HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemorandumCITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members
of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Date: June 3, 2018
Subject: Historic and Environmental
Preservation Board
References: Agenda for June 14, 2018
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.
Eight (8) appointments are required at this time:
• Chair Keon Hardemon has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by: t
1. Najeeb Campbell, incumbent, Citizen (Category 7), whose term expired on
March 9, 2018,
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Najeeb Campbell
Lynn Lewis
Jordan Trachtenberg
David Freedman
This item was continued from May 10, 2018, Commission meeting.
Gabriel Lopez Andrew Rasken
Hugh Ryan William Hopper
• Vice Chair Ken Russell has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:2
1. William Hopper, incumbent, Citizen (Category 7), whose term expired on
September 12, 2014.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Najeeb Campbell Jordan Trachtenberg
Lynn Lewis David Freedman
Hugh Ryan William Hopper
Gabriel Lopez Andrew Rasken
2. Mika Mattingly, incumbent, Real Estate Broker (Category 5), whose term expires
on June 8, 2018.
*There are no eligible applicants for this category.
• Commissioner Wifredo (Willy) Gort has two (2) nominations for seats currently held
by:3
1. Lynn Lewis, incumbent, Citizen (Category 7), whose term expired on March 9,
2018.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Najeeb Campbell Jordan Trachtenberg
Lynn Lewis David Freedman
Hugh Ryan William Hopper
Gabriel Lopez Andrew Rasken
2. Jordan Trachtenberg, incumbent, Architecture or Architectural Historian (Category
4, whose term expired on March 9, 2018.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Jordan Trachtenberg Todd Tragash
Najeeb Campbell
• Commissioner Joe Carollo has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:4
1. David Freedman, incumbent, Business/Law/Finance (Category 6), whose term
expired on April 13, 2018.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Lynn Lewis
Jordan Trachtenberg
David Freedman
Andrew Rasken
2. Hugh Ryan, incumbent, Historian or Architectural Historian (Category 3), whose
term expired on April 13, 2018.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
William Hopper Gabriel Lopez
2 This item was continued from May 10, 2018, Commission meeting.
3 This item was continued from May 10, 2018, Commission meeting.
4 This item was continued from May 10, 2018, Commission meeting.
Hugh Ryan Jordan Trachtenberg
• Commissioner Manolo Reyes has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:5
1. Todd Tragash, incumbent, Architect (Category 1), whose term expired on April
13, 2018.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Gabriel Lopez Todd Tragash
For your convenience, we are including a copy of the current membership of said board. By copy of
this memorandum to the Agenda Office, we are requesting that this issue be placed on the June 14,
2018, Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: Adam Warren, Liaison
Rafael Suarez -Rivas, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Agenda Office
5 This item was continued from May 10, 2018, Commission meeting.