By Christopher J. Russo, Former City Manager (Monday, November 1, 2016) – With the near miss of Hurricane Matthew on October 6th the City was fortunate in many ways. Notably, in the minimal amount of precious sand that was lost from our beach. Coincidentally, the City just recently received an update on the long awaited beach re-nourishment project by the …
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By Christopher J. Russo, Former City Manager (Saturday, October 1, 2016) – The 2016-17 Fiscal Year Budget represents the 20th Anniversary of our City and the Budget process. We have come a long way from that first Budget consisting of a few pages of financial data primarily focused on the transfer of revenues from the County to the City. Our total …
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By Christopher J. Russo, Former City Manager (September 3, 2016) – At our last Commission meeting, the City honored its men and women in uniform with a very special invocation presented by members of the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department. This was arranged by the Police Department on its 18th Anniversary to express to the Community that in these difficult …
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By Christopher J. Russo, Former City Manager (August 23, 2016) – In Accordance with Article IV Section 4.5 of the Charter of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, I hereby submit the Proposed Budget for fiscal year 2016-2017. The 2016-17 Fiscal Year Budget represents the 20th Anniversary of our City and the Budget process. An interesting fact is the first …
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By Christopher J. Russo, Former City Manager (June 29, 2016) – A few things for our ‘to do’ list! The desirability of our City continues to grow while all the improvements and related construction continues. I would like to use this opportunity to let our residents know about things you can do to make your stay or daily life more …
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By Christopher J. Russo, Former City Manager (May 25, 2016) – Many of the featured articles in this newsletter have been about new capital projects, development, and many other new challenges in our City. But this article is about the “not so new” areas of the west side of our City where we have a high concentration of residents who …
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By Christopher J. Russo, Former City Manager (May 2, 2016) – Moving electrical and telecommunications lines from overhead to underground is a huge endeavor. It took years of planning and is costing millions of dollars. The benefit is a safer city. With power lines underground, they are not susceptible to damage from storms with high winds, car accidents, falling tree …
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By Christopher J. Russo, Former City Manager (April 1, 2016) Comprehensive Planning in a Redeveloping Environment The most challenging and difficult type of development in any municipality is redevelopment. Redevelopment, by its definition, involves removing what is existing, usually antiquated and somewhat blighted structures in designated areas, in order to create a safer, and overall better quality of life for …
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By Christopher J. Russo, Former City Manager (February 1, 2016) – Code Compliance plays a vital role in maintaining our City’s world class standards. Deputy City Manager Stan Morris oversees our Code Compliance division, which is responsible for ensuring that all City, County, and State codes are adhered to in order to achieve the highest standards of safety and welfare …
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By Christopher J. Russo, Former City Manager (December 2, 2015) – The City’s first mayor, David Samson and Mr. Dan Palmer came together to build The Sunny Isles Beach Sun back when the City was just a baby. Dan always referred to the relationship as “a unique situation.” As we turned 18 this year, we have grown this paper along …
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