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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members Date: April 21, 2008
of the City Commission
Subject: Community Relations Board
References: May 8, 2008 Agenda From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
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. Five (5)
appointments and one (1) employment waiver are 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:
• Chair Sanchez has one (1) nomination:
• For the Vacant seat previously held by Helena Del Monte, the nominees submitted
are:
1. Joyce Sanz-Perez
2. Berta Bravo
3. Roger Simon
• Vice Chair Spence -Jones has one (1) nomination:
• For the seat held by incumbent Tonja Carter, who has exceeded the number of
allowed absences (4 consecutive absences in 2008):
1. Frederick Bryant
2. Anthony Jennings
3. Ronald Sands
• Commissioner Gonzalez has two (2) nominations:
• For the Vacant seat previously held by Willy Calvino:
1. Felice Dubin
2. Scott Paolella
3. Dorcas Perez
• For the Vacant seat previously held by Jack Blumenfeld:
1. Pablo Arrue
2. Kathy Daegling
3. Allan Murphy
• Mayor Diaz has two (2) nominations:
• Vacancy (due to the resignation of Erie Rodriguez), the nominees submitted are:
1. Milton Pizarro
2. Gabriel Paez
3. Bob O'Neill
• Mayor Diaz has two (2) nominations:
• Vacancy (due to the resignation of Natalie French), the nominees submitted are:
1. Pat Maldonado
2. Henry Langston
3. Marlene Sanchez
• In addition, Lyse Cuellar, appointed by Commissioner Regalado on April 10, 2008,
requires a waiver of the employment prohibition contained in Section 2-884(e) of the City
Code by a 4/5ths vote of the City Commission, as she is an employee of Miami Dade
County.
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 May 8, 2008 Commission agenda. This matter was deferred from
the April 10, 2008 Commission meeting.
PAT:pb
c: George Wysong, Assistant City Attorney
Ada Rojas, Community Relations Coordinator
Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator
Barbara Bisno, Chairperson
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