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05-01-2007 Regular Meeting• Barbara Estep, MMC VILLAGE CLERIC MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE Office of the Village Clerk 10050 N.E.2nd Avenue Miami Shores, Florida 33138 Tel: (305) 795.2207 Fax: (305) 756.8972 E-mail: EsteDB pn,MiamiShoresVillage.com • • MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING The Miami Shores Village Council held their regularly scheduled Council Meeting on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 in the Council Chambers of Village Hall. The Meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM with the following members in attendance: PRESENT: Herta Holly Steve Loffredo Hunt Davis Prospero Herrera JC Rodriguez ALSO PRESENT: Tom Benton, Village Manager Barbara Estep, Village Clerk Richard Sarafan, Village Attorney PRESENTATIONS Mr, Benton presented the May, 2007 House of the Month Award to Ruslan Ivanov & Sarabelle Sylva of 171 NW 91St Street. CONSIDERATIONS 1) VILLAGE CLERK Barbara A. Estep A) APPROVAL OF THE APRIL 17, 2007 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. Mr. Loffredo moved approval of the April 17, 2007 Council Meeting Minutes. Mr. Herrera seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous in favor of the motion. B) APPOINTMENT OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THE POLICE RETIREMENT PENSION BOARD. After a brief discussion, it was the concensus of the Council to have JC Rodriguez retain his seat on the Board. In addition, Hunt Davis volunteered to sit on the Board, to which the Council agreed. Therefore, JC Rodriguez and Hunt Davis will sit on the Police Pension Board. • • C) APPOINTMENT OF ONE COUNCIL MEMBER TO THE GENERAL EMPLOYEE PENSION BOARD. The Council was advised that Mayor Holly had been the Council Member sitting on the General Employee Pension Board and it was the consensus of the Council to have Mayor Holly continue on the Board. D) APPOINTMENT OF A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE MIAMI-DADE LEAGUE OF CITIES. Mr. Loffredo voiced his interest in becoming the Council's representative to the Miami -Dade League of Cities. Mr. Herrera asked to be named as the alternate for the meetings. Mayor Holly stated that she attends the meetings, at her own cost, as the Village only budgets for one Council Member to attend. It was the concensus of the Council to appoint Mr. Loffredo to represent the Village at the Miami -Dade League of Cities and Mr. Herrera as the alternate. E) APPOINTMENT OF A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CI DES. Mayor Holly indicated that she would like to continue to represent the Village at the Florida League of Cities. No one objected to this request and it was the consensus of the Council to have Mayor Holly represent the Village at the Florida League of Cities. 2) VILLAGE MANAGER Tom Benton A) AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE JOINT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY RELATING TO THE N.E. 2ND AVENUE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. Mr. Benton outlined the purpose of the Joint Participating Agreement (JPA) and provided general background information on the roadway project. Mr. Benton specifically called attention to a provision in the JPA relating to the need to remove trees from established line of sight areas once they reach a diameter of 11 %z inches. A discussion amongst the Council ensued regarding this particular provision and the previous Council decision to move forward even with this restriction in place. Subsequent to this discussion, Mr. Loffredo moved to authorize the execution of the Joint Participation Agreement. Mr. Rodriguez seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous in favor of the motion. 3) VILLAGE ATTORNEY Richard Sarafan A) STATUS REPORT ON CURRENT LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. Mr. Sarafan gave a brief synopsis of the legal proceedings in which the Village is involved. 4) ANNOUNCEMENTS The Village Clerk read the announcements. 5) PUBLIC COMMENTS No one present wished to speak . 6) COUNCIL COMMENTS Steve Loffredo Mr. Loffredo stated that he is thrilled to be working with everyone on the Council. • Hunt Davis - Mr. Davis reiterated Mr. Loffredo's comments. Prospero Herrera Mr. Herrera indicated that it is good to be back on the Council. • • • JC Rodriguez Mr. Rodriguez welcomed everyone to the Council and congratulated the Charter School on their recent FCAT scores. Herta Holly Mayor Holly announced a concert at St. Martha's Church on Saturday, May 12th. 7) ADJOURNMENT The May 1, 2007 Council Meeting was adjourned at 7:55 PM. Barbara A. Estep, MMC Village Clerk Herta Holly, Mayor