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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Date: September 6, 2016
Subject: Overtown Advisory Board/
Overtown Community Oversight
Board Appointed Members
References: Agenda for September 22, 2016
Enclosures: Qualifying Chart, Applications
for Appointed Members and
Current 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.
Seven (7) appointments are required at this time.
Mayor Tomas Regalado has one (1) nomination for an appointed seat:
1. One (1) nomination for a qualified individual for an appointed seat.
The eligible applicants are: Berlinda Dixon, Jean Fincher, Scheuette
Glinton, and Irby McKnight.
Vice Chair Keon Hardemon has six (6) nominations for appointed seats:
1. Five (5) nominations for qualified individuals for appointed seats.
The eligible applicants are: Berlinda Dixon, Jean Fincher, Scheuette
Glinton, and Irby McKnight.
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 September 22, 2016
Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
Daniel D. Diaz, Assistant City Attorney
Brandyss Howard, Overtown NET Administrator
Tyrone L. Coverson, Liaison
Anna M. Medina, Agenda Coordinator