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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members Date: July 18, 2013
of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Subject: Community Relations Board
References: Agenda for September 12, 2013
Enclosures: List of members, CRB Memo
and Application
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:
• Vice Chair Wifredo (Willy) Gort has two (2) nominations for seats currently:
1. Vacant. (Vacancy created due to resignation by Benjamin Power)*
2. Etain Elisabeth Connor, incumbent, whose term expired on June 9, 2013.1.
• Commissioner Michelle Spence -Jones has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Nathaniel Wilcox, incumbent, whose term expires on October 13, 2014, has exceeded the
number of allowed absences (4 in 2013), and the number of allowed consecutive absences (4
in 2013), and will require a 4/5ths waiver of attendance.$
* This item was continued from May 9, 2013, June 13, 2013, and July 11, 2013, Commission meetings.
This item was continued from July 11, 2013, Commission meeting.
$ This item was continued from July 11, 2013, Commission meeting.
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 September 12, 2013,
Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: George K. Wysong, Assistant City Attorney
Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator
Madelin Pacheco, Community Relations Board Liaison