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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Date: September 28, 2020
Subject: Overtown Advisory Board/
Overtown Community Oversight
Board Appointed Members
References: Agenda for October 8, 2020
Enclosures: Qualifying Chart, Applications
for Appointed Members and
List of Members
The Overtown Advisory Board/Overtown Community Oversight Board was created via
Ordinance 12858 amending Article XI of Chapter 2 of the City Code to encourage and support
housing, job creation, economic and business development, educational opportunities, and historic
and cultural preservation within the Overtown Community. The Board shall provide written
recommendations to the City Commission regarding activities, developments, and improvements
within or substantially impacting the residents of the Overtown Area.
The Overtown Advisory Board/Overtown Community Oversight Board, in addition to five (5)
elected members, shall consist of six (6) members who shall be appointed. In accordance with
Ordinance 12858, the District 5 City Commissioner shall appoint five (5) qualified members and the
Mayor shall appoint one (1) qualified member to the Board. Additionally, the District 5
Commissioner shall appoint one (1) qualified youth board member, and the Overtown Advisory
Board/Overtown Community Oversight Board shall appoint one (1) qualified youth board member.
An ad was placed in a newspaper of general circulation to solicit qualified prospective appointees.
See attached.
Six (6) appointments are required at this time.
• Mayor Francis Suarez has one (1) nomination for an appointed seat:'
1. One (1) nomination for a qualified individual for an appointed seat.
The eligible applicants are: Tramitrus Austin -Swindle, Mae
Christian, Tamme Flood, Kamau Fulger, Reginald Munnings,
Daeja O'Donoghue, and Keon Williams.
• Commissioner Keon Hardemon has five (5) nominations for appointed seats:2
1. Five (5) nominations for qualified individuals for appointed seats.
1 This item was continued from 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, and September 10, 2020, Commission meetings.
2 This item was continued from 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, a
October 10, 2019, November 21, 2019, January 9, 2020, February 13, 2020, March 12, 2020, May 14, 2020, June 11, 2020, July
9, 2020, and September 10, 2020, Commission meetings.
The eligible applicants are: Tramitrus Austin -Swindle, Mae
Christian, Tamme I. Flood, Kamau Fulger, Reginald Munnings,
Daeja O'Donoghue, and Keon Williams.
2. One (1) nomination for a qualified youth board member.
There are no eligible applicants.
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 8,
2020, Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: Brandyss Howard, Overtown NET Administrator
Daniel D. Diaz, Assistant City Attorney
Miriam M. Santana, Agenda Coordinator