HomeMy WebLinkAboutmemoCITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members of the
City Commission
From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: February 15, 2008
Subject: Historic and Environmental
Preservation Board
References March 13, 2008 Agenda
Enclosures List of members, Applications
The Historic and Environmental Preservation (HEP) Board administers the environmental
and historic preservation ordinances, and serves as a quasi-judicial instrument in certain
areas.
Members of the HEP Board must be experienced individuals representing specific
professions related to the Board's responsibilities. Appointments must be made from
individuals who have applied.
Nine (9) appointments are required at this time. Our office has advertised for applications in a
newspaper of general circulation, as required by the City Code Sec. 62-187(c). The names of
persons who applied for each category and their respective applications were distributed to all
Commissioners on February 8, 2008. Because Board members must be appointed in these
specific positions, the following category(s) for the Commissioner(s), based upon previous
appointments, are listed below:
Nominated: Category
Appointments
cants
Chair Sanchez
1.
2.
Restoration
Architect
Citizen
1.
Lourdes Solera, incumbent,
whose term expired 7/12/07
and would require a 4/5ths
waiver for excessive
absences (4 in 2007) and a
5/5ths term waiver as she
has served since 3/7/97,
exceeding code term limits.
** The names of persons
who applied for each
category, and their
respective applications,
were electronically
distributed to all
Commissioners on
February 8, 2008.
2.
Dr. James Broton,
incumbent, whose term
expired 11/8/07.
Vice Chair
3.
Real Estate
3.
Gary A. Appel, incumbent,
** The names of persons
who applied for each
Spence -Jones
Broker
whose term expired 11/8/07.
g ry, and their
category,
4.
Landscape
Architect
4.
Gerald C. Marston,
incumbent, whose term
expired 11/8/07; requires a
respective applications,
were electronically
distributed to all
Commissioners on
4/5ths waiver for excessive
absences (6 in 2007).
February 8, 2008.
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Nominated:
Category Appointments
Applicants
Commissioner
5.
6.
Architectural
Historian
Alternate
5.
6.
Timothy A. Barber,
incumbent, whose term
expired 11/8/07.
Miguel Seco, incumbent,
whose term expired 11/8/07;
requires a 4/5t's excessive
absences waiver (4 absences
in 2007) and 5/5ths term
waiver, as he has served
since 10/27/94, exceeding
Code term limits.
** TheGonzalez
who applied fors of persons
each
category, and their
respective applications,
were electronically
distributed to all
Commissioners on
February 8, 2008.
Commissioner
7.
Business/
Finance/Law
7.
Anthony Parrish Jr.,
incumbent, whose term
expires 3/7/08, requires a
4/5ths excessive absence
waiver (4 in 2007).
** TheSarnoff
who applied fors of persons
each
category, and their
respective applications,
were electronically
distributed to all
Commissioners on
February 8, 2008.
Commissioner
Regalado
g
8.
9.
Architect
Citizen
8.
9.
Thorn Grafton, incumbent,
whose term expired 11/8/07.
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Enid Lorenzo, incumbent,
whose term expired 7/12/07.
** The names of persons
who applied for each
category, and their
respective applications,
were electronically
distributed to all
Commissioners on
February 8, 2008.
For your convenience, we are including a copy of the current membership of said board and
application form from each applicant. By copy of this memorandum, we are requesting the
Agenda Office to place this issue on the March 13, 2008 Commission agenda. This matter
was deferred from the February 14, 2008 Commission meeting.
PAT:pb
c: Maria J. Chiaro, Assistant City Attorney
Rafael Suarez -Rivas, Assistant City Attorney
Kathleen Kauffman, Preservation Officer/Liaison to Board, Planning Department
Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator
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