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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Date: June 19, 2018
Subject: Community Relations Board
References: Agenda for July 12, 2018
Enclosures: List of members
The Community Relations Board (CRB) was created to (1) To serve in an advisory capacity to the
City Commission; (2) to foster mutual understanding, tolerance, and respect among all economic,
social, religious and ethnic groups in the City of Miami; (3) to make studies in the field of human
relations; (4) to attempt to act as conciliator in controversies involving community relations; (5) to
cooperate in the development of educational programs dedicated to the improvement of community
relations with, and to enlist the support of, civic leaders, civic, religious, veterans, labor, industrial,
commercial and eleemosynary groups; and private agencies engaged in the inculcation of ideals of
tolerance, cultural respect and understanding; (6) to prepare studies, and have studies made, in the
field of community relations, and to prepare and disseminate reports of such studies; (7) to
recommend to the Mayor, Commissioners, and the City Manager such ordinances to carry out the
purposes of the provisions set forth herein; (8) to submit an annual report to the Mayor,
Commissioners, and the City Manager; and (9) to make recommendations regarding grants and
donations on behalf of the City from foundations and others for the purpose of carrying out the above
listed functions, subject to approval by the City Commission.
Members of the Community Relations Board shall be residents of the City of Miami.
Ten (10) appointments are needed at this time.
• Mayor Francis Suarez has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Indiana Sanchez, incumbent, whose term expired on October 13, 2017.1
2. Patrick Owens, incumbent, whose term expired on November 15, 2017.2' 3
• Chair Keon Hardemon has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Lovette McGill, incumbent, whose term expired on January 12, 2018.4
• Vice Chair Ken Russell has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:5
1. Virginia Akar, incumbent, whose term expired on June 8, 2018.
2. Kamalah Fletcher, incumbent, whose term expired on June 8, 2018.
• Commissioner Wifredo (Willy) Gort has one (1) nomination for a seat currently:
1 This item was continued from October 12, 2017, January 11, 2018, February 8, 2018, March 8, 2018, April 12, 2018, May 10,
2018, and June 14, 2018, Commission meetings.
2 Per Code Section 2-885(b), "When the nominating mayor leaves office the board member's term shall expire."
3 This item was continued from January 11, 2018, February 8, 2018, March 8, 2018, April 12, 2018, May 10, 2018, and June 14,
2018, Commission meetings.
4 This item was continued from January 11, 2018, February 8, 2018, March 8, 2018, April 12, 2018, May 10, 2018, and June 14,
2018, Commission meetings.
5 This item was continued from June 14, 2018, Commission meeting.
1. Vacant. (Pedro Mora removed for excessive absences) 6
• Commissioner Joe Carollo has two (2) nominations for seats currently:7
1. Vacant. (Teresa Zorilla resigned effective November 10, 2009)
2. Vacant. (Miguel Soliman resigned effective May 12, 2016)
• Commissioner Manolo Reyes has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Manual Hartman, incumbent, whose term expired on October 13, 2017.8
2. Jason Manowitz, incumbent, whose term expired on November 15, 2017.9' 10
For your convenience, we are including a copy of the current membership of said board. By copy of
this memorandum, we are requesting that the Agenda Office place this issue on the July 12, 2018,
Commission agenda.
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c: Yariel Diaz, Liaison
Juan C. Perez, Assistant City Attorney
Miriam M. Arcia, Agenda Coordinator
6 This item was continued from November 16, 2017, January 11, 2018, February 8, 2018, March 8, 2018, April 12, 2018, May
10, 2018, and June 14, 2018, Commission meetings.
7 This item was continued from October 13, 2016, November 17, 2016, December 8, 2016, January 12, 2017, February 9, 2017,
March 9, 2017, April 13, 2017, May 11, 2017, June 8, 2017, July 13, 2017, September 19, 2017, October 12, 2017, November
16, 2017, January 11, 2018, February 8, 2018, March 8, 2018, April 12, 2018, May 10, 2018, and June 14, 2018, Commission
meetings.
s This item was continued from October 12, 2017, January 11, 2018, February 8, 2018, March 8, 2018, April 12, 2018, May 10,
2018, and June 14, 2018, Commission meetings.
9 Per Code Section 2-885(b), "When the nominating commissioner leaves office the board member's term shall expire."
10 This item was continued from January 11, 2018, February 8, 2018, March 8, 2018, April 12, 2018, May 10, 2018, and June 14,
2018, Commission meetings.