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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Commission
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From: Dwight S. Danie
City Clerk
Date:
Subject:
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Enclosures:
November 30, 2012
Community Relations Board
Agenda for December 13, 2012
List of members, CRB Memo and
Applications
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.
Seven (7) appointments are needed at this time:
• Mayor Tomas Regalado has two (2) appointments to be made for seats currently held
by:
1. Andres Lemos, incumbent, whose term expires on December 10, 2012.
2. Carlos Morales, incumbent, whose term expires on December 10, 2012.
• Vice Chairman Marc David Sarnoff has one (1) appointment to be made for a seat
currently held by:
1. David Young, incumbent, whose term expires on May 13, 2013, has exceeded the
number of allowed absences (4 in 2012), and would require a 4/5ths waiver of
attendance.
• Commissioner Wifredo (Willy) Gort has two (2) appointments to be made for seats
currently held by:
1. Vacant. (Note: Barbara Rodriguez resigned effective July 9, 2012)1.
2. Vacant. (Note: Juana Amada Vargas resigned effective June 1, 2012)*
* This item was continued from October 11, 2012, and November 15, 2012, Commission meetings.
t This item was continued from the April 12, 2012, May 10, 2012, June 14, 2012, July 12, 2012, September 13, 2012,
October 11, 2012, and November 15, 2012, Commission meetings
This item was continued from July 12, 2012, September 13, 2012, October 11, 2012, and November 15, 2012,
Commission meetings.
• Commissioner Frank Carollo has two (2) appointments for seats currently:§
1. Vacant.
2. Vacant.
For your convenience, we have included a copy of the current membership of said board. By copy
of this memorandum, we are requesting that the Agenda Office place this issue on the December 13,
2012, Commission agenda.
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c: George K. Wysong, Assistant City Attorney
Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator
Andres Lemos, Chairperson
Haydee Wheeler, Community Relations Board Liaison
§ This item was continued from the December 17, 2009, April 8, 2010, May 13, 2010, June 10, 2010, July 8, 2010,
September 16, 2010, October 14, 2010, October 28, 2010, November 18, 2010, January 13, 2011, February 10, 2011,
March 10, 2011, April 14, 2011, May 12, 2011, June 9, 2011, July 14, 2011, September 15, 2011, October 13, 2011,
November 17, 2011, December 15, 2011, January 12, 2012, February 9, 2012, March 8, 2012, April 12, 2012, May 10,
2012, June 14, 2012, July 12, 2012, September 13, 2012, October 11, 2012, and November 15, 2012, Commission
meetings.