Despite protests, SIB rezones park site

A standing-room-only crowd of unhappy condo owners couldn’t dissuade the Sunny Isles Beach City Commission from pushing ahead Dec. 22 with its plan for developing Heritage Park.
Neither could the presence of a noted land use attorney, a court stenographer and the clear hint of potential legal challenges ahead.
So in a special meeting, the commission voted [...]

Denied light, SIB will try no-left sign at 183rd St.

Stung by the state’s refusal to approve a new traffic signal at 182nd Street and Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach will try an old school approach – a no-left-turn sign – to attack the potential dangers lurking at the intersection of 183rd Street and Collins Avenue.
And, in the process, the city will provide some relief [...]

Katz asks SIB to adjust 183rd Street safety deal

The largest taxpayer and self-anointed “No. 1 citizen” of Sunny Isles Beach isn’t a happy camper.
Again.
Raanan Katz, principal of RK Associates, thinks he’s being unfairly gouged – to the tune of $16,000 over two months – for a police officer and two crossing guards at the troubled intersection of Collins Avenue and 183rd Street. He [...]

SIB rethinking restaurant plan at Newport pier

The fine-dining restaurant that’s been a signature feature of Sunny Isles Beach’s plan to rebuild the Newport fishing pier is on life support.
A few weeks ago, state officials surprised city officials by balking at plans for an expanded 5,000-square-foot, two-story, fully enclosed restaurant as part of the pier project. Any construction beyond the existing 2,600-square-foot [...]

SIB looking at hole in budget

The new fiscal year begins Oct. 1 and Sunny Isles Beach’s budget already has sprung a leak.
On Sept. 22, the City Commission – with Bud Scholl absent — gave its unanimous approval to the spending plan in under three minutes. That edged out Aventura’s City Commission, which took all of four minutes to approve its [...]

SIB budget draws no complaints

What if they held a budget hearing and nobody showed up to complain?
That’s just what happened Sept. 10 when the Sunny Isles Beach City Commission reviewed the proposed $26 million city budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1.
Against a backdrop of contentious budget hearings in nearby cities, school districts and Miami-Dade County, Sunny Isles [...]

SIB gives Solis Resort one ‘final’ delay on fees

The oft-delayed Solis Resort Spa & Residences is behind in its fee payments to Sunny Isles Beach and the city says it’s time to pay up or face legal action that could sink the oceanfront high-rise project.

Danny Tantleff, the former Bal Harbour mayor who is the public face of the project, told the City Commission [...]

SIB looks for savings in cultural, social programs

Sunny Isles Beach commissioners have instructed city staff to take a hard look at  recreational and cultural programs as the city tightens its belt in the face of lower anticipated tax receipts.
At a budget workshop June 30, commissioners pored over the proposed $1.8 million budget of the Cultural and Human Services Department looking for potential [...]

Money OK’d to start work on SIB’s Heritage Park

The Sunny Isles Beach City Commission has approved spending $9.25 million to get work started on Heritage Park, including a parking garage and perhaps the oft-discussed basketball court for youth in the city’s north end.
The June 18 vote was unanimous but Acting City Manager Rick Conner stressed that renderings he was showing were preliminary and [...]

City moves quickly in bid to save CVS lease deal

Raanan Katz is a man of action.
When the former Israeli basketball star turned developer speaks, mountains move and deals get made.
In Sunny Isles Beach on June 5, it was yellow plastic bollards that stood in his way and within four hours they were gone in a demonstration of teamwork and the power of  a letter [...]