty much involved with some of our impacts with water events. Uh Ross Gman did make it here tonight. She's our uh lay person, for lack of a better term, for the committee as a resident of Aventura,
vice president over at Echko Aventura. Thank you for making it, Ross. and captain 10, you all know Mark Frered who's been very very in intuitive and informative and serving for the committee. So with that, I'm going to turn it over to Georgio
who's going to wow you with his slides, but if you remember anything from tonight because some of the data can be a little cumbersome and perhaps even scary to residents. Yes, we've all seen our water events and we're trying to figure out how we can better tackle
them. But if you remember nothing as the grant, it's money we got for free to ident Oh, thank you. Thank you. That all goes to Jake. Uh money we got for free from Brazilian Florida program to identify vulnerable areas to then see
how we can best tackle those, improve those, manage those. And with that, I'm going to turn it over to Giio for slide one. Thank you LSE uh for the great
introduction. Uh good evening uh mayor and commissioners. Uh we're happy to present to you our progress on this project. This is a very unique project because it provides engineering analysis and also collects all of the critical
assets. So in this sense it's uh very important in terms looking in in terms of looking to the future how future changes of hydraology can affect any of the critical in infrastructure in in the
city and an important factor is that uh there is also an outreach component. So it's also communicating our results with with the public. Um yes we'll go to the next slide. Uh this analysis includes a
lots of engineering components uh all of the information about land use, rainfall, uh bimemetry, topography. This is combined into analysis to determine potential flood depth throughout the
city. And I'll go to um to discuss also that um the city of Aventura we're aware that's very near uh to the coastal areas. So therefore it's affected by storm sur potentially can be affected by storm surge but also it can be subjected
to a significant rainfall. All of this can impact the flood within the city. Um also wanted to mention that this program is typically conducted for all of the coastal areas in Florida. So that's uh
uh this provide consistency of data analysis and also provides information that's distributed to to the and it's the basis for the future infrastructure protection um um efforts. Uh the the
main benefits of this study is that it provides the basis for different uh for additional grants and for for uh potential to receive a grants from the the state. Um it improves the emergency
management provides better planning and um and also uh just briefly a couple of components that are important. The topography the ventur is located in the inter coastal way. It's very low topography as I mentioned it can be
subjected to storm surge and also the rainfall flooding is is a component. Uh one detail about this uh grant is that uh it requires studying of the coastal tidal u update uh coastal tidal
flooding. in also uh requires analysis of the storm surge and rainfall flooding and also in the rainfall alone. So these three main components are analyzed in a series of maps approximately 20 different maps are created. The second
the next portion of this is to determine how these flood potential flood impacts um affect the infrastructure. So we are currently in the in the uh state of we have completed the analysis of the flood
maps more than 20 flood maps. Then we're going to uh in through analysis of more than 190 different critical infrastructure components divided into three tiers and we are working on developing the vulnerability report. Uh
a brief uh result, the tidal flooding is mainly affecting the waterfront areas, but it's not expected to affect multiple. It's very tiny. The impact is very tiny because it's a large scale. >> This is the light blue on the on the map.
>> Yeah. So, uh this is an example of a 100year rainfall event. uh basically uh the peak flood depth is displayed on the map with different colors. This is linked to the infrastructure components.
Then we have also the compound flooding which is the most significant. For example, this follows the guidelines by FEMA and also by Noah. It combines the sea level rise projection. So it involves a significant component of of
data background data that's integrated to determine the impact on the infrastructure. And this map illustrates a 500year event which is one of the required uh components. And back to you loose this is a brief presentation. Back
to you. >> Yeah, that was a that was a scary slide. uh the 500 uh year event. We will be having official public meetings specific to this uh and talking to the principles in both
schools to see how we can perhaps u sort of uh have one for the schools only and school parents um both the vision zero or safe streets for all and resilient Florida because we welcome feedback from the community. Uh this is extensive and exhaustive data as I mentioned, but at
the the end goal here being how do we make our community safer and how do we prepare for uh weather events uh like significant weather events. And with that, I will take any questions if there are any. If not, for any members of the
public, um we're going to hang out outside for a bit. You're welcome to come up and talk to us and ask us any questions. Please, uh visit the city's website. We are going to have a question link on our public works page. So you can also always drop off your questions.
And this presentation will be of course made available on the city's website as well. And we are happy, Georgia and I are happy to sit with each of you individually uh commissioners, Mr. Mayor as well if you're looking for more in-depth if you want to get into the maps with us and all the the data that
we find really really exciting and also scary. So with that, I'll take any questions if there are any. If not, we'll be outside in the lobby. >> Thank you so much for your entire team, L. >> Thank you. >> Um, questions, comments from anyone up
here? >> Okay, seeing none, I guess it's percolating. It's percolating. >> Just another great thing Aventura is doing. Thank you. >> Okay, we have another presentation. to give Miami day another former vice
mayor. It's former vice mayor's name. I'm declaring that. I'm proclaiming former vice mayor's day in Amaturura. Former vice mayor landman evening again Denise Landman. Um, and today I'm here in my capacity in my
professional world and what I've been doing since I left office here at the city of Aventura. And for those of you who may know, I work at the Miami Foundation. I'm the marketing director there. And we have the biggest giving
day of the year happening at the Miami Foundation. We host it every year. It's called Give Miami Day. And I want to share a little bit more and make sure that everybody knows how we're helping hundreds of nonprofits in our community fund raise money that they could use for
anything that they would like. So what is Give Miami Day? >> By definition, a 24-hour period where anyone who lives in or loves Miami can give back to the nonprofits in the
greater Miami area. It means something different to everyone. To us at the foundation, it's the best holiday of the year. Our way to shower our community's generosity on the nonprofits that work hard to meet our
community's needs every day. To nonprofits, it means a chance to receive free capacity building opportunities and raise flexible funds for their organizations. This day is the biggest fundraiser of the year for hundreds of nonprofits.
To those who give on Give Miami Day, it means being able to support the causes and organizations that they care most about. You can either donate to a specific organization or just choose an issue you care about. To every Miamiian,
it means showing up and building the community that we want to live in. Give Miami Day is a chance to witness the overwhelming generosity of our community. Behind every donation is a story of impact. It's our day to write a
powerful story together. Give Miami. What will you give Miami? [Music] So, that was a little short video to give you, you know, a sense of what Give
Miami Day is, but I want to go into some of the actual data from Give Miami and just give you a little more context to see the impact that it has in our community. So, why why do we host Give Miami Day? We want to make sure that our community
is generous, that our community is civically involved, that our community gives back so that we can have a place where everyone can thrive. We also want to make sure that we have a strong nonprofit ecosystem supporting those who need help or those who need support or
the different issue areas or causes that are dear and near to our heart. We also have it to raise serious dollars for our community. Again, these are dollars that organizations can use for anything they may need. They're not restricted. They don't have any sort of, you know,
exclusivity. So, they whatever their need is, they can focus on that. Uh since 2019 we've had from 22,000 donors unique donors up to last year we had 51,755
unique donors that gave who gave 100,000 donations. So we have a lot of people but we have you know millions of residents in Miami. So there's always room for more giving and there's always room for you know being more active.
Last year, we raised nearly $40 million in one day for our community that went to 1,289 different nonprofits. And again, as we mentioned, we had more than 100,000 donations from 51,000 donors.
So, why is Give Miami needed? Particularly in the times that we're living in today, there's a lot of divisiveness. There's a lot of, you know, different opinions. We want to bring our community together. We want unity. We This is an opportunity for people to come together and did and do
good. We also realize that there's federal funding cuts, uh, state funding cuts, some local funding cuts, and this is a way to fill that deficit and support the people doing the work on the ground. And we also want to use this as a way to inspire people to act and to be
involved and to give back and to volunteer, which we know is something important for communities to thrive. So, how does give Miami Day create more impact? As I mentioned, flexible funds. They can use it for whatever they need.
We have matches and prizes throughout the day. So on this day we have a unanim uh an anonymous milliondoll donor and the first donations up to a certain amount people get match and get double. So if you donate on this day you're 20 as little as $25 it automatically
becomes $50. So you're helping the organizations double their funds at the beginning of the fundraiser. We have other prizes, other matches throughout the day. So we're encouraging people to give throughout the day. And actually early giving begins on November 15th. So
it goes from November 15th all the way to Give Miami Day on November 20th. We also this is an opportunity for nonprofits to get to know donors and funders and other people so that they can connect and they can create new audiences for them.
I wanted to share with all of you the different the 10 issue areas that we you know we basically put buckets of different things but there's something there's something for everyone people care about different causes people care about different issues they're all here
whether it's education and youth the environment faith-based inclusion animals there's something for everyone people care about different things and we are basically supporting organizations that are doing work in all of these different issue areas.
So, what's new this year? And this is really the reason why I wanted to make sure that I came to visit you and share with you. We are launching Give Miami Day in a big way this year. In the past, we've just opened up the Early Giving, told people, and slowly and quietly had
it open for a couple of days before, but this year we're hosting the Give Miami 5K. It's a 5K race and festival and we're calling it the miles that matter because what you're going to see in the next slide, but 100% of the registration fees go to the nonprofit or the issue
area that you register for. So, as I said, we're going to be having the Give Miami 5K. And again, the proceeds go to the registration. And after the race, we're having a free community celebration that's going to
feature the different issue areas. and it's going to feature different nonprofit organizations that are going to showcase their work and have interactive activities so that people can learn about the different work that is being done in our community.
So, it's happening the the 5K race and festival is happening on Sunday, November 16th at Maurice Feret Park, which is Museum Park in downtown Miami. It begins at 7:30 the race and the festival kicks off at 8:00 a.m. and
we're hoping that this is, you know, a big a big Give Miami Day kickoff and that a lot of people turn out to the event. We actually already have over 600 people registered for the race. Yes. Um and then as I mentioned in the
festival, we're going to have live performances. We're having local bands. We're having food trucks, local food trucks. We're really trying to make this all about Miami and local vendors and local businesses. We're going to have some family activities, wellness experiences, the nonprofit area, and
we're also going to have a kids dash for little kids to run a shorter course. So, how can you help as a commissioner, as a public official, as someone h who has a big network and knows a lot of people in our community? You can share
the flyer and information about the Give Miami 5K and festival with your network, which I will share with the city manager to share with all of you. You can post on social media and give us some love. You can sign up for the race for the 5K
and participate as a team that's five or more or as an individual and come out and and run the 5K or walk or skip or dance, whatever you want to. You don't have to race. uh you don't have to run or you can also select the nonprofit and
present a surprise and delight prize which is something that we do with elected officials or different corporations where you surprise a nonprofit organization with a big check and we match that check. So whatever you're giving out is double the price.
Um, lastly, you can also donate to the organization or organizations of your choice during early giving or on Give Miami Day from November 15th to November 20th. So, I hope that this inspires you to, you know, be a part of Give Miami Day in any way, shape, or form. And I'm
going to send some information to the city manager after this. But I'm happy to answer any questions and really happy to be here and be a proud resident of the city of Aventura. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> We know where to find you.
>> Yes. >> Okay. Moving on to item six, consent agenda. Any member of the commission or the manager need to remove an item? >> No, mayor. >> Okay. In that case, I need a motion to approve the consent
agenda. Uh, Commissioner Bloom, seconded by Commissioner Freedelland. Let's uh let's vote on that. >> Commissioner A. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Blan, >> yes. >> Commissioner Bloom, >> yes. >> Commissioner Freedelland, >> yes. >> Commissioner Cruz, >> yes.
>> Vice Mayor Erlinsky, >> yes. >> And Mayor Weinberg, >> yes. >> Motion passes. >> Okay, let's move to item seven. Uh these are uh zoning hearings quasi judicial and um I think maybe are we
going to defer these Mr. >> Are we going to defer? >> Yes. >> Item seven. >> Yes. >> You're So you're we're we are there is a request to defer to November November 4th city commission meeting.
I'll need a motion >> to defer. Excuse me, mayor. If I could just uh read the items first into the record and then you can ask for the motion. Um for 7A, an ordinance of the city of Aventura, Florida, approving a small-scale amendment to the future land
use map of the city of Aventura comprehensive plan pursuant to section 163.3187 Florida statutes to redesate an approximate 13.93 acre tract of land extending from Northeast 214 Street north to County Line Road and from
Biscane Boulevard west to Dixie Highway, from business and office to town center, providing for conflicts, providing for severability, providing providing for inclusion in the comprehensive plan and providing for an effective date. >> Okay, it looks like there's a request to defer 7 A, B, and C. I want to ask the
city attorney if we can. With one motion, can we defer 7 A, B, and C? >> As long as the clerk reads all three into the record, I have no problem with that. >> Okay. So, A was read. Madame clerk, if you read 7B and also 7 C. 7B, an ordinance of the city of Aventura,
Florida, amending chapter 31, land development regulations of the city code of ordinances by amending section 31-145E town center office park mix use mixed use TC4 district subsection one purpose
subsection 2 uses permitted subsection 3 accessory uses permitted subsection four conditional uses permitted and subsection six site development standards to allow for more diverse projects and uses within the district, providing for subability, providing for
inclusion in the code, and providing for an effective date. Item 7 C, an ordinance of the city of Aventura, Florida, amending the official zoning map by changing the zoning designation of an approximate 13.93 acre tract of land extending from Northeast 214 street
north to County Line Road and from Biscane Boulevard west to Dixie Highway from Community Business District B2 and medical office district MO to Town Center Mixeduse District TC4 providing for severability providing for inclusion
in the code and providing for an effective date. >> Okay. So, I'm looking for a motion to to defer 7 A, B, and C to the November 4th commission meeting. Uh, Commissioner Blanchman motion and Commissioner
Freedelland seconds. Um, let's vote. >> Commissioner Freriedeland, >> yes. >> Commissioner Cruz, >> yes. >> Commissioner A, >> yes. >> Commissioner Blan, >> yes. >> Commissioner Bloom, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Erlinsky, >> yes. Yes. And Mayor Weinberg, >> yes.
>> Motion passes. >> Okay, we're up to 7D. One more time, Madam Clerk. >> An ordinance of the city of Aventura, Florida, amending chapter 31, land development regulations of the city code of ordinances by amending section 31-143,
residential zoning districts. Subsection F multifamily medium highdensity residential district RMF4. Subsection 2A, conditional uses. Subsection G1, limited service hotel, to add town center 1 district to the list
of zoning districts to which limited service hotels can be adjacent. Providing for seability, providing for inclusion in the code, and providing for an effective date. >> Thank you. I need a motion to approve 7D.
Uh, hold on one more time. Motion to approve 7D. Commissioner Bloom, seconded by Commissioner Freedelland. Um, Mr. City Development Director. Good evening. Uh, you may recall at
first reading uh explained this was a result of an approval for a project uh known as CASA. um which there was a dispute from the neighbor and as a result of that dispute it was pointed
out that the neighbors project known as Port Aventura could potentially be considered nonconforming as a result of the resoning that you approved. This fixes that. I can also report that there has been a settlement
between CASA and Port Aventura. Uh and that the result of the settlement will be brought to you at a uh workshop meeting later this month. U but this uh action tonight
would simply add TC1 to an allowance for the neighbor and prevent a potential nonconformity of an approved project. Thank you. Any uh member of the public want to comment on
this item 7D? Seeing none, I'll close it for public comment. Any members of the commission, you have comments or questions for Kevin? >> Seeing none, let's close it and vote. >> Commissioner Blatchman, >> yes. >> Commissioner Bloom, >> yes. >> Commissioner Freeland,
>> yes. >> Commissioner Cruz, >> yes. >> Commissioner A, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Oinsky, >> yes. Yes. And Mayor Weinberg. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. >> Okay. Any reports, Mr. Manager, Mr. Attorney, Madame Clerk?
>> Yes, Mayor. I just like to give a quick update on the uh the new Aventura High School project if I could. Um I just wanted to report some good news had mentioned and I want to thank Jake and his team um for for getting this done. One of the hurdles that we were had to
overcome with the new site was a um a process with DURM and reme remediation that we thought that we may have to do. Um we were able to resolve that with um uh face-to-face meetings with Durm and we received a letter last week stating
that we need there was no additional remediation on the uh site that needed to be done which is a significant significant um hurdle that had to be overcome and it's going to save us a considerable amount of time. In addition, Jake and his team have been working with uh the engineers over at
Gulfream and our own engineers. Uh, one of the other big items that that needs to be done on that site is to relocate a storm water pipe. Um, I'm happy to say that they've been able to get the engineering and the plans done and submitted to the South Florida Water Management District. So, that is
underway. Um, this is uh really saved us with the selection of the uh construction manager at risk now several months of uh of time and um that's with this project which is considerable. So, I want to thank everybody and just recognize their hard efforts and we're working very hard every day to get this
done as quick as possible. >> A lot of good news tonight. Thank you very much. Um, there might even be more good news what people see when they get home tonight regarding uh the hostages, God willing. Um, okay. Public comment. Does anyone
want to take a few minutes to speak to us? Okay. No one wants to tell us how great we are or how much we suck. Okay, then I will close it for public comment and um if there's no other business um I'm
going to ask for a motion to adjurnn. Uh Commissioner A, seconded by Commissioner Bloom. All those in favor say I. Anyone opposed? We are returned. Thank you.