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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members Date: May 16, 2007
of the City Commission
From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Subject: Community Relations Board
References: June 14, 2007 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.
Members of the Community Relations Board shall be residents of the City of Miami. Per a legal
opinion received from the City Attorney, this requirement cannot be waived. See attached. One (1)
appointment is requested at this time. Vacancies are to be filled from a list of three names submitted by
the CRB members. *The CRB nominees are listed by number 1 representing the most preferred
candidate and number 3 representing the third most preferred candidate:
• Mayor Diaz has one (1) nomination:
• For the seat held by Bess McElroy, incumbent, and whose term expired January 31,
2007, the nominees submitted are:
1. Erie Rodriguez
2. Charisse L. Grant
3. Alan Murphy
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 June 14, 2007 Commission agenda. This matter was deferred from
the January 11, 2007 and March 8, 2007 Commission meetings.
PAT:pb
c: George Wysong, Assistant City Attorney
Ada Rojas, Community Relations Coordinator
Elvi Alonso, Agenda Coordinator