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`O Cesar H. Odio,
City Manager
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
DATE FILE
September 23, 1991
SUWECT Commission on the Status
of Women
:Rom Xavier L. Suarez, REFERENCES (1)
Mayor
ENCLOSURES
Please schedule the Commission on the Status of Women for the
next regularly scheduled Commission Meeting of October 3, 1991.
The Commission would like to be heard on the matter of reducing
their quorum to a reasonable number.
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M E M O R A. N D U M
August 21,1991
TOO Gwen Calloway, Executive Director
Miami Commission on,Status of Women
FROMs Nikki Beare, Board Member
Miami CSO11
RE: Meeting with Mayor Suarez
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With lees than 24 hr. notice, I was asked to meet with Mayor •
Suarez about the homeless women in the City of Miami.
Since I had such a short time to contact anyone, I called you
and asked you to set up others (Bernadette, yourself and anyone
else). Because of the short notice, I expected to be the only
Orsft tl *--apA -that. -in fast was true, but ,it was probably for
the best.
All the items on our agenda were covered and the Mayor is going
to help us on the following:
1. guorum - He says we are not quasi-judicial and thus can
reduce the number of the quorum to a reasonable number.
2. Apeointments - He wants,us up to full strength, quickly!!
And is willing to start things rolling - so let's get
names of people who will attend meetings and put in his
hands. Pronto. He a�'s'o has procedure to replace appointees
through designation rather than go through Commission.
He will draw up ordinance re this!
3. Budget - Ile must give him info on what we need to unfreeze and
he will expedite!
4. Better Communications with mayor and Commission. He wants
VICSOw to become more pro -active. He appreciates our interest
in helping homeless women in City of Miami, suggested we
help him with problems in City of Miami Police Department -
Under Cover Narcotics Div_-__ sion.
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Because of the terrible stress - There is very high
incidence of divorce in t iss Group. I don't know
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what we can do other than maybe set up s counseling seminar
for families in law enforcement about handling Stress,
Newsletter - Advertising - He will get legal opinion from
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City Atty. re advertising in Miami Women to help reduce
the cost to the City.
6. World women's Congress for Healthy Planet - Ile will help us re
security AND smoothing path re bureaucratic problems, plus
proclamation.
7. Homeless Women - He hopes we can help him got women's organi-
zations to "adopt" some of these women and/or their families.
Their needs - Transportation to and from clinics.
Job Support - not find jobs, but help in
getting proper clothing & makeup for inter-
v3.ews - interim counseling - moral support etc.
Child Care - help in finding places where their
children can be in inexpensive child care while
_ that' look for- work.
He wants MCSOW to be a facilitator to find resources to do those
things - not actually do it ourselves.
S2eakers Bureau - help build a bridge between homeless and
Community.
Enought I am done.
i did what was asked of me.
Nikki Beare
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