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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Date: September 6, 2016
Members of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Subject: Overtown Advisory Board/
Overtown Community Oversight
Board Elected Members
References: Agenda for September 22, 2016
Enclosures: Certification and Declaration of
Election Results, Current
Members
The Overtown Advisory Board/Overtown Community Oversight Board (OAB/OCOB) 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 within the Overtown Community. 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 OAB/OCOB consists of eleven (11) members (other than youth board members), five (5) of
whom shall be elected and six (6) of whom shall be appointed. In addition, there shall be two (2)
youth members of the OAB/OCOB, one (1) to be appointed by the Commissioner representing
District 5 and one (1) to be appointed by the Overtown Advisory Board/Overtown Community
Oversight Board.
Pursuant to Miami City Code Sec 2-1052(c), an election was conducted on August 23, 2016 for
five (5) available elected member seats on the OAB/OCOB. Seven (7) individuals qualified as
candidates for the five (5) available seats. Please note that two (2) candidates withdrew from the
election on August 22, 2016. The following candidates were declared the winners for the five (5)
elected seats:
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Mae Christian
Nicole Crooks
Anitrice "Joy" McKinnis
Reginald Munnings
La' shown Naylor
Pursuant to Miami City Code Section 2-1052(e), the City Commission must ratify the election
results for the newly elected members to serve on the OAB/OCOB. For your convenience, I am
including the certification and declaration of election results, in addition to the current membership
of the board. By copy of this memorandum to the Agenda Office, I am requesting that this issue
be placed on the September 22, 2016 Commission agenda.
TBH: ne
c: Daniel D. Diaz, Assistant City Attorney
Brandyss Howard, Overtown NET Administrator
Tyrone L. Coverson, Liaison
Anna M. Medina, Agenda Coordinator