TOWN OF SURFSIDE Town Manager’s Message Voter’s Guide The Town has prepared a Voter’s Guide on the seven Charter ballot amendments which will be presented to the electorate as part of the November 4 General Election. The guide will be mailed separately and will arrive at residences the week of October 6. The subject matters of the ballot measures concern the following Charter amendments: Qualifications for Office; Vacancy on Commission; Vacancy in Candida- cy; Canvassing Board; Qualifying for Elected Office; Establishing Elected Officials’ Staggered Terms and Increasing Town Commissioners’ Terms from Two Years to Four Years; and Runoff Election. The Shul Expansion Project A public hearing on the Shul’s expansion plan will be held on Tues- GAZETTE day, October 28 at 7:00 pm in the Town Commission Chambers. The Shul, located at 9540 Collins Avenue, is proposing a 51,850 square foot addition to their existing Place of Public Assembly. The proposed devel- opment will consist of a 5,123 square foot social hall/multi-use space to be used for assembly, eight classrooms for a Montessori preschool with up to 225 students, 16 classrooms for youth programs, multipurpose rooms, adult education and seven offices. The Shul submitted its initial site plan application in 2012. The processing of the application included three Development Review Group (DRG) meetings. The members of the DRG include Town Plan- ner, Engineer, Landscape Architect, Survey Professional, Traffic Engineer and Building Official. Also, the Development Impact Committee (DIC) consisting of the Town Manager, Town Attorney, Town Planner, Building Official, Traffic Engineer, Public Works Director and Parks and Recre- – Continued on P. 3 Halloween Happenings! Friday October 31 SPOOKTACULAR FAMILY BLOCK PARTY 6-9 pm • 96thHALLOWEEN St. Park 6-8SPOOKTACULAR pm • 92nd ST & Byron AV Parks & Recreation invite you Surfside Police will give away to rides, haunted maze,Saturday music, Octobercandy 26and glow sticks. games & candy! Free96th to Surfside Street Park,For info:6-9 p.m. (305) 861-4862 OCTOBER residents and their guests. 2014 1 Surfside Gazette • OCTOBER 2014 Surfside Gazette • OCTOBER 2014 It Happens on HARDING AVE I Surfside New Surfside What do you love about Visitor Guide In Surfside? the Works As marketing the Town of Surfside evolves through social The Tourist Bureau is media, the need for content working with Jacober grows exponentially. One campaign idea that will assist Creative on Surfside’s with this is to utilize members of the community to ex- first ever Visitor Guide, press the uniqueness of Surfside. to be delivered later this year. The guide will The Town Commission and Tourist Board will participate replace the current Busi- in a visual representation of what each member loves ness Directory and serve about Surfside. We would like (love) to hear from you. If as a reference guide you are interested in participating please send an email and marketing tool for to [email protected] to introduce yourself downtown. It will also and express your favorite thing about Surfside. You may promote Surfside as a be featured soon! Stay tuned for examples of this promo- destination for tourists. tion. Photo shoots have Bank & Tailor Open Downtown occurred around town, Two new busineses have opened on Harding Avenue, including many in stores with several more in the pipeline. and restaurants on Harding Avenue as well as on the beach in front of the Community Cen- ter. At left is a behind the scene look at the action. Be a Part of a Surfside Video! The Tourist Bureau and Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau need residents as extras on Saturday (Above) Sabadell United Bank recently opened at 9599 October 11 from 1- 4 pm at the Community Center. Harding Avenue. This was formerly the location of JGB All you need to do is enjoy the facilities as you would Bank. For more information, call 305-866-0220 or visit normally – hope to see you there! www.sabadellbank.com (Below) Geneva Tailor, located at 9484 Harding Avenue, New Businesses Poised to Serve Residents joins several other fabric and clothing stores in the “gar- ment district. “Call 305-397-8035 or visit New businesses soon to open along Harding Avenue www.genevatailor.com include: • 26K Sushi + Tapas (Kosher), 9487 Harding Avenue • Crimson (Kosher), 9555 Harding Avenue • Marrakech Express, 9454 Harding Avenue, 954-663-5056 • Nail House of Surfside, 9540 Harding Avenue • The Backyard (Kosher), 9560 Harding Avenue • Tiberio, 9472 Harding Avenue, 305-763-8595 • Veterinary Wellness Center of Surfside, 9530 Harding Avenue Business Update Lynx Travel International is now an official American -Ex press Travel Office. Call 305-579-0078 to book your next trip or visit their office located at 9559 Harding Avenue. 2 Surfside Gazette • OCTOBER 2014 Department of Motor TOWN CALENDAR Vehicles to Visit on Oct. 16 Community Outreach OCTOBER 2014 Specialists from the Tue 2 Endlessly Organic Produce, 3 -5 pm, Town Hall Department of Highway Mon 6 Street Sweeping, 9 am-1 pm. Keep your curb clear! Safety and Motor Vehicles Mon 6 Joint Town Commision/Tourist Board Meeting, 6 pm (DMV) will be setting up a Tue 14 Regular Town Commission, 7 pm, Town Hall mobile DMV at Town Hall on Tue 14 Endlessly Organic Produce, 3 -5 pm, Town Hall Thursday, October 16, 2014 Wed 15 Senior Trip to Actors Playhouse, 12 - 6 p.m from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the second Thur 16 Mobile DMV Services, 9:30 am-2:30 pm at Town Hall floor Police Training Room. Mon 20 Street Sweeping, 9 am-1 pm. Keep your curb clear! Plan now to get your DMV services here in Surfside, Mon 20 Parks & Recreation Committee, 7 pm including driver’s license renewals. More detailed Mon 27 Downtown Advisory, 7 pm, Town Hall information can be found on the Town website under Fri 24 Coffee With The Cops, Starbucks on Harding Ave, 10 am Town News. Contact Dina Goldstein at (305) 861-4862 or Tue 28 Endlessly Organic Produce, 3 -5 pm, Town Hall [email protected]. Tue 28 Public Hearing on the Shul expansion, 7 pm, Town Hall Wed 29 AARP Driver Safety Course, 10 am - 5 pm Wed 29 Bike With The Chief, Leaves from Town Hall at 5 pm Thur 30 Planning & Zoning Board, 7 pm Town Manager’s Message Fri 31 Halloween Street Party, 92nd St. & Byron Ave., 6-8 pm continued from front page Fri 31 Spooktacular Event at 96th Street Park, 6-9 pm ation Director met in two advertised and televised NOVEMBER 2014 sessions on October 17, 2013 and January 9, 2014 to Mon 3 Tourist Board Meeting, 6 pm, Town Hall review the application. Mon 3 Street Sweeping, 9 am-1 pm. Keep your curb clear! Tue 4 ELECTION DAY, polls open 7 am - 7 pm at Town Hall On February 27, the Planning and Zoning Ad- Tue 11 Town Hall Closed for Veterans Day Observance visory Board recommended approval to the Town Tue 11 Veterans Day Service, 10 a.m., Veterans Park Commission of the site plan application. The agenda Tue 11 Endlessly Organic Produce, 3 -5 pm, Town Hall package for the February 27 meeting is available on- Fri 14 Senior Brunch Bunch, 11 am, Community Center line under Town News at www.townofsurfsidefl.gov. Mon 17 Street Sweeping, 9 am-1 pm. Keep your curb clear! The site plan review process by the Town Commis- sion was delayed several months due to a Compre- Mon 17 Parks & Recreation Committee, 7 pm hensive Plan Amendment and subsequent challenge Tue 18 Regular Town Commission, 7 pm, Town Hall to the Comp Plan Amendment. Mon 24 Downtown Advisory Committee, 7 pm Town Hall Tue 25 Endlessly Organic Produce, 3 -5 pm, Town Hall At the October 28 meeting, a resolution will be Thur 27 Town Hall closed for Thanksgiving holiday considered approving a development order which Fri 28 Town Hall closed for Thanksgiving holiday would allow the project to move forward. The devel- opment order incorporates conditions that the Shul must meet including traffic impacts, parking and im- provements to the alley to the west of their property Use Mobile Phone App to including undergrounding, utility improvements, paving and street lighting upgrades. Improve Surfside The complete agenda packet for the meeting is SeeClickFix is a mobile phone app for scheduled to be available on the Town’s website by reporting conditions that may need to October 17. be addressed by the Town. Download See you around Town! this free app from our website www. townofsurfsidefl.gov or through your Michael P. Crotty mobile phone. It will allow you to use descriptions, photos and videos to instantly report situations that require attention and follow-up. You can communicate, comment and get updates via your phone. 3 Surfside Gazette • OCTOBER 2014 SURFSIDE STARS Inspired by Stars, Fiorella Terenzi is a Scientist, Author and Musician Dr. Fiorella Terenzi is a Surfside Star truly inspired by the end Edition and Science Friday. Her intriguing story has stars. been featured in The Wall Street Journal, People, Time, She is an Italian-born astrophysicist, author and record- Electronic Musician, Glamour and many more. ing artist whose fame rocketed skyward after making She has moderated hundreds of panels on science, recordings of radio waves from distant galaxies and technology, education and music. She is the first turning them into music. Dr. Terenzi received her doctor- person to be a ate from the University of Milan and currently is on the member of both Physics and Astronomy faculty at Florida International the National University and a resident of Surfside. Academy of Re- Described by Time magazine as “a cross between Carl cording Arts & Sagan and Madonna,” Dr.