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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Commission
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From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: March 21, 2008
Subject: Community Relations Board
References: April 10, 2008 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:
• Commissioner Gonzalez has two (2) nominations:
• For the Vacant seat previously held by Willy Calvino, who was removed due to a
legal opinion, the nominees submitted are:
1. Scott Paolella
2. Joyce Sanz
3. Marlene Sanchez
• For the Vacant seat previously held by Jack Blumenfeld, who was removed due to a
legal opinion, the nominees submitted are:
1. Henry Langston
2. Bob O'Neil
3. Paul D. Mann
• Mayor Diaz has one (1) nomination:
• Vacancy (due to the resignation of Natalie French), the nominees submitted are:
1. Pat Maldonado
2. Berta Bravo
3. Jennifer Vasquez
• Commissioner Regalado has one (1) nomination:
• Vacancy (due to the resignation of Jennifer Vasquez), the nominees submitted are:
1. Lyse Cuellar
4. Kathy Daeling
5. Roger Simon
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 April 10, 2008 Commission agenda.
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c: George Wysong, Assistant City Attorney
Ada Rojas, Community Relations Coordinator
Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator
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