Meeting

The real action was not a ribbon cutting item. It was a coordinated rewrite of Sunny Isles Beach’s growth rulebook through three pending ordinances tied to the Comprehensive Plan and land development code: Future Land Use text changes, Infrastructure and Capital Improvements amendments to clarify level of service standards, and a new concurrency article on adequacy of facilities. Read together, that is the city tightening the legal plumbing that determines when development can move and what public capacity tests it must satisfy. The practical consequence is leverage shifts toward the city at the entitlement stage, because level of service and concurrency language is where projects get slowed, conditioned, or forced to document capacity. The other substantive money item was a proposed $257,000 letter agreement with Keith and Associates for a comprehensive vulnerability assessment. That is not ceremonial climate branding. It is the technical baseline for future capital planning, resilience spending, and the arguments the city will use when it prioritizes infrastructure work. Also on deck were a fiscal year 2024 to 2025 budget amendment, a flood damage prevention code update focused on elevation of manufactured homes in flood hazard areas, and $176,811.57 for two Ford F150s and one Ford Explorer. Police forfeiture spending was also up for authorization. Everything else was minor: a single balcony enclosure site plan modification, minutes, and two proclamations plus an annual recognition item.

Statura-generated summary of the official agenda and minutes. Verbatim per-item votes and dollar figures are in the Agenda & votes tab.

Key decisions

1. Amendment to the Future Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan

   Pending

   This pending ordinance rewrites text in the Future Land Use Element, which matters because comprehensive plan language sets the policy frame for later land use and development decisions.

2. Amendment to the Infrastructure and Capital Improvements Elements to clarify level of service standards

   Pending

   This pending ordinance clarifies level of service standards in the comprehensive plan, sharpening the tests the city uses to judge whether infrastructure keeps pace with development.

3. Land Development Regulations amendment creating a new concurrency article on adequacy of facilities

   Pending

   This pending ordinance adds explicit concurrency procedures to the land development code, giving the city a clearer mechanism to require facility adequacy before projects advance.

4. Budget Amendment No. BA2425-05 for the 2024 to 2025 operating and capital budget

   Pending

   This pending ordinance amends the current year operating and capital budget, which is the formal vehicle for moving money and authorizing revised spending priorities.

5. Flood Damage Prevention code amendments on elevation of manufactured homes in flood hazard areas

   Pending

   This pending ordinance updates flood code standards for manufactured homes in hazard areas, tightening compliance requirements in a city where flood regulation directly affects property work.

6. Letter agreement with Keith and Associates for a comprehensive vulnerability assessment, not to exceed $257,000

   Pending

   This pending resolution would hire Keith and Associates to produce the city’s vulnerability assessment, the technical foundation for later resilience projects and capital spending decisions.

7. Authorization to expend DOJ federal forfeiture funds by the Chief of Police

   Pending

   This pending resolution authorizes use of federal forfeiture funds under the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, allowing police spending without drawing from general operating dollars for the covered purchase.

8. Purchase of two Ford F150s and one Ford Explorer from Bartow Ford for up to $176,811.57

   Pending

   This pending resolution authorizes a fleet purchase using budgeted funds, a straightforward equipment replacement or expansion decision with a defined price tag.

Agenda items

12 items on the agenda. Outcomes not yet parsed from minutes.

1. 9.EResolutionpending$257KOutcome not recorded
   A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving a Le er Agreement With Keith and Associates, Inc., d/b/a Keith, to Conduct a Comprehensive Vulnerability Assessment, in an Amount Not to Exceed $257,000.00, A ached Hereto as Exhibit “A”; Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Said Agreement; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate This Resolution; Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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2. 9.DResolutionpending$176.8KOutcome not recorded
   A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Authorizing the Expenditure of Budgeted Funds for the Purchase of Two (2) Ford F150s and One (1) Ford Explorer From Bartow Ford, in an Amount Not to Exceed $176,811.57, A ached Hereto as Exhibit “A”; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate This Resolution; Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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3. 9.BResolutionpending$117.8KOutcome not recorded
   Revised: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Authorizing the Chief of Police, in Accordance With the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, to Expend Forfeiture Funds From the Department of Jus ce (“DOJ”) Federal Forfeiture Account to Purchase Fitness Equipment for the Police Department, in an Amount Not to Exceed $117,765.66, A ached Hereto as Exhibit “A”; Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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4. 3.AMinutespendingOutcome not recorded
   Summary Minutes - Regular City Commission Meeting - May 15, 2025.
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5. 5.AZoningpendingOutcome not recorded
   Request of Ninna 1801 Corp (“Applicant”), for Site Plan Modifica on - Balcony Enclosure - for the Property Located at 17749 Collins Avenue, Unit 3001 (Hearing #PZ2025-02).
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6. 6.AOrdinancependingOutcome not recorded
   Revised: An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending the Text of the Future Land Use Element of the Adopted Comprehensive Plan; Providing for Repealer; Providing for Severability; Providing for Transmi al to the State Land Planning Agency; and Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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7. 6.BOrdinancependingOutcome not recorded
   An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending the Infrastructure and Capital Improvements Elements of the Adopted City of Sunny Isles Beach Comprehensive Plan to Clarify Level of Service Standards; Providing for Transmi al to the State Land Planning Agency and Other Review Agencies Iden fied in F.S. 163.3184(1)(C); Providing for Repealer, Providing for Severability; Providing for Codifica on; And Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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8. 6.COrdinancependingOutcome not recorded
   An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending the Land Development Regulations, Section 265-11 - "Procedures of General Applicability," and Providing for a New Article VI - "Adequacy of Facilities; Concurrency," to Establish Concurrency Procedures and Requirements; Providing for Repealer, Providing for Severability; Providing for Codifica on; And Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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9. 6.DOrdinancependingOutcome not recorded
   An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending Ordinance No. 2024-618; Approving Budget Amendment No. BA2425-05 to the City’s Operating and Capital Improvement Budget for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Implement the Terms and Conditions of This Ordinance; Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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10. 8.AOrdinancependingOutcome not recorded
    An Ordinance by the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending Sections 161-10, 161- 11, and 161-14 of Chapter 161 of the City’s Code of Ordinances, Entitled “Flood Damage Preven on”, to Specify Eleva on of Manufactured Homes in Flood Hazard Areas; Providing for Applicability; Providing for Severability; Providing for Codifica on; Providing for Repealer; Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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11. 9.FResolutionpendingOutcome not recorded
    A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving the Issuance of a Proclamation Recognizing the Month of July 2025 as Parks and Recrea on Month in the City of Sunny Isles Beach; Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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12. 9.GResolutionpendingOutcome not recorded
    A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Commemora ng Jewish Solidarity Day as a Special Day in the City of Sunny Isles Beach; Providing That Jewish Solidarity Day Shall Be Recognized Annually During the First Week of May Through the Issuance of a Proclamation; Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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