HomeMy WebLinkAboutVKBPT CCMemoTo: Honorable Members
of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
CITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Date: March 28, 2016
Subject: Virginia Key Beach Park Trust
References: Agenda for April 14, 2016
Enclosures: List of members
The Virginia Key Beach Park Trust was created to preserve the Virginia Key Beach Park in cooperation
with the Department of Parks and Recreation and other City departments in a manner consistent with the
environmental health, public use, historical importance of the Park and the aspirations of the African
American community and shall propose policy, planning, and design to ensure maximum community
utilization, enjoyment, and maintenance of the Park as an open green space compatible with its historical
and recreational characteristics and accessible to the public. Ordinance 13065, adopted on May 14, 2009,
which amended Chapter 38, Article 6 of the City Code, authorized the waiver of the eight -consecutive year
term limitation to allow members of the Virginia Key Beach Park Trust to be reconsidered annually for an
additional one-year term by a unanimous vote of the members of the City Commission.
Three (3) appointments are required at this time.
• Chair Keon Hardemon has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Mavrikis Bolden, incumbent, whose term expires on April 10, 2016.
• Vice Chair Ken Russell has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Mark Walters, incumbent, whose term expired on April 12, 2014, has served as a member
since February 8, 2001, and will require a term waiver by a unanimous (515) vote of the
Commission!
• Commissioner Francis Suarez has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Richard Townsend, incumbent, whose term expires on April 10, 2016.
For your convenience, we are including a copy of the membership of the trust. By copy of this
memorandum, we are requesting that the Agenda Office place this issue on the April 14, 2016,
Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: Xavier Alban, Assistant City Attorney
Guy Forchion, Executive Director
Anna M. Medina, Agenda Coordinator
*'Ibis item was continued from April 10, 2014, May 8, 2014, June 12, 2014, July 10, 2014, September 11, 2014, October 9, 2014,
November 20, 2014, December 11, 2014, January 8, 2015, February 12, 2015, March 12, 2015, April 9, 2015, May 14, 2015, June 11,
2015, July 9, 2015, September 10, 2015, October 8, 2015, January 14, 2016, February 11, 2016, and March 11, 2016, Commission
meetings.