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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members of the Date: November 12, 2009
City Commission
From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Subject: Virginia Key Beach Park Trust
Reference November 19, 2009Agenda
Enclosure; 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.
One (1) appointment is needed at this time:
• Mayor Diaz has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Gene Tinnie, incumbent, whose term expired May 09, 2009, has served as a member
since 02/08/2001 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 November 19, 2009
Commission agenda.
PAT:
c: Rafael O. Diaz, Deputy City Attorney
Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator
David Shorter, Liaison/ Executive Director