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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members
of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Date: February 18, 2016
Subject: Historic and Environmental
Preservation Board
References: Agenda for March 11, 2016
Enclosures: List of members, Application
Summary, Applications and Resumes
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.
Nine (9) appointments are required at this time.
• Chair Keon Hardemon has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Timothy Barber, Citizen (Category 7), whose term expires on April 9, 2016.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
David Freedman Hugh Ryan
William Hopper Michael Schiff
Lynn Lewis Jordan Trachtenberg
2. Vacant, Landscape Architect (Category 2). (Gerald C. Marston resigned effective
April 9, 2015)
*There are no eligible applicants for this category
• Vice Chair Ken Russell has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. William Hopper, Citizen (Category 7), whose term expires on April 9, 2016.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
David Freedman Hugh Ryan
William Hopper Michael Schiff
Lynn Lewis Jordan Trachtenberg
2. Vacant, Real Estate Broker (Category 5). (Gary Hecht resigned effective November 4,
2015)
*There are no eligible applicants for this category.
• Commissioner Wifredo (Willy) Gort has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Lynn Lewis, Citizen (Category 7), whose term expires February 12, 2016.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
David Freedman Hugh Ryan
William Hopper Michael Schiff
Lynn Lewis Jordan Trachtenberg
2. Jordan Trachtenberg, Architect (Category 1), whose term expires on February 12,
2016.
*Eligible applicant for this category is:
Todd Tragash
• Commissioner Frank Carollo has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. David Freedman, Business/Law/Finance (Category 6), whose term expires on March
12, 2016.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
David Freedman Hugh Ryan
Michelle Garrido Michael Schiff
Lynn Lewis Jordan Trachtenberg
2. Hugh Ryan, Historian or Architectural Historian (Category 3), whose term expires on
March 12, 2016.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
William Hopper Hugh Ryan
• Commissioner Francis Suarez has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Todd Tragash, Architect or Architectural Historian (Category 4), whose term expires
on February 12, 2016.
*Eligible applicant for this category is:
Todd Tragash
For your convenience, we are including a copy of the current membership of said board, including
applications and resumes received. By copy of this memorandum, we are requesting the Agenda
Office to place this issue on the March 11, 2016, Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: Amanda L. Quirke, Assistant City Attorney
Megan Schmitt, Board Liaison
Anna M. Medina, Agenda Coordinator