HomeMy WebLinkAboutHEP CCMemo 2015-01-08BC.12
CITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members of the
City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Date:
Subj ect:
References:
Enclosures:
December 18, 2014
Historic and Environmental
Preservation Board
Agenda for January 8, 2015
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.
Ten (10) appointments are required at this time.
• Chair Wifredo (Willy) Gort has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Jorge Kuperman, incumbent, Architect (Category 1), whose term expired on
September 12, 2014.
*Eligible applicants for this category are: Jorge Kuperman, and Todd
Tragash.
2. Lynn B. Lewis, incumbent, Citizen (Category 7), whose term expired on September
12, 2014.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
William E. Hopper
Jorge Kuperman
Lynn Lewis
Hugh Ryan
Michael Schiff
• Vice Chair Keon Hardemon has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Timothy A. Barber, incumbent, Citizen (Category 7), whose term expired on
September 12, 2014.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
William E. Hopper
Jorge Kuperman
Lynn Lewis
Hugh Ryan
Michael Schiff
2. Gerald C. Marston, incumbent, Landscape Architect (Category 2), whose term
expired on September 12, 2014, has served as a member since September 13, 2001,
and would require a term waiver by a unanimous (5/5) vote of the Commission.
*Eligible applicant for this category is: Gerald C. Marston.
• Commissioner Marc David Sarnoff has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Dr. William E. Hopper, Jr., incumbent, Citizen (Category 7), whose term expired on
September 12, 2014.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
William E. Hopper
Jorge Kuperman
Lynn Lewis
Hugh Ryan
Michael Schiff
2. Gary Hecht, incumbent, Real Estate Broker (Category 5), whose term expired on
January 12, 2013.
*Eligible applicants for this category are: Gary Hecht and Jorge Kuperman
• Commissioner Frank Carollo has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. David Freedman, incumbent, Business/Finance/Law (Category 6), whose term
expired on October 11, 2013.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Gary Hecht Hugh Ryan
Jorge Kuperman Michael Schiff
Lynn Lewis
2. Hugh Ryan, incumbent, Historian or Architectural Historian (Category 3), whose
term expired on September 12, 2014.
*Eligible applicants for this category are: William E. Hopper, Jorge
Kuperman, and Hugh Ryan.
• Commissioner Francis Suarez has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Todd Tragash, incumbent, Alternate Member - Architect (Category 8), whose term
expired on September 12, 2014.
*Eligible applicants for this category are: William E. Hopper, Lynn Lewis, and
Todd Tragash.
2. Vacant. (Robert John Graboski resigned effective March 4, 2014)
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 January 8, 2015, Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: Rafael Suarez -Rivas, Assistant City Attorney
Julia D. Hernandez, Agenda Coordinator
Megan Schmitt, Board Liaison