HomeMy WebLinkAboutZoning Memo 04-08-2010CITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members of the Date: March 17, 2010
City Commission
Subject: Zoning Board
From: Priscilla A. Thompson References: April 8, 2010
City Clerk
Enclosures: List of members, Applications
The Zoning Board was created to: (1) hear applicants for the rezoning of specific properties and make
recommendations to the Commission; (2) act as a quasi-judicial instrument for granting variances or
conditional uses; and (3) perform such other functions as requested by the Commission. Appointees
shall be persons in a position to represent the public interest and no person shall be appointed having
personal or private interests likely to conflict with the public interest.
Pursuant to Sec. 62-124 ((b), (c), (d)) of the City Code, No person shall be appointed who has any
interest in the profits or emoluments of any contract, job, work, or service for the city. No person
shall be appointed who holds any elective office or is employed in a full-time capacity by any
governmental authority in the county or the city. Members appointed to the Board must be
electors of the City of Miami. Before making any appointment, the city commission shall determine
that the person so appointed satisfies the requirements of sections 2-611 (Conflict of Interest) et seq.,
and no person shall be confirmed in appointment who has not filed the statement required by
section 2-615 (List of real estate owned — Required of certain officials). Per application, such
disclosure is to be made within 30 days of appointment. In addition, the code of ethics of Metropolitan
Dade County shall apply to members and alternate members of the planning advisory board and of the
zoning board.
Pursuant to Resolution R-04-0025, the procedure to appoint an alternate member of the Zoning
Board provides for the nomination of the alternate member to rotate among each District
Commissioner, beginning January, 2005. The nomination rotation of the alternate member of the
Zoning Board shall continue as follows: District 3- January 2006; District 4 — January, 2007;
District 5 — January, 2008; and District 1 in January, 2009, with continued rotation by the
Commissioner for each District for subsequent years.
Six (6) appointments are needed at this time.* Our office has advertised for applications in a newspaper
of general circulation as required by City Code Sec. 62-123. We have received applications from the
following: See attached.
1. Ileana M Hernandez -Acosta 2. James A. Marx 3. Patrick Earl Sessions
4. Rafael J. De La Siena (Not qualified as he is NOT a City of City of Miami Elector)
• Chairman Sarnoff has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Vacant. (Alternate member)
* This item was continued from march 11, 2010 Commission Meeting
• Vice -Chairman Frank Carollo has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Juvenal Pina, incumbent, whose term expired September 10, 2009.
2. Ileana Hernandez, incumbent, whose term expired September 10, 2009, has served since
01/13/1994 and would require a 5/5th term limit waiver.
• Commissioner Wifredo (Willy) Gort has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Vacant.
• Commissioner Francis Suarez has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by
1. Angel Urquiola, incumbent, whose term expires on April 1, 2010 has served since April
13, 2000 and would require a 5/5th term waiver.
• Commissioner Richard Dunn II has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Ron Cordon, incumbent, whose term expires on April 1, 2010 has exceeded the number
of allowed absences (6 in 2009) and would require 4/5th waiver of absences.
For your convenience, we are including a copy of the current membership of said board. By copy of
this memorandum, we are requesting the Agenda Office place this issue on the April 8, 2010
Commission agenda.
Please be aware that City Code Section 62-124 states in part:
"In reaching a decision on appointment to a vacancy on the planning advisory board
or on the zoning board, the city commission shall give due regard to, and be guided
by the necessity for representation on the boards, of:
(1) Geographical sections and areas of the city;
(2) Social, economic and demographic characteristics of the city;
(3) Qualifications, background, experience and abilities of appointees to fulfill the
duties and responsibilities of board membership or alternate membership;
prospective appointees shall be subject to a personal appearance before the city
commission, to afford the city commission an opportunity to ascertain
prospective nominees' proficiency in the English language, educational
background and general knowledge of planning and zoning.
(4) Prior demonstration by prospective appointees of interest in and concern for
planning and planning implementation, as may be evidenced by previous
attendance at planning or land use control seminars;
(5) Membership in organizations having the primary aim of the furtherance of
dissemination of knowledge of and support of sound planning and
implementation programs;
(6) Other activity evidencing knowledge and interest in the public purposes of
planning and plan implementation;
(7) Potential conflicts of interest;
(8) Demonstrated maturity and objectivity of judgment; and
(9) Needs for expertise, if any, in the membership and alternate membership of
boards.
PAT:
c: Maria J. Chiaro, Deputy City Attorney
Anel Rodriguez, Liaison, Hearing Boards
Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator
Juvenal Pina, Chairperson