HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemorandumCITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members
Date:
February 27, 2017
of the City Commission
Subject:
Historic and Environmental
Preservation Board
From: Todd B. Hannon
References:
Agenda for March 9, 2017
City Clerk
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 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). Appointments must be made from individuals who have applied. 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.
Ten (10) appointments are required at this time:
Chair Keon Hardemon has two (2) nominations for seats currently:
1. Vacant, Citizen (Category7). (Timothy Barber resigned effective April 8, 2016)
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
*Najeeb Campbell
*William Hopper
*Jordan Trachtenberg
*David Freedman
*Hugh Ryan
*Lynn Lewis
2. Vacant, Landscape Architect (Category2). (Gerald C. Marston resigned effective
April 9, 2015)
*Eligible applicants for this category are: None
Vice Chair Ken Russell has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. William E. Hopper, Jr., incumbent, Citizen Category 7), whose term expired on
September 12, 2014.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
*Najeeb Campbell
*William Hopper
*Jordan Trachtenberg
*David Freedman
*Hugh Ryan
*Lynn Lewis
2. Vacant, Real Estate Broker (Category5). (Gary Hecht resigned effective
November 4, 2016)
*Eligible applicants for this category are: None
Commissioner Wifredo (Willy) Gort has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Lynn Lewis, incumbent, Citizen Category7), whose term expires on March 11,
2017.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
*Najeeb Campbell
*William Hopper
*Jordan Trachtenberg
*David Freedman
*Hugh Ryan
*Lynn Lewis
2. Jordan Trachtenberg, incumbent, Architecture or Architectural Historian (Category
41, whose term expires on April 14, 2017.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
*David Freedman *William Hopper
*Jordan Trachtenberg
Commissioner Frank Carollo has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. David Freedman, incumbent, Business/Law/Finance (Catego1y 6), whose term
expires on March 11, 2017.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
*David Freedman *Jordan Trachtenberg
*Lynn Lewis
2. Hugh Ryan, incumbent, Historian or Architectural Historian (Catego1,3), whose
term expires on March 11, 2017.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
William Hopper * Hugh Ryan
* Jordan Trachtenberg
Commissioner Francis Suarez has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Todd Tragash, incumbent, Architect (Category 1), whose term expires on March
11, 2017
*Eligible applicants for this category are: None
2. Jonathan Gonzalez, incumbent, Alternate Architect (Category 8), whose term
expired on September 10, 2016.
*Eligible applicants for this category are:
*Jonathan Gonzalez * William Hopper
* Jordan Trachtenberg
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 March 9,
2017, Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
Megan Schmitt, Liaison
Rafael Suarez -Rivas, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Anna M. Medina, Agenda Coordinator