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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members of the
City Commission
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From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: December 15, 2006
Subject: Coconut Grove Business
Improvement Committee (BIC)
References January 11, 2007 Agenda
Enclosures
The Coconut Grove Business Improvement Committee (BIC) was created to serve as an instrument of
advice and make recommendations to the city commission including but not limited to: (a) Coordination,
funding and implementation of all marketing, infrastructure improvements, maintenance and other projects;
(b) Advise and recommend appropriate expenditures from the Coconut Grove Business District
Improvement Trust Fund as defined in Sec. 35-221; (c) If the City imposes a surcharge pursuant to Section
166.271, Florida Statutes, appropriating funds to an Urban Core Area under the jurisdiction of the Coconut
Grove BIC, funds from the proceeds of the surcharge from the parking facilities located within the
jurisdiction of Coconut Grove BIC shall be placed in a segregated account specifically designated for those
parking surcharge infrastructure funds and will be utilized for those purposes; (d) Review special events
application in the Coconut Grove Special Events District and approve or reject such applications as set forth
in Sec. 54-341.
A total of seven (7) appointments are needed at this time:
• Commissioner Sarnoff, who serves as ex-officio Chairman of BIC, has four (4) voting
members to appoint for seats currently held by:
1. Vacancy, due to the resignation of Angella Reid.
2. John El Masry, incumbent, whose term expired September 23, 2005
3. Ricardo Dunin, incumbent, whose term expired September 23, 2005
4. Elena Carpenter, incumbent, whose term expired September 23, 2005
• Commissioner Sarnoff also has three (3) non voting members who are residents of
Coconut Grove to appoint for seats currently held by:
1. Tucker Gibbs, incumbent, whose term expired September 23, 2005
2. Sue McConnell, incumbent, whose term expired September 23, 2005
3. Vacancy (due to the resignation of Monette Klein O'Grady)
The BIC has three additional non voting members as follows:
1. The Executive Director of the Department of Off -Street Parking Art Noriega
2. An officer of the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, David Whitaker
3. The Executive Director of the BIC David Collins
Please be aware that City Code Section 2-1252(b) reads in part:
"All the members of the BIC shall either be permanent residents of Coconut Grove,
own real property in Coconut Grove, or work or maintain a business in Coconut
Grove, and shall have good reputations for integrity and community Service"
For your convenience, we are including a copy of the current membership of said
committee. By copy of this memorandum, we are requesting the Agenda Office to place
this issue on the January 11, 2007 agenda.
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c: David Collins, Executive Director
Robin Jones Jackson, Assistant City Attorney
Art Noriega, Liaison/ Executive Director, Department of Off -Street Parking
Elvi Alonso, Agenda Coordinator