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CITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Commission
From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: August 14, 2009
Subject: Community Relations Board
References: September 10, 2009 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. Two (2) appointments 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 two (2) nominations:
• For the seat held by Teresa Zorrilla Clark, incumbent, whose term expired March 8, 2009:
1. Jose Rodriguez
2. Jaime Franco
3. Sandor Lenner
• For the seat held by Marlene Casar-Sanchez, incumbent, whose term expires October 15,
2009 and who has exceeded the number of allowed absences (4 in 2009), would require a
4/5ths waiver of attendance:
1. Marlene Casar-Sanchez
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 September 10, 2009 Commission agenda. This matter was deferred from the May 14, 2009, June
11, 2009 and July 9, 2009 Commission meetings.
PAT:pb
George K. Wysong, Assistant City Attorney
Ada Rojas, Community Relations Coordinator
Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator
Barbara Bisno, Chairperson