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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members
of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Date: February 22, 2021
Subject: Miami Forever Bond Program
Citizens' Oversight Board
References: Agenda for February 11, 2021
Enclosures: List of members
The Miami Forever Bond Program Citizens' Oversight Board was created (1) to serve in an
advisory capacity to the Mayor, City Commission, and City Administration related to the monitoring
of the expenditure of bond proceeds derived from the issuance of the general obligation bonds
approved by the electorate on November 7, 2017 for capital projects to reduce flooding risks;
improve stormwater infrastructure; enhance public safety; and improve affordable housing, economic
development, parks, cultural facilities, streets, and infrastructure; (2) to review and report to the
Mayor, City Commission, and City Administration on the proper and efficient use of all bond
proceeds and request that vendors, contractors, consulting project managers, and any other entity or
person receiving funding to appear before the Board to answer questions regarding the status of such
funded projects; and (3) to review quarterly expenditure reports produced by the City to ensure that
bond proceeds are expended on time, on schedule, and only for the purposes set forth in the ballot
measure.
Code Section 2-1340(b) requires that all members shall be permanent residents of the City and shall
have good reputations for integrity and community service. Furthermore, all members shall be
qualified and distinguished by their education; experience; community advocacy or involvement, or
attainments in public or private finance, professional engineering, project management, affordable
housing, or resiliency and sustainability. No member shall have a conflict of interest with any
project, vendor, contractor, consultant, or other entity or person receiving funding from the proceeds
of the general bond issuance or interest derived therefrom.
One at -large member nominated by each of the five commissioners for a one-year term, with
nominations in rotating years in the following order: district 1, district 5, district 2, district 4
district 3. Thereafter, all members shall be appointed in the same order as above first
established by appointments from commissioner districts.
Six (6) appointments are required at this time:
• Mayor Francis Suarez has one (1) nomination for a seat currently:1
1. Vacant. (Melissa Fernandez-Stiers resigned effective September 17, 2020)
• Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Gustavo Perez, incumbent whose term expired on November 26, 2019.2'3
1 This item was continued from October 8, 2020, November 19, 2020, December 10, 2020, January 14, 2021, and February 11,
2021, Commission meetings.
2 Per Code Section 2-885(b), "When the nominating commissioner leaves office the board member's teen shall expire."
• Commissioner Ken Russell has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Ruth Ewing, incumbent, whose term expired on April 12, 2020.4
2. Justin Trieger, incumbent, whose term expired on May 10, 2019, and is the at -large
rotating member appointed by District 1.5
• Commissioner Joe Carollo has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Sonia Succar Rodriguez, incumbent, whose term expired on April 12, 2020.6
• Commissioner Jeffrey Watson has one (1) nomination for a seat currently:
1. Vacant.'
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 March 11, 2021,
Commission Agenda.
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c: Sylejman Ujkani, Program Manager, Office of Management and Budget
Robin Jones -Jackson, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Miriam M. Santana, Agenda Coordinator
3 This item was continued from January 9, 2020, February 13, 2020, March 12, 2020, May 14, 2020, June 11, 2020, July 9, 2020,
September 10, 2020, October 8, 2020, November 19, 2020, December 10, 2020, January 14, 2021, and February 11, 2021,
Commission meetings.
4 This item was continued from May 14, 2020, June 11, 2020, July 9, 2020, September 10, 2020, October 8, 2020, November 19,
2020, December 10, 2020, January 14, 2021, and February 11, 2021, Commission meetings.
5 This item was continued from May 9, 2019, June 13, 2019, July 11, 2019, September 12, 2019, October 10, 2019, November
21, 2019, January 9, 2020, February 13, 2020, March 12, 2020, May 14, 2020, June 11, 2020, July 9, 2020, October 8, 2020,
November 19, 2020, December 10, 2020, January 14, 2021, and February 11, 2021, Commission meetings.
6 This item was continued from May 14, 2020, June 11, 2020, July 9, 2020, September 10, 2020, October 8, 2020, November 19,
2020, December 10, 2020, January 14, 2021, and February 11, 2021, Commission meetings.
This item was continued from December 13, 2018, January 10, 2019, February 14, 2019, March 14, 2019, April 11, 2019, May
9, 2019, June 13, 2019, July 11, 2019, September 12, 2019, October 10, 2019, November 21, 2019, January 9, 2020, February 13,
2020, March 12, 2020, May 14, 2020, June 11, 2020, July 9, 2020, October 8, 2020, November 19, 2020, December 10, 2020,
January 14, 2021, and February 11, 2021, Commission meetings.