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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Date: October 7, 2014
Members of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Subject: Overtown Advisory Board/
Overtown Community Oversight
Board Appointed Members
References: Agenda for October 23, 2014
Enclosures: Current Members, Qualifying
Chart, Applications for Appointed
Members
The Overtown Advisory Board/Overtown Community Oversight Board was created via Ordinance
12858 amending Article XI of Chapter 2 of the City Code to encourage and support housing, job creation,
economic and business development, educational opportunities, and historic and cultural preservation. The
Board shall provide written recommendations to the City Commission regarding activities, developments,
and improvements within or substantially impacting the residents of the Overtown Area.
The Overtown Advisory Board/Overtown Community Oversight Board, in addition to five (5) elected
members, shall consist of six (6) members who shall be appointed. In accordance with Ordinance 12858,
the District 5 City Commissioner shall appoint five (5) qualified members and the Mayor shall appoint
one (1) qualified member to the Board. Additionally, the District 5 Commissioner shall appoint one (1)
qualified youth board member, and the Overtown Advisory Board/Overtown Community Oversight Board
shall appoint one (1) qualified youth board member. An ad was placed in a newspaper of general
circulation to solicit qualified prospective appointees. See attached.
Seven (7) appointments are required at this time.
• Mayor Tomas Regalado has one (1) nomination for an appointed seat:
1. One (1) nomination for a qualified individual for an appointed seat.
The eligible applicants are: Val Jean Baptiste, Linet Christopher, Willie
J. Cook, Andrea Copeland, Renita Holmes, Irby McKnight, Garfield
Miller, Kendesi M. Mohammed, Reginald C. Munnings, Jason Pittman,
Edduard Prince, Dominique Rivers, Cecilia Stewart, and Alison
Tomlinson.
• Vice Chair Keon Hardemon has six (6) nominations for appointed seats:t
1. Five (5) nominations for qualified individuals for appointed seats.
The eligible applicants are: Val Jean Baptiste, Linet Christopher, Willie
J. Cook, Andrea Copeland, Renita Holmes, Irby McKnight, Garfield
Miller, Kendesi M. Mohammed, Reginald C. Munnings, Jason Pittman,
Edduard Prince, Dominique Rivers, Cecilia Stewart, and Alison
Tomlinson.
2. One (1) nomination for a qualified youth board member.
The eligible applicants are: Zayquan Moss and Taress Nelson
This item was continued from September 29, 2014, Commission meeting.
This item was continued from September 29, 2014, Commission meeting.
For your convenience, we are including a copy of the current membership of said board. By copy of this
memorandum to the Agenda Office, we are requesting that this issue be placed on the October 23, 2014
Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: Jihan Soliman, Assistant City Attorney
Brandyss Howard, Liaison/Overtown NET Administrator
Julia D. Hernandez, Agenda Coordinator