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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Date: February 20, 2014
Members of the City Commission
Subject: Community Relations Board
From: Todd B. Hannon References: Agenda for March 13, 2014
City Clerk
Enclosures: List of members, CRB Memo and
Resumes
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.
Four (4) appointments are needed at this time:
• Mayor Tomas Regalado has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Pierre Rutledge, incumbent, whose term expires on March 14, 2016, has exceeded the
number of allowed absences (4 in 2013), and would require a 4/5ths waiver of attendance.*
• Vice Chair Keon Hardemon has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:t
1. Deidria Davis, incumbent, whose term expires on March 14, 2016, has exceeded the
number of allowed absences (5 in 2013), and would require a 4/5ths waiver of attendance.
2. Nathaniel Wilcox, incumbent, whose term expires on September 12, 2016.
• Commissioner Marc David Sarnoff has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Michael Barket, incumbent, whose term expired on October 13, 2013.1
* This item was continued from February 13, 2014, Commission meeting.
This item was continued from January 9, 2014, and February 13, 2014, Commission meetings.
$ This item was continued from November 21, 2013, January 9, 2014, and February 13, 2014, 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 March 13, 2014,
Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: Madelin Pacheco, Community Relations Board Liaison
Juan Perez, Assistant City Attorney
Julia D. Hernandez, Agenda Coordinator