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City Clerk's Office
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CityClerk@miamibeachfl.gov
September 22, 2008
Nicholas Gunia
300 Euclid Ave.
Miami Beach, Fla. 33139
Dear Mr. Gunia:
On behalf of the City Commission, I want to extend my appreciation for your services on the
Green Ad-Hoc Committee.
In 2007, the Ad Hoc Green Committee was formed by then Mayor David Dermer to provide a
City focus on green issues. The Committee was specifically charged with several items
regarding green initiatives and a specific charge to recommend an approach to deal with green
issues long term in the community.
In 2007, Mayor Matti Herrera Bower extended the Ad Hoc Committee so that they could continue
and complete their work pursuant to the original charge.
The Ad Hoc Green Committee has forwarded several recommendations and initiatives to the
members of the City Commission and have also specifically recommended that the City
Commission consider creating a Sustainability Committee as a standing Committee of the City of
Miami Beach to deal with long term sustainability and green issues.
The Committee spent a good deal of time actually considering the appropriate name for the
Committee. A variety of different names were reviewed and ultimately the Committee felt that
the use of the word sustainability conveyed a long term and broader purpose for the Committee
that was more appropriate for its activities.
The first reading of the ordinance creating the new Sustainability Committee took place on the
meeting of September 10, 2008. The second reading of the ordinance will be on October 7,
2008. At that meeting, the City Commission will be making city commission appointments for
this committee. If you are interested on being considered, please contact the City Commissions'
office either by phone, mail or in person.
Please be advised that as per City Code Section 2-23 "Serving on more than one agency, board
or committee", no person shall be appointed or elected to, or serve on, more than one agency,
board or committee of the city.
Sincerely,
5~r- Robert Parcher
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