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Save the past. Enrich the future.
May 7, 2020
Xavier E. Alban
Assistant City Attorney
City of Miami Office of the City Attorney
444 SW end Avenue
Miami, FL 33130
Dear Mr. Alban,
I am writing to confirm that the National Trust for Historic Preservation would
like to reappoint Lynn B. Lewis to fill our seat on the Virginia Key Advisory
Board.
The National Trust's primary interest in serving on this advisory board is Miami
Marine Stadium and its ongoing restoration. In 2012, we designated the stadium
to our flagship program called National Treasures. This is an evolving portfolio of
iconic landmarks, landscapes, and communities that we deem exceptionally
significant to the story of America, and that we are committed to finding long-
term preservation solutions for.
After years of advocacy and awareness building on behalf of the stadium, we
remain dedicated to this important work and have every confidence in Mrs. Lewis
to continue to represent us on the Virginia Key Advisory Board.
Sincerelv,
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Jason Lloyd Clement
Senior Director of Marketing Campaigns and Partnerships
National Trust for Historic Preservation
The Watergate Office Building 2600 Virginia Avenue NW Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20037
e info@savingplaces.org P 202.588.6000 F 202.588.6038 SavingPlaces.org
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LYNN B. LEWIS
Lynn B. Lewis, P.A.
501 Brickell Key Drive
Suite 505
Miami, Florida 33131
AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Tel: 305-374-0148
Fax:305-374-7071
Email: lynnlewisp.lblya.com
Real Estate: Commercial real estate transactions; Zoning matters before various municipal Boards and
Commissions; Comprehensive planning matters before various municipal Boards and Commissions, and
regional and state agencies; Legal aspects of Historic Preservation; Condominium regulatory practice
including conversion to condominium; Creation of municipal legislation and Development Agreements;
Commercial lease negotiation and drafting, and representation of landlords; Construction lending;
Mechanics lien matters; and HUD multi -family housing financing.
Banking: Commercial and real estate lending on behalf of lenders; Bank regulatory matters before United
States national bank regulators, Federal Reserve Board, and State banking regulators; Bank Secrecy Act
and Know Your Customer Regulatory Compliance; Other Regulatory and Community Reinvestment Act
Compliance.
SPECIAL COMPETENCE
Professional concentration in representing both commercial real estate developers and inward -bound
investors in Florida commercial real estate. This representation has frequently started with the initial
property acquisition, obtaining entitlements and development rights, the legal aspects of obtaining
financing, and representation of the owner in landlord/tenant matters, construction and lien law matters.
This makes me well -versed in all aspects of the legal framework for, and constraints on, development and
its municipal regulation. Additional practice focus on achieving historic designation, advocacy for
protection of historic sites and Landmarks, and creation of historic preservation legislation.
Professional concentration in representing both international and purely domestic banks in starting and
growing their businesses in Miami. In addition to a transactional practice with these banks, I have served
as a Director of two national banks, General Counsel to a national bank and a member of the Audit
Committees of two banks. This makes me well -versed in understanding market and regulatory
compliance considerations on banks which finance businesses in the South Florida market.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Juris Doctor, University of Miami School of Law
Bachelor of Arts, University of Georgia Magna Cum Laude
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National Advisor, 2016 to Present
Proiects Related to Historic Preservation
The City of Miami is home to 2 National Historic Landmarks. National Historic Landmark status is the
highest designation, awarded on a national level by the US Park Service, to sites which are important to
the history of this country.
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is one of these National Historic Landmarks. My involvement as a lawyer
in defeating proposed development which threatened the Vizcaya National Historic Landmark, caused me
to consider whether there could be a proactive protection given to National Historic Landmarks in
Miami's Zoning Code. Such protection should not adversely affect private property rights of the
Landmark's neighbors and should also put proposed developers on notice, before they incurred expenses
in planning their project, of the special considerations required when developing near a National Historic
Landmark.
This evaluation led me to propose View Corridor protection for National Historic Landmarks, which
came to be codified as part of the City of Miami Zoning Code. Miami's View Corridor legislation
protecting the National Historic Landmarks is unique to Miami. There is nothing comparable in Florida.
This View Corridor Protection legislation puts Miami on par with other cities which protect their heritage
sites and National Historic Landmarks. Having protected the View Corridors of and from its National
Historic Landmarks makes Miami a leader in developing creative solutions for Historic Preservation
within the City.
From 2009 through 2016, I served as pro bono counsel to, and worked with, a group of citizens who have
volunteered time and resources to restore the Miami Marine Stadium, a City of Miami property which has
received local historic designation and is on the National Register of Historic Places. This work led to my
designation by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as its representative on the Virginia Key
Advisory Board to the Miami City Commission in 2016.
I have served on the City of Miami HEP Board since 2010 and as its vice chair since 2014. I see the role
of the HEP as retaining Miami's historic spaces and enabling those neighborhoods and sites to be
economic engines for the City and to enhance the fabric of life in the modern city that is Miami. Part of
my role is to balance private property rights with the Miami community-at-large's rights to live in a
vibrant and culturally rich international city. The role often is also to attempt to mediate among neighbors
and interests that might appear to be competing, and also to offer in-depth analyses and expertise to the
City Commission on matters of historic preservation.
In 2016, I became a "National Advisor" to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. National advisors
are preservationists based across the country who advise the NTHP on local issues, trends and best
practices affecting historic preservation in the advisors' respective areas. From 2016 through 2019, I was
appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, a state-wide preservation
advocacy group.
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