HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemorandumCITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members
of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Date: May 18, 2020
Subject: Historic and Environmental
Preservation Board
References: Agenda for May 28, 2020
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 shall be from the electorate of the city and 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). 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.
Ten (10) appointments are required at this time:
• Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:'
1. Lynn Lewis, incumbent, Citizen (Category 7), whose term expired on June 14, 2019.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Rafael Andrade Maria Andrea Gonzalez
Mariella Lopez De Albear William Hopper
Julie ODell Lynn Lewis
1 This item was continued from April 9, 2020, and May 14, 2020, Commission meetings.
Jordan Trachtenberg
2. Jordan Trachtenberg, incumbent, Architect or Architectural Historian (Category
Al whose term expired on June 14, 2019.
*Eligible applicant for this category is:
Maria Andrea Gonzalez Jordan Trachtenberg
William Hopper
• Commissioner 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:
Rafael Andrade Maria Andrea Gonzalez
Mariella Lopez De Albear William Hopper
Julie ODell Lynn Lewis
Jordan Trachtenberg
2. Julie ODe11, incumbent, Real Estate Broker (Category 5), whose term expired on
October 11, 2019.
*Eligible applicant far this category is:
Julie ODell
• Commissioner Joe Carollo has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:3
1. Luis Prieto y Munoz, Business and Finance or Law (Category 6), whose term
expired on June 14, 2019.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Rafael Andrade Lynn Lewis
Jordan Trachtenberg
Mariella Lopez De Albear
2. Hugh Ryan, Historian or Architectural Historian (Category 3), whose term expired
on June 14, 2019 (Andrew Rasken resigned effective August 14, 2018)
*Eligible applicants for this category arc:
Maria Andrea Gonzalez Jordan Trachtenberg
• Commissioner Manolo Reyes has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:4
1. Todd Tragash, incumbent, Architect (Category 1), whose term expired on April
13, 2018.
*Eligible applicant for this category is:
Jordan Trachtenberg
2 This item was continued from April 9, 2020, and May 14, 2020, Commission meetings.
3 This item was continued from April 9, 2020, and May 14, 2020, Commission meetings.
4 This item was continued from April 9, 2020, and May 14, 2020, Commission meetings.
2. Denise Galvez Turros, incumbent, Alternate (Category 8), whose term expired on
May 10, 2019.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Maria Andrea Gonzalez Mariella Lopez De Albear
William Hopper Jordan Trachtenberg
• Commissioner Keon Hardemon has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:5
1. Najeeb Campbell, incumbent, Citizen (Category 7), whose term expired on
March 9, 2018.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Rafael Andrade Maria Andrea Gonzalez
Mariella Lopez De Albear William Hopper
Julie ODell Lynn Lewis
Jordan Trachtenberg
2. Christopher Cawley, incumbent, Landscape Architect (Category 2), whose term
expired on July 13, 2018.
*Eligible applicant for this category is:
Christopher Cawley
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 May 28,
2020, Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: Warren Adams, Liaison
Amber Ketterer, Assistant City Attorney
Miriam M. Santana, Agenda Coordinator
5 This item was continued from April 9, 2020, and May 14, 2020, Commission meetings.