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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members Date: September 27, 2016
of the City Commission
Subject: Community Relations Board
From: Todd B. Hannon References: Agenda for October 13, 2016
City Clerk
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.
Twelve (12) appointments are needed at this time.
• Mayor Tomas Regalado has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Lyse Cuellar -Vidal, incumbent, whose term expired on July 9, 2018, has exceeded
the number of allowed consecutive absences (4 in 2015), and the number of allowed
absences (4 in 2015), and will require a 4/5ths attendance waiver.'
2. Vacant. (Andres Lemos resigned effective July 13, 2015)
• Chair Keon Hardemon has two (2) nominations for seats currently:
1. Vacant. (Deidria removed effective April 8, 2016)
2. Vacant. (Nathaniel Wilcox effective April 8, 2016)
1 This item was continued from February 11, 2016, March 11, 2016, April 14, 2016, May 12, 2016, June 9, 2016, and July 14,
2016, Commission meetings.
• Vice Chair Ken Russell has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Michael Barket, incumbent, whose term expired on October 13, 2013.2
2. Vacant. (David Young resigned effective January 29, 2016)
• Commissioner Wifredo (Willy) Gort has two (2) nominations for seats currently:
1. Vacant. (Etain Elisabeth Connor resigned effective June 24, 2014)
2. Vacant. (Victoria Cervantes resigned effective January 20, 2016)
• Commissioner Frank Carollo has two (2) nominations for seats currently:
1. Vacant. (Teresa Zorilla resigned effective November 10, 2009)
2. Vacant. (Miguel Soliman resigned effective May 12, 2016)
• Commissioner Francis Suarez has two (2) nominations for seats currently:
1. Vacant. (Adriana Oliva resigned effective July 31, 2014)
2. Vacant. (Antonio Diaz resigned effective June 1, 2016)
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 October 13, 2016,
Commission agenda.
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Yariel Diaz, Liaison
Juan C. Perez, Assistant City Attorney
Anna M. Medina, Agenda Coordinator
z This item was continued from November 21, 2013, January 9, 2014, February 13, 2014, March 13, 2014, 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, March 11, 2016, April 14, 2016, May 12, 2016, June 9, 2016, and July 14,
2016, Commission meetings.