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LGBTQ Advisory Board Minutes - 2-11-20 LGBTQ Advisory Committee Committee Chair, Robin Schwartz Meeting Minutes Tuesday, February 11, 2020 Members in attendance – Aaron Bos-Lun, Craig Garmendia, Elizabeth Schwartz, Edward Pascoe, Gayle Durham, Herb Sosa, Jamie Guirola, Mark Wylie- on phone, Paul Thomas, Riki Wilchins, Robin Schwartz, Sunny Weber Others in attendance- Dan Rios, GMCVB Called to order at 1:00 p.m. Ongoing Business: A. Approval of the January 14, 2020 minutes- motion: Elizabeth, second: Herb B. MBPD Updates – None C. GMCVB / Marketing updates – Dan Rios provided some updates. He explained there are some upcoming shoots on the beach, there is a rollout plan with Edge Media and Pride Media, and the LGBTQ Training is going well with the hotels. He also presented Unico a concept of public art for review. New Business: A. Elect Secretary- Herb nominated Jamie, Paul seconded. All in favor of Jamie remaining the secretary. B. Discuss LTC to add line item to budget for LGBTQ Funding (continued from January meeting)- Discussion was held as continued from last month. The Committee took the following vote and it will be disseminated in an LTC: The Committee recommends the City allocate $150,000 for LGBTQ community initiatives for which distribution be determined by the LGBTQ Advisory Committee. Motion: Sunny, second: Herb. All in favor. C. Discuss donation of work of art by Rubem Robierb- George explained that the artist would like to donate his work of art “the wings” to the City of Miami Beach. Discussion was held. The Committee took the following vote and it will be disseminated in an LTC: The Committee recommends accepting the donation of the work of art that LGBTQ artist, Rubem Robierb, would like to donate to the City of Miami Beach and the Committee also recommends it be placed in a prominent location on or adjacent to Lincoln Road with the details of the contribution. Motion: Herb, second: Paul. All in favor. D. Discuss whether to discuss Seagull Hotel and possible plaque or historic marker in regard to the LGBTQ community- Sunny led the discussion. The Committee liked the idea and will discuss it further in the LGBTQ Visibility/Marketing/ Tourism Committee Members Aaron Bos-Lun Cindy Brown Craig Garmendia Edward Pascoe Elizabeth Schwartz Gayle Durham Herb Sosa Jamie Guirola Mark Wylie Paul Thomas Riki Wilchins Sunny Weber subcommittee will discuss in further detail of how to proceed. E. Discussion was held on the Spring Break ordinance that will be discussed at the February 12th Commission meeting. The Committee took the following vote and it will be disseminated in an LTC: The Committee recommends that the City grandfather in Winter Party to be granted extended hours of selling/serving alcohol until 7 a.m. on a yearly basis if the dates fall in to the timeframe of the month of March where the sale and or/serving of alcoholic beverages will be prohibited if item R5O on the February 12th Commission agenda passes. Motion: Elizabeth, second: Edward. F. Discussion was held about the rainbow crosswalk- it was mentioned that the whole street is going to be redone and they should probably mention that they want it redone before the project starts, since the crosswalk is not that well liked. Discussion was held about the relevance of the location of the crosswalk still being on Ocean Drive and 12 th Street. The LGBTQ Visibility/Marketing/ Tourism subcommittee will follow up and see what is going on. Subcommittees Reports and Next Actions: 1) HRC Rating (Cindy, Liz, Aaron, Herb)- Sunny will participate in this subcommittee. 2) LGBTQ Visibility/Marketing/ Tourism (Gayle, Mark, Paul)- George is no longer on the Committee. Sunny will participate in this subcommittee. The subcommittee will proceed with trying to get the LGBTQ monument, despite the donation of the work of art previously discussed. 3) Health and Wellness (Ricki, Jamie, Craig, Paul) 4) Senior Housing (Cindy, Robin, Roger, Alex)- George is no longer on the Committee. Ed will participate in this committee. 5) LGBTQ Municipal Funding (Gayle, Paul, Aaron, Robin) Meeting adjourned at 2:09 p.m.