HomeMy WebLinkAboutmemoCITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members of the
City Commission
(P.
From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: October 17, 2003
Subject: Historic and Environmental
Preservation Board
References November 13, 2003 Agenda
Enclosures List of members, Applications
The Historic and Environmental Preservation (HEP) Board administers the environmental and
historic preservation ordinances, and serves as a quasijudicial instrument in certain areas.
Members of the HEP Board must be experienced individuals representing specific
professions related to the Board's responsibilities. Appointments must be made
from individuals who have applied.
Two appointments are needed for members whose terms expired on June 13, 2003. Our
office advertised for applications in a newspaper of general circulation, as required by the
City Code Sec. 62-187(c). Listed below are the names of persons who applied for each
category. Because Board members must be appointed in these specific positions, the
following categories for the Commissioners, based upon previous appointments, are listed
below:
Previously
Nominated By
Category Applicants
Residency/
Employment
Commissioner Gonzalez
Historian or
David Payne
No
Architectural
Historian
Miguel Seco* (incumbent) has
served the maximum term of eight
years pursuant to Code Sec. 2-
Ok
885(b)*. This requirement may be
waived by a unanimous vote of the
members of the City Commission.
Jorge Zamanillo
Ok
Commissioner Gonzalez
Alternate
Cynthia Haralson
Ok
Kenneth Merker
Ok
David Payne
No
Miguel Seco*
Ok
Jorge Zamanillo (incumbent)
Ok
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For your information, attached please find a copy of the current membership of said board.
By copy of this memorandum, we are requesting the Agenda Office to place this issue on
the November 13, 2003 Commission agenda. This matter was deferred from the July 17,
2003 and the September 11, 2003 Commission meetings.
PAT:ss
c: Joel E. Maxwell, Assistant City Attorney
Sarah Eaton, Preservation Officer/Liaison to Board, Planning Department
Elvi Alonso, Agenda Coordinator
Rai Fernandez, Chairperson
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