Some of the committee's recommendations recently submitted to the mayor include creation of a commercial tourism transportation axis, monumental construction, environmental sculpting, planning of ‘green lungs' alongside desert vegetation, architectonic construction with technical and design significance to be offered for competition between leading architects in Israel and worldwide, and more.

"All of the recommendations will be examined within and outside of the municipal zoning plan being put together at present," noted the mayor, and added that as part of the activities to reposition Eilat in the market, he plans to generate interest in the city via five special projects:  A new Municipality building, a centre for fairs and congresses, a tourism pedestrian mall, a culture and education centre to include a theatre, library, and museum, and a university with an international level campus.

The public committee for future urban planning of Eilat, set up by mayor Meir Itzhak Halevy, has been operating on behalf of the Municipality for three years.  Headed by the architect and initiator of Herod's Palace hotel, Yoav Igra, members of the recommendation committee include Gadi Katz, Mira Katz, Zohar Miller (CPA), Eng. Chen Salti (general director of the Ein Netafim [water] corporation), Diklah Mor (general director of the Eilat Foreshore Development Company), Phillip Azrad (general director of Eilat Economic Company), Adv. Shlomo Yuval, Nachum Seri (head of Old Neighbourhoods Administration), Yosi Ani (past director of Tourism Administration), Ronen Shai (general manager of Hilton Queen of Sheba hotel), Gabi Avital (head of Sanitation and Beach Monitoring in municipality), Dorit Benet (manager of regional environmental unit), Shimon Medlassi, architect Rachel Arnon Dahan, Sulidar Chai, Yosi Belisha, and Maya Shapir.

During its three years of operation the committee has met numerous times, some of them with the mayor and some of them with entities involved in engineering, planning, and design from Eilat and from outside it, including engineer Uri Shitrit, architect Ruthi Katz, the Tel Aviv City Architect, architect Deganit Meiselis Kasif, architect Doron Tzafrir, and others.

Committee chairman Yoav Igra expressed his appreciation toward the members of the committee for their seriousness and their willingness to contribute to the positioning of the city Eilat:  "It is unarguable that the positioning of Eilat as a leading tourism city is vital, particularly in view of the competition from our neighbours to the south and to the east", Igra noted, adding, "In order to do any real work, the product must be changed, have content moulded into it, and only then position it.  Eilat has a brilliant future as long as it is positioned properly, which is the committee's object in its work, determining significant future planning from a positional perspective."

With the committee's role concluded, a wrap-up meeting will soon be held with the mayor, in which he intends to thank each of the committee members for his or her activity toward advancing the positioning of the city of Eilat.