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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: February 9, 2007
Subject: Planning Advisory Board
References: March 8, 2007 Agenda
Enclosures: List of members, applications
The Planning Advisory Board was created to advise and make recommendations to the
Commission in phases of the City's comprehensive planning program. Members appointed to the
Board must be electors of the City of Miami. See attached legal opinion.
Three (3) appointments are required at this time:
• Vice Chairman Sanchez has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Arva Moore Parks -McCabe, incumbent and alternate member, whose term expired
February 8, 2007.
2. Vacancy (due to the removal of Donna Milo due to legal opinion).
• Commissioner Spence -Jones has one (1) nomination for seat currently held by:
1. Vacancy (due to the removal of David Wilson due to legal opinion).
Pursuant to requirements under City Code Section 62-123, our office placed a notice in a
newspaper of general circulation in the City, and has received applications from a number of
individuals, who all comply with the City's requirements. See attached applications.
By copy of this memorandum, we are requesting the Agenda Office to place this issue on the
March 8, 2007 agenda. This matter was deferred from the February 8, 2007 Commission meeting.
For your convenience, we are including a copy of the current membership of said board.
Please be aware that City Code Section 62-124 states in part:
"In reaching a decision on appointment to a vacancy on the planning advisory
board or on the zoning board, the city commission shall give due regard to, and be
guided by the necessity for representation on the boards, of:
(1)Geographical sections and areas of the city;
(2) Social, economic and demographic characteristics of the city;
(3) Qualifications, background, experience and abilities of appointees to fulfill
the duties and responsibilities of board membership or alternate membership;
prospective appointees shall be subject to a personal appearance before the
city commission, to afford the city commission an opportunity to ascertain
prospective nominees' proficiency in the English language, educational
background and general knowledge of planning and zoning.
(4) Prior demonstration by prospective appointees of interest in and concern for
planning and planning implementation, as may be evidenced by previous
attendance at planning or land use control seminars;
(5) Membership in organizations having the primary aim of the furtherance of
dissemination of knowledge of and support of sound planning and
implementation programs;
(6) Other activity evidencing knowledge and interest in the public purposes of
planning and plan implementation;
(7) Potential conflicts of interest;
(8) Demonstrated maturity and objectivity of judgment; and
(9) Needs for expertise, if any, in the membership and alternate membership of
boards.
Appointees shall be persons in a position to represent the public interest
and no person shall be appointed having personal or private interests likely to
conflict with the public interest.
No person shall be appointed who has any interest in the profits or
emoluments of any contract, job, work, or service for the city. Before making any
appointment, the city commission shall determine that the persons so appointed
satisfies the requirements of sections 2-611 (Conflicts of Interest) et seq., and no
person shall be confirmed in appointment who has not filed the statement required
by section 2-615 (List of real estate owned - Required of certain officials). In
addition, the code of ethics of Metropolitan Dade County shall apply to members
and alternate members of the planning advisory board and of the zoning board.
PAT:pb
c: Rafael Suarez -Rivas, Assistant City Attorney
Teresita Fernandez, Liaison/Executive Secretary, Hearing Boards
Elvi Alonso, Agenda Coordinator