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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members Date: November 12, 2009
of the City Commission
Subject: Community Relations Board
From: Priscilla A. Thompson References: November 19, 2009 Agenda
City Clerk
Enclosures: List of members, resumes
The Community Relations Board (CRB) was created to (1) To serve in an advisory capacity to the City Commission; (2) to
foster mutual understanding, tolerance, and respect among all economic, social, religious and ethnic groups in the City of
Miami; (3) to make studies in the field of human relations; (4) to attempt to act as conciliator in controversies involving
community relations; (5) to cooperate in the development of educational programs dedicated to the improvement of
community relations with, and to enlist the support of, civic leaders, civic, religious, veterans, labor, industrial, commercial
and eleemosynary groups; and private agencies engaged in the inculcation of ideals of tolerance, cultural respect and
understanding; (6) to prepare studies, and have studies made, in the field of community relations, and to prepare and
disseminate reports of such studies; (7) to recommend to the Mayor, Commissioners, and the City Manager such ordinances to
carry out the purposes of the provisions set forth herein; (8) to submit an annual report to the Mayor, Commissioners, and the
City Manager; and (9) to make recommendations regarding grants and donations on behalf of the City from foundations and
others for the purpose of carrying out the above listed functions, subject to approval by the City Commission.
Members of the Community Relations Board shall be residents of the City of Miami.
Three (3) appointments are needed at this time:
Mayor Tomas Regalado has three (3) nominations:
1. Patricia Maldonado, incumbent, whose term expires on May 7, 2011
2. Jerome Schiller, incumbent, whose term expires on May 13, 2012
3. Andres Lemos, incumbent, whose term expires on May 13, 2012
For your convenience, we have included a copy of the nominees' resumes and the current membership
of said board. By copy of this memorandum, we are requesting that the Agenda Office place this issue
on the November 19, 2009 Commission agenda.
PAT:
c: George K. Wysong, Assistant City Attorney
Ada Rojas, Community Relations Coordinator
Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator
Barbara Bisno, Chairperson