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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Commission
From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: August 13, 2004
Subject: Community Relations Board
References: September 9, 2004 Agenda
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.
Ordinance 12434 stipulates that vacancies are to be filled from a list of three names
submitted by the CRB members.
• Chairman Teele has one nomination for seat currently held by Richard Bennett, who has
exceeded the number of absences allowed per the Code. The CRB is nominating the
following individuals:
• Orange B. Hayes
• Eileen Marcial
• Richard Bennett, Jr.
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
September 9, 2004 Commission agenda. This matter was deferred from the May 27th and the July 8, 2004
Commission meetings.
PAT:ss
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George Wysong, Assistant City Attorney
Ada Rojas, Community Relations Coordinator
Elvi Alonso, Agenda Coordinator