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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Date: July 1, 2022
Subject: Community Relations Board
References: Agenda for July 14, 2022
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.
Eleven (11) appointments are needed at this time.
• Mayor Francis Suarez has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Vacant. (Leslie Puzo removed for excessive absences)
• Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla has two (2) nominations for seats currently:
1. Vacant. (Pedro Mora removed for excessive absences)1
2. Vacant. (Jorge Mario Vasquez resigned effective July 2, 2019)2
1 This item was continued from November 16, 2017, January 11, 2018, February 8, 2018, March 8, 2018, April 12, 2018, May
10, 2018, June 14, 2018, July 12, 2018, September 13, 2018, October 11, 2018, November 15, 2018, 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, September 10, 2020, October 8, 2020, November 19, 2020, December 10, 2021, January 14, 2021, February 11, 2021,
March 11, 2021, April 8, 2021, May 13, 2021, June 10, 2021, July 8, 2021, September 13, 2021, October 14, 2021, November
18, 2021, December 9, 2021, January 13, 2022, February 10, 2022, March 10, 2022, April 14, 2022, May 12, 2022, and June 9,
2022, Commission meetings.
2 This item was continued from 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, September 10, 2020, October 8, 2020, November 19, 2020,
December 10, 2021, January 14, 2021, February 11, 2021, March 11, 2021, April 8, 2021, May 13, 2021, June 10, 2021, July 8,
2021, September 13, 2021, October 14, 2021, November 18, 2021, December 9, 2021, January 13, 2022, February 10, 2022,
March 10, 2022, April 14, 2022, May 12, 2022, and June 9, 2022, Commission meetings.
• Commissioner Ken Russell has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Vacant. (Kamalah Fletcher removed for excessive absences)
2. Vacant. (Ajani Booth removed for excessive absences)
• Commissioner Joe Carollo has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Aaron Gordon, incumbent, whose term expired on July 12, 2019.3
2. Vacant. (Shaun Spector resigned effective November 7, 2019)4
• Commissioner Manolo Reyes has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Manual Hartman, incumbent, whose term expired on October 13, 2017.5
2. Jason Manowitz, incumbent, whose term expired on November 15, 2017.6' 7
• Commissioner Christine King has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Kiesha Moodie, incumbent, whose term expired on November 16, 2018.8
2. Vacant. (Seat previously held by Lovette McGill)9
3 This item was continued from 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, September 10, 2020, October 8, 2020,
November 19, 2020, December 10, 2021, January 14, 2021, February 11, 2021, Apri18, 2021, May 13, 2021, June 10, 2021, July
8, 2021, September 13, 2021, October 14, 2021, November 18, 2021, December 9, 2021, January 13, 2022, February 10, 2022,
March 10, 2022, April 14, 2022, May 12, 2022, and June 9, 2022, Commission meetings.
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, 2021, January 14, 2021, February 11, 2021, March 11,
2021, April 8, 2021, May 13, 2021, June 10, 2021, July 8, 2021, September 13, 2021, October 14, 2021, November 18, 2021,
December 9, 2021, January 13, 2022, February 10, 2022, March 10, 2022, April 14, 2022, May 12, 2022, and June 9, 2022,
Commission meetings.
5 This item was continued from October 12, 2017, January 11, 2018, February 8, 2018, March 8, 2018, April 12, 2018, May 10,
2018, June 14, 2018, July 12, 2018, September 13, 2018, October 11, 2018, November 15, 2018, 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, September 10, 2020, October 8, 2020, November 19, 2020, December 10, 2021, January 14, 2021, February 11, 2021,
March 11, 2021, April 8, 2021, May 13, 2021, June 10, 2021, July 8, 2021, September 13, 2021, October 14, 2021, November
18, 2021, December 9, 2021, January 13, 2022, February 10, 2022, March 10, 2022, April 14, 2022, May 12, 2022, and June 9,
2022, Commission meetings.
6 Per Code Section 2-885(b), "When the nominating commissioner leaves office the board member's term shall expire."
7 This item was continued from January 11, 2018, February 8, 2018, March 8, 2018, April 12, 2018, May 10, 2018, June 14,
2018, July 12, 2018, September 13, 2018, October 11, 2018, November 15, 2018, 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,
September 10, 2020, October 8, 2020, November 19, 2020, December 10, 2021, January 14, 2021, February 11, 2021, March 11,
2021, April 8, 2021, May 13, 2021, June 10, 2021, July 8, 2021, September 13, 2021, October 14, 2021, November 18, 2021,
December 9, 2021, January 13, 2022, February 10, 2022, March 10, 2022, April 14, 2022, May 12, 2022, and June 9, 2022,
Commission meetings.
s This item was continued from November 15, 2018, 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, September 10, 2020, October 8, 2020,
December 10, 2021, January 14, 2021, February 11, 2021, March 11, 2021, April 8, 2021, May 13, 2021, June 10, 2021, July 8,
2021, September 13, 2021, October 14, 2021, December 9, 2021, January 13, 2022, February 10, 2022, March 10, 2022, April
14, 2022, May 12, 2022, and June 9, 2022, Commission meetings.
9 This item was continued from January 13, 2022, February 10, 2022, March 10, 2022, April 14, 2022, May 12, 2022, and June 9,
2022, Commission meetings.
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 14, 2022,
Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: Michelle Varas, Liaison
Rachel S. Dooley, Assistant City Attorney
Miriam M. Santana, Agenda Coordinator