LTC 264-2023 Black Affairs Advisory Committee Motions - June 6, 2023DocuSign Envelope ID: A087B 5DC-45AC-4C6F-9A C-301ACC7CE3 42
MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC # LETTER TO COMMISSION
264-2023
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
The Honorable Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City
Commission
Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk fat
June 8, 2023
Black Affairs Advisory Committee Motions - June 6, 2023
The purpose of this letter to the Mayor and Commission is to provide an update regarding
a motion made during the June 6, 2023 Black Affairs Advisory Committee ("BAAC")
Meeting:
A motion was made to support the following statements:
1. The BAAC applauds the work of Miami Beach Police Department (MBPD) Detective
Christopher Mitchell for his tireless efforts on two important causes:
• His many years of leadership with the Goodwill Ambassadors that has assisted
MBPD in successfully and safely managing high impact periods with de-escalation
techniques, crowd control, curfew administration, advocating COVID- 19 best
practices, messaging, visitor engagement, and reporting service & criminal concerns.
• His Leadership with MBPD's collaboration, supporting the Miami Center for Racial
Justice's "It Starts with Me Miami," the proactive and intentional community and
Police engagement and law enforcement recruitment program with multiple sessions
at Florida Memorial and Barry University. His leadership with the MBPD's Law
Enforcement Officer Day, or "LEO DAY," with students from Florida Memorial
University occurred in February 2022. As a result of these events/efforts, MBPD has
hired its first ever interns from Florida Memorial University. This continues the
BAAC's position against Zero Tolerance Policing on Miami Beach whose remedies
include community dialogue and recruitment. This concurs with Alfredo Ramirez,
Director of Miami-Dade Police Department, that strategic enforcement, increased
prosecutions, high visibility and community dialogue will help deter/reduce crime in
the Art Deco Cultural District and not a policy of zero tolerance enforcement, that will
create additional community distrust and historically target minorities and people of
color.
2. The BAAC supports the City of Miami Beach Human Rights Committee motion to
commemorate the historic visit of Nelson Mandela to Miami Beach on June 27-28, 1990,
by proclaiming June 28" as Nelson Mandela Day.
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Motion was made by Melba Pearson and seconded by Bibi Andrade. Motion passed
unanimously.
Members in attendance: Glendon Hall (Chair), Bibi Andrade (Vice-Chair), Troy E. Wright,
Melba Pearson, Brian Keane, Bill Warren and Siwipe Anderson, Henry Williams, and Dorrie
Foster.
Guest in attendance: Detective, Christopher Mitchell, City of Miami Beach Police
Department.
For more information, please contact Lissette Garcia Arrogante at
lissettearroqante@miamibeachf\.goy or x26597.