HomeMy WebLinkAboutHEP CCMemo 2013-06-13CITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members of the
City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Date:
Subj ect:
References:
Enclosures:
May 15, 2013
Historic and Environmental
Preservation Board
Agenda for June 13, 2013
List of members, Application
Summary, Applications
The Historic and Environmental Preservation (HEP) Board administers the environmental and
historic preservation ordinances, and serves as a quasi-judicial instrument in certain areas.
Members of the HEP Board must be experienced individuals representing specific
professions related to the Board's responsibilities. The board consists of nine members and
one alternate member qualified as follows:
• One member shall be an architect registered in the state.
• One member shall be a landscape architect registered in the state.
• One member shall be a historian or architectural historian qualified by means of education
or experience and having demonstrated knowledge and interest in county history or
architectural history.
• One member shall be an architect or architectural historian having demonstrated
knowledge and experience in architectural restoration and historic preservation.
• One member shall be an experienced real estate broker licensed by the state.
• One member shall be a person experienced in the field of business and finance or law.
• Three members shall be citizens with demonstrated knowledge and interest in the historic
and architectural heritage of the city and/or conservation of the natural environment, and
may also qualify under any of the above categories.
• One alternate member shall qualify under one of the above categories.
Our office advertised for applications in a newspaper of general circulation, as required by the
City Code Sec. 62-187(c). Appointments must be made from individuals who have applied.
Since Board members must be appointed to specific category positions; the incumbents,
categories, and eligible applicants to the category are as listed in the summary sheet and shown
below.
Eight (8) appointments are required at this time.
• Chair Marc David Sarnoff has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Dr. William E. Hopper, Jr., incumbent, Citizen (Category 7), whose term expired on
April 12, 2013.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Timothy Barber
David Freedman
Robert J. Graboski
William E. Hopper
Jorge Kuperman
Lynn Lewis
Gerald Marston
Hugh Ryan
Michael Schiff
• Vice Chair Wifredo (Willy) Gort has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Jorge Kuperman, incumbent, Architect (Category 1), whose term expired on April
12, 2013.
*Eligible applicants for this category are: Robert J. Graboski, Jorge
Kuperman, and Todd Tragash.
2. Lynn B. Lewis, incumbent, Alternate Member - Law (Category 8), whose term
expired on April 12, 2013.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Timothy Barber Gerald Marston
Robert Graboski Michael Schiff
William E. Hopper Todd Tragash
Lynn Lewis
• Commissioner Frank Carollo has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Hugh Ryan, incumbent, Historian or Architectural Historian (Category 3), whose
term expired on April 12, 2013, has exceeded the number of allowed consecutive
absences (3 in 2013), and would require a 4/5ths waiver of attendance.
*Eligible applicants for this category are: Timothy Barber, William E. Hopper,
Jorge Kuperman, and Hugh Ryan.
• Commissioner Francis Suarez has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Robert Graboski, incumbent, Architect or Architectural Historian (Category 4),
whose term expired on April 12, 2013.
*Eligible applicants for this category are: Robert J. Graboski, Jorge
Kuperman, and Todd Tragash.
2. Nelson Diaz, incumbent, Real Estate Broker (Category 5), whose term expires on
January 12, 2014, has exceeded the number of allowed absences (6 in 2012 and 5 in
2013), and the number of allowed consecutive absences (4 in 2013), and would
require a 4/5ths waiver of attendance.
*Eligible applicants for this category are: Gary Hecht and Jorge Kuperman.
• Commissioner Michelle Spence -Jones has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Timothy A. Barber, incumbent, Citizen (Category 7), whose term expired on April
12, 2013.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Timothy Barber Lynn Lewis
David Freedman Gerald Marston
Robert J Graboski Hugh Ryan
William E. Hopper Michael Schiff
Jorge Kuperman
2. Gerald C. Marston, incumbent, Landscape Architect (Category 2), whose term
expired on April 12, 2013, has exceeded the number of allowed absences (6 in 2012),
and would require a 4/5ths waiver of attendance; further, as he has served as a
member since September 2001, he would require a term waiver by a unanimous (5/5)
vote of the commission.
*Eligible applicant for this category is: Gerald C. Marston.
For your convenience, we are including a copy of the current membership of said board,
including applications and resumes from each applicant. By copy of this memorandum, we are
requesting the Agenda Office to place this issue on the June 13, 2013, Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: Rafael Suarez -Rivas, Assistant City Attorney
Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator
Megan McLaughlin, Board Liaison