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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members of the
City Commission
From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: August 14, 2009
Subject: Virginia Key Beach Park Trust
References: September 10, 2009 Agenda
Enclosures: List of members
The Virginia Key Beach Park Trust was created to preserve the Virginia Key Beach Park in
cooperation with the Department of Parks and Recreation and other City departments in a manner
consistent with the environmental health, public use, historical importance of the Park and the
aspirations of the African American community and shall propose policy, planning, and design to
ensure maximum community utilization, enjoyment, and maintenance of the Park as an open
greenspace compatible with its historical and recreational characteristics and accessible to the
public. Ordinance 13865, adopted on May 14, 2009, which amended Chapter 38, Article 6 of the
City Code, authorized the waiver of the eight -consecutive year term limitation to allow members of
the Virginia Key Beach Park Trust to be reconsidered annually for an additional one-year term by a
unanimous vote of the members of the City Commission.
Eight (8) appointments are needed at this time:
• Chair Sanchez has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Gustavo Godoy, incumbent, whose term expired March 7, 2009.
• Vice Chair Spence -Jones has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Erika McKinney, incumbent, whose term expired February 7, 2009.*
• Commissioner Gonzalez has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Maud Newbold, incumbent, whose term expired February 7, 2009, has served as a
member since 2/8/01 and would require a term waiver by a unanimous (5/5ths) vote of
the Commission.*
• Commissioner Sarnoff has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Mark Walters, incumbent, whose term expired February 7, 2009, has served as a
member since 2/8/01 and would require a term waiver by a unanimous (5/5ths) vote of
the Commission.*
• The Commission -at -Large has three (3) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Bruce Matheson, incumbent, whose term expired February 7, 2009.
2. N. Patrick Range, II, incumbent, whose term expired February 7, 2009.
3. Enid C. Pinkney, incumbent, whose term expired February 7, 2009, has served as a
member since 2/8/01 and would require a term waiver by a unanimous (5/5ths) vote of
the Commission.
• Mayor Diaz has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Gene Tinnie, incumbent, whose term expired February 7, 2009, has served as a
member since 2/8/01 and would require a term waiver by a unanimous (5/5ths) vote of
the Commission.
For your convenience, we are including a copy of the membership of the Trust. By copy of this
memorandum, we are requesting the Agenda Office to place this issue on the September 10, 2009
Commission agenda. *This matter was deferred from the February 12, 2009 Commission meeting.
PAT:pb
c: Rafael O. Diaz, Deputy City Attorney
Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator
David Shorter, Liaison/ Executive Director