HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo HEPCITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members of the
City Commission
From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: March 21, 2008
Subject: Historic and Environmental
Preservation Board
References April 10, 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.
Two (2) 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: Categorv—M—Appointments" Applicants
Vice Chair
Spence -Jones
1.
Landscape
Architect
1. Gerald C. Marston,
incumbent, whose term
expired 11/8/07; requires
a 4/5ths waiver for
excessive absences (6 in
2007).
** The names of persons
who applied for each
g ry, and their
category,
respective applications,
were electronically
distributed to all
Commissioners on
February 8, 2008.
(see attached summary)
Commissioner
Sarnoff
1.
Citizen
1.
Dr. William E. Hopper Jr.,
Jr., incumbent, whose term
expires 4/11/08.
** Theo persons
applied fmes
each
who for each
category, and their
respective applications,
were electronically
distributed to all
Commissioners on
February 8, 2008.
(see attached summary)
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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 April 10, 2008 Commission agenda.
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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