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Home My WebLink AboutR-98-0840J-98-990 9/8/98 RESOLUTION NO. - 840 A RESOLUTION, WITH ATTACHMENT, ACCEPTING THE CITY CLERK'S CERTIFICATION AND DECLARATION OF THE ELECTION HELD ON AUGUST 13, 1998, IN WHICH CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WERE ELECTED AS MEMBERS OF THE OVERTOWN ADVISORY BOARD. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The City Clerk's Certification and Declaration of the Election held on August 13, 1998, attached hereto and made a part hereof, in which the below -listed individuals were elected to serve as board members of the Overtown Advisory Board is hereby accepted. Section 2. The City Commission hereby confirms the election of the following individuals as members of the Overtown Advisory Board, of which seven members shall serve a term of two years, and of which four members shall serve a term of one year (to be determined by lottery) from the date of their election, which took place on August 13, 1998: Yvonne Jazz Irizarry Dr. Dorothy Jenkins Fields Sharon D. Jackson Rev. Father Leroy Lloyd Lillian Slater Geneith Welch ATTACHMENT ..r CONTAINED OTT COMMSSION MBEnNC OF SEP 0 8 1998 ResWutka No. - 840 Derek Lewis Charles J. Flowers Father Jack Demas Jackson Rev. Desi L. Echoles PASSED .AND ADOPTED 8th day September, 1998. APPROV AS TO F M CORRECTNESS' WTT 0 LA LORNEY This Ad 'ni rativdAct shall bEca�ue effective immediately. n� c WALTER J. FOEMAN, CITY CLERK - 2 - 98 — 840 CERTIFICATION AND DECLARATION STATE OF FLORIDA ) COUNTY OF DADE ) CITY OF MIAMI ) I, WALTER J. FOEMAN, City Clerk of the City of Miami, Florida, do hereby certify that necessary steps were taken pursuant to City of Miami Code Section 2-1052 in connection with the conduct of the Overtown Advisory Board Election held on August 13, 1998. Said election was conducted in order to fill eleven (11) vacancies of the Overtown Advisory Board. The election was held at the Culmer Center located at 1600 N.W. 3 Avenue from 1 until 6 p.m. I. Fifteen (15) individuals qualified as candidates for Overtown Advisory Board members. Said 15 candidates' names were place on the ballot. II. A total of sixty (60) ballots were cast in said election. III. Voters were allowed to vote for a maximum of eleven (11) candidates of their choice. No ballot which was cast by an elector was voided. Two ballots were voided by electors prior to being cast and said electors were provided with another ballot which was cast and counted in the results. IV. I further certify and declare that the results of the Overtown Advisory Board Election held on August 13, 1998 are as follows: r A NMITI A TF VOTES RECEIVED Yvonne Jazz Irizarry 40 Dr. Dorothy Jenkins Fields 39 Sharon D. Jackson 36 Rev. Father Leroy Lloyd 35 Lillian Slater 32 Geneitha Welch 31 Derek Lewis 31 Charles J. Flowers 30 Father Jack 29 Demas Jackson 28 - 3 - 98- 840 V. VI. CANDIDATE VOTES RECEIVED Karen Carthwright 25 - tie vote Rev. Desi L. Echoles 25 - tie vote Donald F. Benjamin 24 Linda Watson 22 Gerald Muhammad 17 Therefore, I certify that Yvonne Jazz Irizarry, Dr. Dorothy Jenkins Fields, Sharon D. Jackson, Rev. Father Leroy Lloyd, Lillian Slater, Geneitha Welch, Derek Lewis, Charles J. Flowers, Father Jack and Demas Jackson received the greatest number of votes and were elected as members of the Overtown Advisory Board. I further certify that Karen Carthwright and Rev. Desi L. Echoles received a tie vote. WITNESS MY HAND and the official Seal of the City of Miami, Florida, this 17`h day of August, 1998. III •� W poff(m m+- , STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17`h day of August, 1998. Sylv�dtokman, Notary Public Personally Known Did take an oath - 4 - CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM Honorable Mayor and Members of TO: the City Commission FROM Walter . oeman City Clerk CA=19 August 17, 1998 DATE : FILE SUBJECT: Eleven Confirmations Needed to the Overtown Advisory Board REFERENCES: ENCLOSURES: September 8, 1998 Agenda Resolution, List of Members The Overtown Advisory Board was created to encourage and support historic preservation and provide recommendations to the City Commission regarding all City funded oz assisted activities, developments, or improvements within the Overtown area. All thirteen current board members' terms expire on September 9, 1998. This board's composition was recently amended by Ordinance 11681 to provide for one member to be appointed by the Mayor and one member to be appointed by the City Commissioner representing the Overtown area (Commissioner Teele). These appointed positions are required to be advertised (in a newspaper ad) prior to appointments being made. These appointments will be scheduled for a future meeting. The remaining eleven positions are elected. An election was held on Thursday, August 13, 1998. There were ten individuals who won and two (Karen Carthwright and Rev. Desi L. Echoles) who tied for the eleventh seat. Our office has requested a legal opinion on how to determine the winner from the tie vote. The City Commission at large is requested to confirm the following ten individuals to be appointed as members: Father Jack Lillian Slater Yvonne Jazz Irizarry Geneitha Welch Derek Lewis Sharon D. Jackson Rev. Father Leroy Lloyd Dr. Dorothy Jenkins Fields Charles J. Flowers Demas Jackson For your information, attached please find a copy of the current membership of said board. By copy of this memorandum, we are requesting that the Agenda Office place this issue on the September 8, 1998 Commission agenda. WJF:sl c: Donald Warshaw, City Manager Linda Kearson, Assistant City Attorney Hammond Noriega, Liaison/Overtown Advisory Board Coordinator Maria Chiaro, Assistant City Attorney Charles Flowers, President, Overtown Advisory Board OVERTOWN ADVISORY BOARD ELECTION August 13,1998 TOTAL NUMBER OF BALLOTS CAST: 60 C ANnTT) ATF. VOTES RECEIVED Yvonne Jazz Irizarry 40 Dr. Dorothy Jenkins Fields 39 Sharon D. Jackson 36 Rev. Father Leroy Lloyd 35 Lillian Slater 32 Geneitha Welch 31 Derek Lewis 31 Charles J. Flowers 30 Father Jack 29 Demas Jackson 28 Karen Carthwright 25 -tie vote Rev. Desi L. Echoles 25 - tie vote Donald F. Benjamin 24 Linda Watson 22 Gerald Muhammad 17 OVERTOWN ADVISORY BOARD (13 members) NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE Rosa Green, 415 N.W. 6 St., M-33136 sworn Jerry Coleman, C/O Camillus House, 2136 N.W. 8 St., M-33127 Yvonne Jazz Irizarry, C/O Phillis Wheatley School, 1801 N.W. 1 Place, M-33136 Sharon Jackson, Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, 1801 N.W. 1 Place, M-33136 sworn Charles J. Flowers, president, 1000 N.W. N. River Drive, #106, M-33136 (326-1718; C=439-7767) [sworn] Dorothy Fields, C/O Black Archives Foundation, 5337 N.W. 29 Cr., M-33134 (636-2390) [sworn] Anderson Curry, 243 N.W. 10 St., Apt. 7, M-33136 [sworn] Father Leroy Lloyd, St. Peter's Church, 1811 N.W. 4 Court, M-33136 (573-8941) sworn I CC 00 I OC MUST FILE: (1) STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL INTEREST, C page # i RESOLUTION R-98-493 5-12-98 R-98-493 5-12-98 R-98-493 5-12-98 R-98-245 3-10-98 R-97-584 9-9-97 R-97-584 9-9-97 R-97-584 9-9-97 R-98-245 3-10-98 15 TERM EXPIRE 9-9-98 • .M EIaw 9-9-98 9-9-98 9-9-98 ...; 08/ 17/98 OVERTOWN ADVISORY BOARD (13 members) Karen Cartwright, 1770 N.W. 5 Ave., M-33136 [sworn] Lillian Slater, 1640 N.W> 4 Ave., Spt. #10 C, M-33136 (324-4201) [sworn; SI-98; RES-OK] vacancy (Morris Mays is employed by Miami -Dade County) Jackie Murphy Wells, 1300 N.W. 2 Ave., #210, M-33136 Trenese Turner, 56 N.W. 39 St., M-33127 (W=573-6665) [sworn] I s MUST FILE: (1) STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL INTEREST, page # 2 R-97-584 9-9-97 R-97-584 9-9-97 R-97-584 9-9-97 R-97-584 9-9-97 R-97-584 9-9-97 15 9-9-98 9-9-98 9-9-98 W • .; 9-9-98 08/17/98