City Council Meeting 08/15/2023 06:30 PM City Hall Chambers 1600 Nela Avenue Belle Isle FL

City Council Commissioners
Nicholas Fouraker, Mayor
Vice-Mayor – Beth Lowell, District 5
District 1 Commissioner – Ed Gold | District 2 Commissioner – Anthony Carugno | District 3 Commissioner – Karl Shuck  |  District 4 Commissioner – Randy Holihan | District 6 Commissioner – Stan Smith | District 7 Commissioner – Jim Partin

Welcome to the City of Belle Isle City Council meeting. Agendas and all backup material supporting each agenda item are available in the City Clerk's office or website at www.belleislefl.gov. If you are not on the agenda, please hand the City Clerk a completed yellow "Request to Speak" form. The Council is pleased to hear relevant comments and has set a three-minute limit. Rosenberg's Rules of Order guide the conduct of the meeting. Order and decorum will be preserved at all meetings. Personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks are not permitted. Please silence all technology during the session. Thank you for participating in your City Government.

1.Call to Order and Confirmation of Quorum

2.PD Presentations

  1. a.Introduction of Officer Steve Mendez

  2. b.Life-Saving Award - Officer Zachary Mathews

3.Citizen's Comments - Persons desiring to address the Council must complete and provide the City Clerk a yellow "Request to Speak" form. When the Mayor recognizes you, state your name and address and direct all remarks to the Council as a body, not individual council members, staff, or audience. Citizen comments and each section of the agenda where public comment is allowed are limited to three (3) minutes. Questions will be referred to staff and answered within a reasonable period following the meeting date.

4.Consent Items - These items are considered routine and previously discussed by the Council. One motion will adopt them unless a Council member requests before the vote on the motion to have an item removed from the consent agenda and considered separately.

  1. a.Approval of the City Council Meeting Minutes - August 1, 2023 

  2. b.Proclamation - Election 2024

5.Unfinished Business

  1. a.SECOND READING AND ADOPTION: ORDINANCE NO. 23-04, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BELLE ISLE, FLORIDA,  ADDING SECTION 50-78 ARTIFICIAL TURF REQUIREMENTS TO ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 50 OF THE CITY’S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE; CREATING AN ARTIFICIAL TURF PERMITTING PROGRAM AND ADOPTING RELATED PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT THEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 

6.New Business

  1. a.Resiliency Grant / Sol Project Update

  2. b.Wallace Field Staff Report Update

  3. c.Vacancy/Selection of New Commissioner – District 4

  4. d.Informational with a First Reading on September 5, 2023: ORDINANCE NO. 23-05 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BELLE ISLE, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY’S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION 50-102 ACCESSORY STRUCTURES TO ALLOW THE INSTALLATION OF FENCES AND WALLS IN FRONT YARDS WITHIN CERTAIN DEFINED OVERLAY AREAS AND CREATING RESTRICTIONS FOR SUCH FENCES AND WALLS: PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

7.Attorney's Report

8.City Manager's Report

  1. a.Chief's Report

  2. b.Public Works Report

9.Mayor’s Report

10.Items from Council

11.Adjournment

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