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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Date: March 25, 2015
Members of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Subject: Sea Level Rise Committee
References: Agenda for April 9, 2015
Enclosures:
The Sea Level Rise Committee was created to (1) review any and all available information pertaining
to sea level rise; (2) hold public hearings to receive public input; (3) issue a final written report to the
City Commission by a date certain to be established by the City Commission; and (4) serve in an
advisory capacity to the City Commission and recommend any changes to City policy to help the City
better combat the deleterious effects of sea level rise. The Sea Level Rise Committee shall consist of
seven (7) voting members. All voting members shall be invested in the City and serve without
compensation. At least one (1) member shall possess an expertise in civil engineering with a focus
on infrastructure. At least one (1) member shall possess an expertise in community and real estate
development. At least one (1) member shall possess expertise in one or more of the following
areas: climatology; geophysics; coastal management, oceanography or coastal ocean science. At
least one (1) member shall possess expertise in emergency management. At least one (1) member
shall possess expertise in economics.
Seven (7) appointments are needed at this time:
• Mayor Tomas Regalado has one (1) nomination for a seat currently:
1. Vacant.
• Chair Wifredo (Willy) Gort has one (1) nomination for a seat currently:
1. Vacant.
• Vice Chair Keon Hardemon has one (1) nomination for a seat currently:
1. Vacant.
• Commissioner Marc David Sarnoff has one (1) nomination for a seat currently:
1. Vacant.
• Commissioner Frank Carollo has one (1) nomination for a seat currently:
1. Vacant.
• Commissioner Francis Suarez has one (1) nomination for a seat currently:
1. Vacant.
• City Manager Daniel J. Alfonso has one (1) nomination for a seat currently:
1. Vacant.
By copy of this memorandum, we are requesting the Agenda Office to place this issue on April 9,
2015, Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: Daniel S. Goldberg, Assistant City Attorney
Ajani P. Stewart, Liaison
Julia D. Hernandez, Agenda Coordinator