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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members of
the City Commission
From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: January 12, 2007
Subject: Overtown Advisory Board /
Overtown Community Oversight
Board Youth Appointment
References: February 8, 2007 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.
One (1) qualified youth board member appointment by the District 5 Commissioner is required at
this time.
• Commissioner Spence -Jones has one (1) nomination for a qualified youth board member.
By copy of this memorandum, we are requesting that the Agenda Office place this issue on the
February 8, 2007 Commission agenda.
PAT:PB
c: Ilene Temchin, Assistant City Attorney
Loren Daniel, Liaison/Overtown NET Administrator
Elvi Alonso, Agenda Coordinator