HomeMy WebLinkAboutVirginia Key CCMemo 04-14-2011CITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members of the Date: March 14, 2011
City Commission
Subject: Virginia Key Beach Park Trust
From: Priscilla A. Thompson References: April 14, 2011 Agenda
City Clerk
Enclosures: List of members
The Virginia Key Beach Park Trust was created to preserve the Virginia Key Beach Park in
cooperation with the Depaittnent of Parks and Recreation and other City depaittnents in a manner
consistent with the environmental health, public use, historical importance of the Park and the
aspirations of the African American community and shall propose policy, planning, and design to
ensure maximum community utilization, enjoyment, and maintenance of the Park as an open green
space compatible with its historical and recreational characteristics and accessible to the public.
Ordinance 13065, adopted on May 14, 2009, which amended Chapter 38, Article 6 of the City Code,
authorized the waiver of the eight -consecutive year term limitation to allow members of the Virginia
Key Beach Park Trust to be reconsidered annually for an additional one-year term by a unanimous
vote of the members of the City Commission.
One (1) appointment is required at this time.
• The Commission -at -Large has one (1) nomination from the recommendation proffered by
the trust for a seat currently:
1. Vacant.
NOTE: Awaiting memo of proffered name(s) from the Virginia Key Beach Park Trust.
For your convenience, we are including a copy of the membership of the Trust. By copy of this
memorandum, we are requesting the Agenda Office to place this issue on the April 14, 2011
Commission agenda.
PAT:sa
c: Ninoshka Reyes, Assistant City Attorney
Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator
Guy Forchion, Director, Operations
Gene S. Tinnie, Chair
* This item was continued from April 8, 2010, May 13, 2010, June 10, 2010, July 8, 2010, September 16, 2010, October
14, 2010, January 13, 2011, February 10, 2011, and March 10, 2011 Commission meetings.