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of the City Commission
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From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
CITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Date: May 15, 2023
Subject: Historic and Environmental
Preservation Board
References: Agenda for May 25, 2023
Enclosures: List of members, Application
Summary, Applications and
Resumes
The Historic and Environmental Preservation (HEP) Board administers the environmental and
historic preservation ordinances, and serves as a quasi-judicial instrument in certain areas.
Members of the HEP Board shall be from the electorate of the city and must be experienced
individuals representing specific professions related to the Board's responsibilities. The board
consists of nine members and one alternate member qualified as follows:
• One member shall be an architect registered in the state.
• One member shall be a landscape architect registered in the state.
• One member shall be a historian or architectural historian qualified by means of education or
experience and having demonstrated knowledge and interest in county history or architectural
history.
• One member shall be an architect or architectural historian having demonstrated knowledge
and experience in architectural restoration and historic preservation.
• One member shall be an experienced real estate broker licensed by the state.
• One member shall be a person experienced in the field of business and finance or law.
• Three members shall be citizens with demonstrated knowledge and interest in the historic and
architectural heritage of the city and/or conservation of the natural environment, and may
also qualify under any of the above categories.
• One alternate member shall qualify under one of the above categories.
Our office advertised for applications in a newspaper of general circulation, as required by the City
Code Sec. 62-187(c). Since Board members must be appointed to specific category positions; the
incumbents, categories, and eligible applicants to the category are as listed in the summary sheet and
shown below.
Seven (7) appointments are required at this time:
Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla has two (2) nominations for seats currently:'
1. Vacant. Citizen (Category
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Najeeb Campbell
William Hopper
Julie ODell
Jordan Trachtenberg
' This item was continued from November 17, 2022, January 12, 2023, February 9, 2023, March 9, 2023, April 13, 2023, and
May 11, 2023, Commission meetings.
2. Jordan Trachtenberg, incumbent, Architect or Architectural Historian (Categ_or4),
whose term expired on June 14, 2019.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Najeeb Campbell
Jordan Trachtenberg
Commissioner Sabina Covo has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:2
1. William Hopper, incumbent, Citizen Category7), whose term expired on
September 12, 2014, has been a member since March 12, 2011, and will require a
term waiver by a unanimous (5/5) vote of the Commission.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Najeeb Campbell
William Hopper
Julie ODell
Jordan Trachtenberg
2. Julie ODell, incumbent, Real Estate Broker (Category), whose term expired on
October 11, 2019.
*Eligible applicant for this category is:
Julie ODell
• Commissioner Joe Carollo has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:'
1. Luis Prieto y Munoz, Business and Finance or Law (Category), whose term expired
on June 14, 2019.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Julie ODell
Jordan Trachtenberg
• Commissioner Manolo Reyes has one (1) nomination for a seat currently:4
1. Vacant. Architect (Category)
*Eligible applicant for this category is:
Jordan Trachtenberg
• Commissioner Christine King has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:'
1. Christopher Cawley, incumbent, Landscape Architect (CategorY2), whose term
expired on July 13, 2018.
*Eligible applicant for this category
Christopher Cawley
2 This item was continued from November 17, 2022, April 13, 2023, and May 11, 2023, Commission meetings.
s This item was continued from November 17, 2022, January 12, 2023, February 9, 2023, March 9, 2023, April 13, 2023, and
May 11, 2023, Commission meetings.
a This item was continued from November 17, 2022, January 12, 2023, February 9, 2023, March 9, 2023, April 13, 2023, and
May 11, 2023, Commission meetings.
s This item was continued from November 17, 2022, January 12, 2023, February 9, 2023, March 9, 2023, April 13, 2023, and
May 11, 2023, Commission meetings.
For your convenience, we are including a copy of the current membership of said board. By copy of
this memorandum to the Agenda Office, we are requesting that this issue be placed on the May 25,
2023, Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
Anna Pernas, Liaison
Jihan Soliman, Assistant City Attorney
Miriam M. Santana, Agenda Coordinator