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(Please cirde one): I am now a resident of: r North Beach a South Beach C Middle Beach
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I am applying for an appointment because I have special abilities, knowledge, experience. Please list below:
(1) lawyer for 41 years_(2) $L Louis dly legislator, (3) 41 years' residence and civic acxivmes in St. Louis oenbal historic dstrid.
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Apt. 803 - 1500 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139 ,
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Henry S. Stolar
1500 Ocean Drive -Apt. 803
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Tel: 305-673-8172 E-mail: henrystolar@belisouth.net
Faz: 305-673-8501
Attachment to AaaGcation for City of Miami Beach Boards and Committees
Resume fPa~es 1-3, below) and List of Membershias (Page 4, below)
December 14, 2009
Resume
Summary Statement. I seek reappointment to the Planning Board of the City of Miami Beach.
I am completing my first two-year term.
Residence. Since November, 2004, I have been afull-time resident of Miami Beach with my
wife Suzanne, who is now the President of the Miami Beach Botanical Garden.
Date and Place of Birth. October 29, 1939 - St. Louis.
Education.
(1) St. Louis Public Schools;
(2) Washington University (St. Louis), A.B. 1960 (Phi Beta Kappa, 1959);
(3) Harvard Law School (Cambridge, MA), J.D. 1963.
Employment History. Practiced law in St. Louis for 41 years:
(1) Hocker, Goodwin, & MacGreevy -1963-1969, Associate, then Partner;
(2) LaBarge, Inc. -1969-1974, General Counsel, then Vice President and General
Counsel;
(3) Maritz Inc. -1974-2004, Associate General Counsel initially, followed by successive
promotions during that 30-year employment, until retirement as Senior Executive
Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary. Maritz Inc. is a privately-owned St.
Louis company which, shortly before my retirement, had about $1,400,000,000 in
annual revenue and about 5,000 employees. At the time of my retirement, I headed a
Law Department of five lawyers. Maritz Inc.'s principal businesses are travel,
marketing research, and performance improvement programs for major corporate
clients (typically, Fortune 500 companies).
Principal Governmental and Civic Activities in St. Louis -Pre-Retirement.
(1) Member of the Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis (St. Louis' city legislature
- the equivalent of a city commission) -1969-1973;
(2) Special Assistant to the Attorney General of Missouri -1967-1968;
(3) Member of the Board of Directors of Forest Park Forever, Inc. (the non-profit
corporation which, in apublic-private partnership with the City of St. Louis, raised
and spent approximately $50,000,000 of private contributions for the restoration of
St. Louis' 1,200-acre principal public park, and which serves a central role in the
maintenance and improvement of the park) -1988-2003;
(4) Member of the Board of Directors of the Central West End Association (the non-
profit corporation dedicated to the quality of residential life and the prosperity of
businesses in St. Louis' central city neighborhood) -1992-2002.
Principal Governmental and Civic Activities in Miami Beach -Post-Retirement.
(1) Graduate of the City of Miami Beach's Neighborhood Leadership Academy - 2006;
(2) Member of the Board of Directors of 1500 Ocean Drive Condominium Association,
Inc. - 2005-2006;
(3) Asa 1500 Board member, served as a leader of residents' interests in the drafting and
advocacy of the City's new Noise Ordinance (enacted 2006), including three rounds
of testimony before the City Commission;
(4) As a resident, (A} a principal advocate and draftsman of proposed changes to the
City's revised Noise Ordinance (enacted 2008), and (B) the principal draftsman and
advocate of the City's first set of Noise Administrative Guidelines (enacted 2008);
(5) As a resident, appointed by Assistant City Manager Hilda M. Fernandez to serve as a
resident member of the resident-industry-city Noise Stakeholders Committee (created
2008), in which capacity I have participated in its many meetings, written analyses of
Quarterly Noise Reports, and written summaries of the Committee's meetings;
(6) As a resident, successfully led (A) the prosecution of, and testimony before the
Special Master on, the building violations at the 1446 Ocean Drive Condominium,
and (B) the continuing effort, with Code Enforcement and before the Board of
Adjustment, to require the proper maintenance and screening of the now-vacant
former Charles Hotel site (southeast corner of Collins Avenue and 15~' Street);
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(7) Asa 1500 Board member, led the first comprehensive revision of the building's
condominium documents; participated actively in the development of improved
condominium internal financial reporting; guided the building's lawsuit against the
developer and contractors for roof defects; participated in the interviewing and hiring
of new staff; and participated in numerous other building projects;
(8) As a resident, testified on various occasions before the City Commission and its
Neighborhoods Committee on the City's new Handbill Ordinance, and drafted
language for it which the Commission incorporated into the final version.
(9) As a resident, appointed by the Miami Beach City Manager to serve on an Evaluation
Committee to consider applications by accountants for appointment as auditors of
tourism-related taxes;
(10)As a resident, testified before the Planning Board on the Conditional Use Permit for
Maxim's Lounge at the Royal Palm Hotel, and drafted language which the Boazd
included in the final Conditional Use Permit for the interior space;
(11)As a member of the Advocacy Committee of the Miami Design Preservation League,
testified before the Historic Preservation Boazd, in support of adherence to the City's
concurrency requirements in connection with the proposed Bijou Hotel;
(12)As a resident, testified before the Planning Boazd in the successful effort to propose
to the Commission an amendment to the Zoning Code which limits both the number
of seats and the number of patrons in restaurants and bazs which aze accessory uses
of hotels located in the south of 5~' Street neighborhood.
(13)As a resident, developed and drafted a group of proposals intended to furnish the
public with improved disclosure, transparency, and openness in land use Boazd
applications, and testified before the Commission's Land Use and Development
Committee in support of those proposals;
(14)As a resident, working with the City's Transportation Manager to achieve pedestrian
safety improvements, through correspondence and site meetings with (A) the Miami-
Dade County Traffic Engineering Division, concerning the intersection of Ocean
Drive and 15`x' Street, (B) the Florida Department of Transportation concerning the
intersection of Collins Avenue and 15`x' Street;
(15)As a resident, working with the Director of the City's Public Works Department to
accomplish the long-delayed construction of Sunrise Plaza (South Pointe Drive's
eastern street end).
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Membersbins
(1) Miami Design Preservation League
(2) Dade Heritage Trust
(3) Bass Museum
(4) Wolfsonian Museum
(5) Jewish Museum
(6) New World Symphony
(7) Miami Beach Botanical Garden
(8) Holocaust Memorial
(9) Art Center/South Florida
(10) Miami Beach Cinematheque
(11) Temple Beth Sholom
(12) Miami Beach Arts Trust
(13) South Beach Chamber Ensemble
(14) Seraphic Fire
(IS) Environmental Coalition of Miami Beach
(16) Miami City Ballet
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