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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members of
the City Commission
From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: November 17, 2006
Subject: Overtown Advisory Board /
Overtown Community Oversight
Board Appointments
References: December 14, 2006 Agenda
Enclosures: Nominations
The Overtown Advisory Board/Overtown Community Oversight Board was created via
Ordinance 12858 amending Article XI of Chapter 2 of the City Code to encourage and support
housing, job creation, economic and business development, educational opportunities and historic
and cultural preservation. The Board shall provide written recommendations to the City
Commission regarding activities, developments and improvements within or substantially
impacting the residents of the Overtown Area.
The Overtown Advisory Board/Overtown Community Oversight Board, in addition to five (5)
elected members, shall consist of six (6) members who shall be appointed. In accordance with
Ordinance 12858 the District 5 City Commissioner shall appoint five (5) qualified members and
the Mayor shall appoint one (1) qualified member to the Board. Additionally, the District 5
Commissioner shall appoint one (1) qualified youth board member, and the Overtown Advisory
Board/Overtown Community Oversight Board shall appoint one (1) qualified youth board
member.
Six (6) appointments are required at this time.
• Commissioner Spence -Jones has five (5) nominations for vacant seats on the Overtown
Advisory Board/Overtown Community Oversight Board.
• Mayor Diaz has one (1) nomination for a vacant seat.
By copy of this memorandum, we are requesting that the Agenda Office place this issue on the
December 14, 2006 Commission agenda.
PAT:PB
c: Ilene Temchin, Assistant City Attorney
Loren Daniel, Liaison/Overtown NET Administrator
Elvi Alonso, Agenda Coordinator