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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members of the
City Commission
From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: September 21, 2007
Subject: Urban Development Review
Board
References: October 11, 2007 Agenda
Enclosures: List of members, applications
The Urban Development Review Board (UDRB) was created to recommend whether the design
of developments and/or improvements within certain zoning districts as shown in the zoning atlas
of Ordinance No. 11000, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami, as amended or superseded,
are in conformance with City guidelines and standards.
Please be aware that City Code Section 62-257(b) states in part:
"(1) At least five (5) members shall be architects registered in the State
of Florida. Each member shall have had five (5) years of experience
after registration in the practice of his profession.
(2) Four (4) other members shall be either architects or landscape
architects registered in the state, and shall meet the same criteria as
subparagraph (a), above.
The alternate member shall satisfy the qualifications set forth in
paragraph (b), above.
During the qualification process, professional organizations such as
the American Society of Architects and the American Society of
Landscape Architects shall be encouraged to submit names of
persons and their qualifications to the city commission through the
city manager."
(3)
(4)
And furthermore Code Section 62-257(c) states in part:
"After the initial term of appointment, no member of the board shall
be reappointed to more than five consecutive terms thereafter".
Five (5) appointments are needed at this time.
• Vice Chairman Sanchez has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Robert Behar, incumbent, and whose term expires October 11, 2007, has exceeded
the number of allowed absences (4 in 2007) and would require a 4/5ths waiver of
attendance.
2. Ernesto Santos, incumbent, whose term expires October 11, 2007.
• Commissioner Regalado has one (1) nomination for seat currently held by:
1. Vacancy (Resignation by Carlos Prio-Touzet).
• Commissioner Spence -Jones has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Marina Khoury, incumbent, appointed by former Commissioner Allen and whose
term expired September 11, 2005, has exceeded the number of absences allowed per
City Code (4 absences in 2007, 6 in 2006, and 4 in 2005) and would require a 4/5ths
waiver of attendance). City Code Section 62-257(c) further provides that no member
shall serve more than five consecutive terms. This provision may be waived by a
unanimous (5/5) vote of the members of the Commission.*
2. Vacancy (seat formerly held by Ronald Sands).
Applications are not required for this board. Attached are resumes from four architects
interested in serving as members of the UDRB:
1. Arthur J. Marcus
2. Rafael Sixto
3. Erik Vogt
4. C. Chloe Keidaish
For your convenience, we are including a copy of the current membership of said board. By
copy of this memorandum, we are requesting the Agenda Office place this issue on the October
11, 2007 Commission agenda. This matter was deferred from the November 3, 2005, December
15, 2005, February 9, 2006, April 6, 2006, June 8, 2006, July 13, 2006, October 12, 2006,
December 14, 2006, February 8, 2007 and March 8, 2007 Commission Meetings.
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c: Rafael Suarez -Rivas, Assistant City Attorney
Lourdes Slazyk, Assistant Director, Department of Planning and Development
Perla Gonzalez, Urban Design Planner, Department of Planning and Development
Elvi Alonso, Agenda Coordinator
Willy Bermello, Chairperson
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