HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRB CCMemo 2013-02-14CITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members Date: January 29, 2013
of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Subject: Community Relations Board
References: Agenda for February 14, 2013
Enclosures: List of members
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.
Three (3) appointments are needed at this time:
• Mayor Tomas Regalado has one (1) appointment to be made for a seat currently held
by:
1. Pierre Rutledge, incumbent, whose term expires on March 8, 2015, has exceeded
the number of allowed absences (5 in 2012), and would require a 4/5ths waiver of
attendance.
• Chair 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 (5 in 2012), and would require a 4/5ths waiver of
attendance.*
• Commissioner Michelle Spence -Jones has one (1) appointment to be made for a seat
currently held by:
1. Deidria Davis, incumbent, whose term expires on October 13, 2014, has exceeded
the number of allowed absences (4 in 2012), and would require a 4/5ths waiver of
attendance.
* This item was continued from October 11, 2012, November 15, 2012, and December 13, 2012, Commission meetings.
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 February 14,
2013, Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: George K. Wysong, Assistant City Attorney
Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator
Haydee Wheeler, Community Relations Board Liaison