Appoint members to Virginia Key Beach Park Trust

CITY OF MIAMI INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM To: Honorable Members of the City Commission Date: March 2, 2025 Subject: Virginia Key Beach Park Trust From: Todd B. Hannon City Clerk References: Agenda for March 13, 2025 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. Two (2) appointments are required at this time. • Commissioner Christine King has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by: 1. Vincent T. Brown, incumbent, whose term expired on January 12, 2025. 2. Bonita Jones-Peabody, incumbent, whose term expired on January 12, 2025. 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 March 13, 2025, Commission Agenda. TBH:ne c: Athalie Edwards, Executive Director Isabel Cataneda, Liaison Thomas Fossler, Assistant City Attorney Miriam M. Santana, Agenda Coordinator