HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemorandumCITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members
of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Date: September 27, 2020
Subject: Historic and Environmental
Preservation Board
References: Agenda for October 8, 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.
Nine (9) appointments are required at this time:
• Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:'
1. Jordan Trachtenberg, incumbent, Architect or Architectural Historian (Category
4, whose term expired on June 14, 2019.
*Eligible applicants for this category is:
Jordan Trachtenberg
1 This item was continued from April 9, 2020, May 14, 2020, May 28, 2020, June 11, 2020, July 9, 2020, and September 10,
2020, Commission meetings.
• 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:
Mariella Lopez De Albear
Julie ODell
Jordan Trachtenberg
William Hopper
Lynn Lewis
2. Julie ODell, incumbent, Real Estate Broker (Category 5), whose term expired on
October 11, 2019.
*Eligible applicant for 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:
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 applicant for this category is:
Jordan Trachtenberg William Hopper
• 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. Denise Galvez Turros, incumbent, Alternate (Category 8), whose term expired on
May 10, 2019.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
Mariella Lopez De Albear William Hopper
Jordan Trachtenberg
2 This item was continued from April 9, 2020, May 14, 2020, May 28, 2020, June 11, 2020, July 9, 2020, and September 10,
2020, Commission meetings.
3 This item was continued from April 9, 2020, May 14, 2020, May 28, 2020, June 11, 2020, July 9, 2020, and September 10,
2020, Commission meetings.
4 This item was continued from April 9, 2020, May 14, 2020, May 28, 2020, June 11, 2020, July 9, 2020, and September 10,
2020, Commission meetings.
• 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:
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 October 8,
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, May 14, 2020, May 28, 2020, June 11, 2020, July 9, 2020, and September 10,
2020, Commission meetings.