HomeMy WebLinkAboutHEP CCMemoCITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members
of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Date:
Subj ect:
References:
Enclosures:
August 13, 2015
Historic and Environmental
Preservation Board
Agenda for September 10, 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.
Two (2) appointments are required at this time.
• Vice Chair Keon Hardemon has one (1) nomination for a seat currently:
1. Vacant, Landscape Architect (Category 2). (Gerald C. Marston resigned effective
April 9, 2015)
*Eligible applicant for this category is: Christopher Cawley
• Commissioner Francis Suarez has one (1) nomination for a seat currently:
1. Vacant, Alternate Member - Architect (Category 8). (Robert John Graboski resigned
effective March 4, 2014)
*Eligible applicant for this category is: Jonathan Gonzalez
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 September 10, 2015, Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: Amanda L. Quirke, Assistant City Attorney
Julia D. Hernandez, Agenda Coordinator
Megan Schmitt, Board Liaison