City Council Meeting 03/16/2021 06:30 PM City Hall Chambers, 1600 Nela Avenue

City Council Commissioners

Nicholas Fouraker, Mayor
District 1 Commissioner – Ed Gold | District 2 Commissioner – Anthony Carugno | District 3 Commissioner – Karl Shuck
District 4 Commissioner – Mike Sims | District 5 Commissioner – Harvey Readey | District 6 Commissioner – Jim Partin
District 7 Commissioner – Sue Nielsen

Welcome

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 on the city's website at cityofbelleislefl.org.  If you are not on the agenda, please complete the yellow "Request to Speak" form to be handed to the City Clerk. When you are recognized by the Mayor, state your name and address and direct all remarks to the Council as a body and not to individual members of the Council, staff, or audience. The Council is pleased to hear relevant comments; however, a three-minute limit has been set by Council. 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 CELLULAR PHONES AND PAGERS DURING THE MEETING. Thank you for participating in your City Government. 

1.Call to Order and Confirmation of Quorum

2.Invocation and Pledge to Flag - Commissioner Sims - District 4

3.Consent Items - These items are considered routine and have been previously discussed by the Council. They will be adopted by one motion unless a Council member requests before the vote on the motion to have an item removed from the consent agenda and considered separately.  If any item were removed from the Consent Agenda, it would be considered immediately following approval of the remainder of the Consent Agenda.

  1. a.Approval of March 2, 2021, City Council minutes

  2. b.February Monthly Reports:  Finance Report, Police Department, Marine Patrol and OC Fire

4.Citizen's Comments

Persons desiring to address the Council MUST complete and provide to the City Clerk a yellow “Request to Speak” form located by the door. After being recognized by the Mayor, persons are asked to come forward and speak from the lectern, state their name and address, and direct all remarks to the Council as a body and not to individual members of the Council, 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 should be answered by staff within a reasonable period of time following the date of the meeting. Order and decorum will be preserved at all meetings. Personal, impertinent or slanderous remarks are not permitted. Thank you.

5.Unfinished Business

  1. a.ORDINANCE NO. 21-02 - FIRST READING AND CONSIDERATION:  AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BELLE ISLE, FLORIDA; AMENDING THE CITY’S SIGN REGULATIONS UNDER CHAPTER 52 OF THE CITY CODE; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; AMENDING AND ADDING REGULATIONS RELATED TO TEMPORARY SIGNS, PROTECTION OF FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

  2. b.ORDINANCE 21-04 - FIRST READING AND CONSIDERATION:  AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BELLE ISLE, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE BELLE ISLE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER 42, ARTICLE II, SECTION 42-32– PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD; PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT AND FILLING OF VACANCIES ON THE BOARD; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

6.New Business

  1. a.RESOLUTION NO. 21-03 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BELLE ISLE, FLORIDA, MAKING FINDINGS AS TO SAFETY CONCERNS; ESTABLISHING THE INTERSECTION OF VIA FLORA, TRENTWOOD BOULEVARD, AND FLOWERTREE ROAD AS AN ALL-WAY STOP; AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTALL THE APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE AT THAT LOCATION; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE

  2. b.RESOLUTION NO. 21-04 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BELLE ISLE, FLORIDA, MAKING FINDINGS AS TO SAFETY AS A REDUCTION IN SPEED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTALL THE APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE AT THAT LOCATION, AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

7.Attorney's Report

8.City Manager's Report

  1. a.Issues Log

  2. b.Chief's Report

9.Mayor’s Report

10.Items from Council

11.Adjournment

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