HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemorandumCITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members
of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Date: September 23, 2018
Subject: Historic and Environmental
Preservation Board
References: Agenda for October 11, 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.
Six (6) appointments are required at this time:
• Chair Keon Hardemon has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:'
1. Najeeb Campbell, incumbent, Citizen (Category 7), whose term expired on
March 9, 2018,
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Najeeb Campbell David Freedman
1 This item was continued from May 10, 2018, June 14, 2018, July 12, 2018, and September 13, 2018, Commission meetings.
Hugh Ryan
Julie ODell
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 David Freedman
Hugh Ryan William Hopper
Julie ODell
2. Mika Mattingly, incumbent, Real Estate Broker (Category 5), whose term expired
on June 8, 2018.
*Eligible applicant for this category is:
Julie ODell
• Commissioner Joe Carollo has two (2) nominations for seats currently:3
1. Vacant, Historian or Architectural Historian (Category 3). (Gabriel Lopez resigned
effective June 29, 2018)
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Hugh Ryan William Hopper
2. Vacant, Business and Finance or Law (Category 6). (Andrew Rasken resigned
effective August 14, 2018)
*Eligible applicants for this category are. -
David Freedman Luis Prieto y Munoz
• Commissioner Manolo Reyes has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:4
1. Todd Tragash, incumbent, Architect (Category 1), whose term expired on April
13, 2018.
*Eligible applicant for this category is:
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 October
11, 2018, Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: Warren Adams, Liaison
Rafael Suarez -Rivas, Senior Assistant City Attorney
2 This item was continued from May 10, 2018, June 14, 2018, July 12, 2018, and September 13, 2018, Commission meetings.
3 This item was continued from September 13, 2018, Commission meeting.
This item was continued from May 10, 2018, June 14, 2018, July 12, 2018, and September 13, 2018, Commission meetings.
Miriam M. Arcia, Agenda Coordinator