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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members Date: November 17, 2016
of the City Commission
Subject: Virginia Key Beach Park Trust
From: Todd B. Hannon References: Agenda for December 8, 2016
City Clerk
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.
Five (5) appointments are required at this time.
• Mayor Tomas Regalado has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Gene Tinnie, incumbent, whose term expired on July 9, 2016, has served as a member
since February 8, 2001, and will require a term waiver by a unanimous (515) vote of the
Commission.1
• Chair Keon Hardemon has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Mavrikis Bolden, incumbent, whose term expired on April 10, 2016.2
• 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.'
1 This item was continued from July 14, 2016, September 8, 2016, October 13, 2016, and November 17, 2016, Commission
meetings.
2 This item was continued from April 14, 2016, May 12, 2016, June 9, 2016, July 14, 2016, September 8, 2016, October 13,
2016, and November 17, 2016, Commission meetings.
3 This 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, March 11, 2016,
April 14, 2016, May 12, 2016, June 9, 2016, July 14, 2016, September 8, 2016, October 13, 2016, and November 17, 2016,
Commission meetings.
• Commissioner Wifredo (Willy) Gort has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Maud Newbold, incumbent, whose term expired on October 8, 2016, has served as a
member since February 8, 2001, and will require a term waiver by a unanimous (5/5)
vote of the Commission.'
• Commissioner Frank Carollo has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Gustavo Godoy, incumbent, whose term expired on October 8, 2016, has served as a
member since March 10, 2005, and will require a term waiver by a unanimous (5/5) vote
of the Commissions
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 December 8, 2016,
Commission Agenda.
TBH:ne
Guy Forchion, Executive Director
Xavier Alban, Assistant City Attorney
Anna M. Medina, Agenda Coordinator
4 This item was continued from October 13, 2016, and November 17, 2016, Commission meetings.
5 This item was continued from October 13, 2016, and November 17, 2016, Commission meetings.