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Hispanic Affairs
Advisory Board
Meeting
April 23, 1992
MEETING
HISPANIC AFFAIRS ADVISORY BOARD
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1992 AT 6:30 P.M.
BUILDING F, THIRD FLOOR BOARDROOM
AGENDA
I. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND MINUTES
II. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
III. STAFF REPORT
IV. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
Report on meeting with Black Affairs Advisory Board
regarding Department of Equal opportunity proposal
V. OLD BUSINESS
Update on Ms. Lozano complaint
VI. NEW BUSINESS
VII. PUBLIC SPEAKERS & COMMENTS
VIII. NEXT MEETING
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27, 1992, it is requested that all members of the
will be making reports provide written summaries
presentations to secretary Gloria Dominguez.
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MEMORANDUM
DATE:
May 13, 1992
TO:
Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
FROM:
Ramiro Mafialich, Assistant County Attorney
RE:
Minutes of Meeting of April 23, 1992
Enclosed please find the Minutes of the Meeting of April 23, 1992
for your review prior to discussion and/or approval at the
May 27 meeting. Please be advised that I have added corrections
to the minutes in the following respects:
1. Under the "staff Report" section I have clarified the
opinion of the County Attorney regarding the
Rodriguez/Valdes documents. I have also clarified the
following paragraph regarding Mr. Garcia's motion and
subcommittees and the Government in the sunshine Law.
2. Under the "Public speaker and Comment" section I have
clarified my comments regarding the Board listening to
individual cases.
3. Typographical corrections have been made such as spelling
of names and referring to Mr. Galvan as Acting Chairman.
4. I have noted that Mr. Lucio was also absent from the last
meeting.
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COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HISPANIC AFFAIRS ADVISORY BOARD
Minutes of Meeting
April 23, 1992
6:30 p.m.
Members Present
Nelson A. Munoz
Gloria E. Dominguez
Bernardo Garcia
Eduardo Galvan
Melinda Paniagua Riddle
Members Absent
Antonio Perez-Benitoa
Jorge Perez Avila
Jaime Gutierrez
Zac Lucio
Staff Present
Ramiro Manalich
Staff Liason to Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
The meeting of the Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board was held at
6:45 p.m. on April 23, 1992 in the east half of the board room,
third floor, Building F, Collier County Government Center.
Mr. Edwardo Galvan, Acting Chairman of the Hispanic Affairs
Advisory Board called the meeting to order. He welcomed all
present and reported the resignation of H.A.A.B. Chairperson, Mr.
Zac Lucio.
A motion was made to have Mr. Galvan act as Chairman for the next
two meetings. It seconded and passed unanimously.
Mr. Mafialich informed the board members that Mr. Avila has been
excused from attending this meeting. Mr. Garcia made a motion to
request a written report of Mr. Avila's absence from the Fire
Department. It was seconded and passed unanimously.
Ms. Paniagua made a motion to accept the minutes at the next
meeting it seconded and passed unanimously.
Chairman Report
The chairperson had no report to submit at this meeting.
Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
Minutes of April 23, 1992 Meeting
Page 2
staff Report
Mr. Mafialich informed the board of chairperson, Mr. Zac Lucio's
resignation and circulated copies of resignation letter to all
members present.
He also recommended to have the election of a chairperson and
vice-chairperson at our next scheduled meeting. Mr. Mafialich
informed the board members that it was the opinion of the County
Attorney that the Rodriguez/Valdes documents are public records and
cannot be removed from the file and returned to the parties.
Mr. Garcia made a motion to have the board pass no judgment on the
validity of the documents, not to accept the records and to
consider it as not pertinent to official matters of the Board. It
was seconded and passed unanimously. Mr. Mafialich spoke about the
budget calendar on equal opportunity. Mr. Mafialich informed the
Board about the need for basic advertisement and the meetings of
subcommittees to avoid violation of the Sunshine Law. He also
offered to be of assistance to the subcommittees.
Subcommittee Report
Ms. Melinda P. Riddle and Mr. Bernardo Garcia presented a written
report on the creation of an equal opportunity division (see
attached copy).
Mr. Galvan made a motion to accept the recommendations as
presented. It was seconded and passed unanimously.
Mr. Garcia made a motion to recommend that Ms. Paniagua be the
person to work with the B.A.A.B and other request Mr. Garcia and
Mr. Mufioz will assist. The B.A.A.B meeting is scheduled for
May 13, 1992 at 6:30 p.m. in the east half of the board room, third
floor, Building F, Collier County Government Center.
It was agreed by the H.A.A.B members that Mr. Galvan will write a
letter of support to B.A.A.B on behalf of the board and will affix
his signature to the proposal.
Old Business
Mr. Garcia congratulated Mr. Gutierrez regarding the field
inspection report on Ms. Lozano's residence. Mr. Perez-Benitoa
report will be covered at the next schedule meeting.
New Business
Mr. Garcia was of the op~n~on that the derogatory articles on
Hispanics published by the Naples Dailv News should be addressed.
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Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
Minutes of April 23, 1992 Meeting
Page 3
Mr. Mufioz made a motion to have Mr. Garcia contact the editors of
The Naples Dailv News on behalf of the H.A.A.B and to invite them
to attend our meeting. It seconded and passed unanimously.
Mr. Mufioz made a motion to limit public speakers to five minutes
per topic it seconded and passed unanimously.
Public Speaker and Comments
Mr. victor Valdes, editor of Las Naciones Newspaper introduced Mr.
Moises Gomez and Mr. Bruno Gomez. He stated that both brothers
have been brutally abused by The Collier County Sheriff's
Department. Mr. Moises Gomez has a fractured hand and his brother
is severely bruised.
Mr. Garcia suggested that we invite Sheriff Hunter to attend our
next scheduled meeting, and ask the Gomez brothers to be present at
the meeting. Mr. Mafialich reminded the H.A.A.B of the ordinance
under which this board was created. We cannot operate where there
is a conflict of interest, a County personnel grievance matter or
matters outside of the jurisdiction of the Board of County
commissioners. with those caveats, we can listen to individual
cases. However, Mr. Mafialich will consult with Mr. CUyler.
Mr. Garcia stated that we can present to the Sheriff the perception
of The Hispanic Community toward his Department. Mr. Jose Gomez
agreed with Mr. Garcia's comments and stated that it is imperative
to know what kind of complaints can be brought before the H.A.A.B.
He added that a civilian review complaint board is necessary in
Collier County. Mr. Garcia made a motion to invite Sheriff Hunter
to be our guest speaker at our next scheduled meeting. It was
seconded and passed unanimously.
Next Meetinq
The next meeting of the H.A.A.B. is scheduled for May 27, at
7:00 p.m. in Immokalee. The place of meeting will be announced
in writing to all members.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:40 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Gloria Dominguez, Secretary
Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
Approved by the Board on
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Eduardo Galvan, Acting Chairman
Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
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MEMORANDUM
DATE:
May 13, 1992
TO:
Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
FROM:
Ramiro Manalich, Assistant County Attorney
RE:
Memorandum of the Hispanic Board to be
attached to the Valdes/Rodriguez documents.
Pursuant to the unanimous vote of the Board on April 23, 1992, I
have prepared a sample memorandum to be attached to the Valdes
and Rodriguez documents. If the Board indicates its approval of
this memo at the May 27th meeting, the memo shall be attached to
said documents.
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MEMORANDUM
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
FROM: Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
RE: Valdes/Rodriguez Documents in the Hispanic Board file.
Please be advised that the documents attached to this Memorandum
have been determined to be public record by the office of the
County Attorney but the Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board wishes to
clarify that it has voted to reject these documents and has not
accepted them. The Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board expresses no
opinion or judgment as to the content of these documents. The
Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board further states that it does not
believe that the content of these materials is in any way
relevant to matters concerning the Hispanic Affairs Advisory
Board.
This memorandum has been approved by vote of the Hispanic Affairs
Advisory Board on May 27, 1992 at public meeting.
Eduardo Galvan, Acting Chairman
Collier County Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
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MEETING
HISPANIC AFFAIRS ADVISORY BOARD
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1992 AT 6:30 P.M.
BUILDING F, THIRD FLOOR BOARDROOM
AGENDA
I. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND MINUTES
II. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
III. STAFF REPORT
IV. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
Report on meeting with Black Affairs Advisory Board
regarding Department of Equal Opportunity proposal
V. OLD BUSINESS
Update on Ms. Lozano complaint
VI. NEW BUSINESS
VII. PUBLIC SPEAKERS & COMMENTS
VIII. NEXT MEETING
~: Pursuant to the vote of the Hispanic Board on January
27, 1992, it is requested that all members of the Board who
will be making reports provide written summaries of their
presentations to secretary Gloria Dominguez.
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TO THE BOARD OF COLLIER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
ATTN: Michael Volpe, Chairman of the Collier County Board of
Commissioners
Ann Goodnight
Uax Hasse, Jr.
Richard Shanahan
FROM: Zac R. Lucio, Chairman of the Hispanic Affairs Advisory
Board
The purpose of this letter is to submit my irrevocable resignation
as Chairman and member of the H.A.A.B. beginning today, April 22,
1992 .
The reasons for resignation are as follows; After four years of
intense work and hundreds of hours of my own time and effort in
order to create the H.A.A.B. which was part of my dreams and hopes
to have a tool to help the Hispanic Community in Collier County and
to be the bridge to better understanding and good will between the
Hispanic Community and the Board of Collier County Commissioners.
I found out that the help that we received from Commissioner Burt
Saunders in creating the H.A.A.B. was only a front for his own pol-
itical aspirations for the future. This being his only reason, in-
stead of sincerely helDing the advancement of the Hispanic Community.
(You all know that I have no personal political aspirations and my
only intention was to help my Community to grow and advance. I have
never asked for any personal favors, nor have I sought out any person-
al gain).
The past eight months have been very frustrating for me as I ,watched};~
the submissive attitude of some of the H.A.A.B. members. I feel tha~
some of these members are now traitors to the Hispanic Community.
The trust that I had for them when I recommended them as appointees,
is now gone. These H.A.A.B. members are no longer trying to help
their Community, but are now totally subordinate to Commissioner Burt
Saunders. They have become manipulative puppets in the hands of this
Commissioner.
As an example, I am enclosing a copy of the letter sent to Victor
Valdes and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce from Bernardo Garcia who
wanted very badly to be appointed to the H.A.A.B. He made much effort
of supplication in hopes of such aopointment. iir. Garcia and sever-
al other H.A.A.B. members became members upon my recommendation and
support. Prior to this, he had no history of working for the Hispanic
Community without pay. (He is a school teacher).
The H.A.A.B. was formed to resolve problems in the Hispanic Commun-
ity. Many of these problems are regarding discrimination, job opp-
ortunities, and more. Commissioner Saunders would not allow any
issues that involved the County, Sheriff's Department, School Board,
or any government agency. This rendered the efforts of the H.A.A.B.
useless. Because of this, I am submitting my resignation. This is
also the reason for the resignation of Vice Chairman, Alex Castro,
which was submitted earlier. Still, some members of the H.A.A.B.
are willing to remain and follow the guidelines of Commissioner
Saunders.
What now is the function of the H.A.A.B.? It is unable to address
the very problems that were the original intent when it was created.
In closing I would like to repeat that I want it understood that I,
Zac Lucio, have no Dolitical aspirations, nor have I ever asked any
Collier County Commissioner for any personal favor.
c.c. Copy - Las Naciones Newspaper
Naples Daily News
Ft. Myers Newspress
HNPL TV
WmK TV
Assistant County Attorney
Ramiro Manalich
Black Affairs Advisory Board
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REPORT OF SUBCOMMITTEE
ON CREATION OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY DIVISION
Bernardo Garcia and the undersigned attended the
workshop/meeting of the Black Affairs Advisory Board held on
April 8, 1992 at the Golden Gate library.
The proposal, substantially as presented in written form to
HAAB, was approved and subcommittees were formed to contact the
various community groups. It was the consensus of all attending
that support for the proposal should be obtained first from all
community groups and then to begin contacting the Commissioners.
There is a plan for the BAAB to meet with commissioner Saunders
to obtain his support/sponsorship for the proposal.
Currently, the plan is to push for consideration by the
Commissioners by June of 1992. The budget workshops begin in
late May and must include information on the proposal if
implementation is to occur within the next fiscal year. The BAAB
will begin to approach the media after the Commissioners have
been apprised of the proposal, so it is imperative that this
information not be prematurely disclosed.
Recommendations:
1. That the HAAB vote to sponsor the proposal jointly with
the BAAB and issue a written resolution of support; and
2. That the HAAB designate a person/committee to work
directly with the BAAB, including attending any meeting with the
Commissioners; and
3.
community
proposal.
That the HAAB members utilize their contacts within the
to help provide a wide base of support for the
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Dated: April 23, 1992
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Eduardo Galvan, Acting Chairman
Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
,/Gloria Dominguez, Secretary
Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
FROM: Ramiro Mafialich, Assistant county Attorney
DATE: May 29, 1992
RE: Minutes of Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
Enclosed please find the minutes of the April 2 and April 23,
1992 meeting of the Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board for your
signature and approval. I would note that the following change
was made in regard to the "New Business" section on page 4 of
the minutes of April 2 in accordance with the motion of Melinda
P. Riddle and the vote of the Board at the May 27 meeting. The
sentence "Ms. Melinda P. Riddle informed the group that she has
addressed this issue." is replaced by "Ms. Melinda P. Riddle
informed the Board that she had seen the article but that she
did not feel the timing was appropriate for Board action on the
matter." Once you have had a chance to review and approve
these minutes please return them to me for filing in~he
Hispanic Board file.
I have enclosed another copy of the comments regarding the
Valdes/Rodriguez documents which were approved by the Board at
a prior m~eting. We forgot to formally approve this memo on
May 27 and I suggest that we consider doing so at the June
meeting. In the meantime, pursuant to Board direction, these
comments will be attached to the Valdes/Rodriguez documents.
Please be advised that I will be in the process of going
through all of our prior minutes to make sure that they are
signed by the Chairman and that they have all been approved by
the Board. If there are any minutes which require further
Board action I will bring the matter to the Board.
Thank you for your at~o ~y memo and for your assistance
in this matter. ~~
cc: Members of the Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
Kenneth B. Cuyler, County Attorney
Enclosures
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MEMORANDUM
DATE:
May 13, 1992
TO:
Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
FROM:
Ramiro Mafialich, Assistant County Attorney
RE:
Memorandum of the Hispanic Board to be
attached to the Valdes/Rodriguez documents.
Pursuant to the unanimous vote of the Board on April 23, 1992, I
have prepared a sample memorandum to be attached to the Valdes
and Rodriguez documents. If the Board indicates its approval of
this memo at the May 27th meeting, the memo shall be attached to
said documents.
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MEMORANDUM
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
FROM: Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
RE: valdes/Rodriguez Documents in the Hispanic Board file.
Please be advised that the documents attached to this Memorandum
have been determined to be public record by the office of the
County Attorney but the Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board wishes to
clarify that it has voted to reject these documents and has not
accepted them. The Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board expresses no
opinion or judgment as to the content of these documents. The
Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board further states that it does not
believe that the content of these materials is in any way
relevant to matters concerning the Hispanic Affairs Advisory
Board.
This memorandum has been approved by vote of the Hispanic Affairs
Advisory Board on May 27, 1992 at public meeting.
Eduardo Galvan, Acting Chairman
Collier County Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
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REPORT OF SUBCOMMITTEE
ON CREATION OF EOUAL OPPORTUNITY DIVISION
Bernardo Garcia and the undersigned
workshop/meeting of the Black Affairs Advisory
April 8, 1992 at the Golden Gate library.
attended the
Board held on
The proposal, sUbstantially as presented in written form to
HAAB, was approved and subcommittees were formed to contact the
various community groups. It was the consensus of all attending
that support for the proposal should be obtained first from all
community groups and then to begin contacting the Commissioners.
There is a plan for the BAAB to meet with Commissioner Saunders
to obtain his support/sponsorship for the proposal.
Currently, the plan is to push for consideration by the
Commissioners by June of 1992. The budget workshops begin in
late May and must include information on the proposal if
implementation is to occur within the next fiscal year. The BAAB
will begin to approach the media after the Commissioners have
been apprised of the proposal, so it is imperative that this
information not be prematurely disclosed.
Recommendations:
1. That the HAAB vote to sponsor the proposal jointly with
the BAAB and issue a written resolution of support; and
2. That the HAAB designate a person/committee to work
directly with the BAAB, including attending any meeting with the
Commissioners; and
3 .
community
proposal.
That the HAAB members utilize their contacts within the
to help provide a wide base of support for the
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BERNARDO GARCIA
Dated: April 23, 1992
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MEMORANDUM
DATE:
May 13, 1992
TO:
Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
FROM:
Ramiro Mafialich, Assistant County Attorney
RE:
Memorandum of the Hispanic Board to be
attached to the Valdes/Rodriguez documents.
Pursuant to the unanimous vote of the Board on April 23, 1992, I
have prepared a sample memorandum to be attached to the Valdes
and Rodriguez documents. If the Board indicates its approval of
this memo at the May 27th meeting, the memo snaIl be attached to
said documents.
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MEMORANDUM
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
FROM: Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
RE: valdes/Rodriguez Documents in the Hispanic Board file.
Please be advised that the documents attached to this Memorandum
have been determined to be public record by the office of the
County Attorney but the Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board wishes to
clarify that it has voted to reject these documents and has not
accepted them. The Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board expresses no
opinion or judgment as to-~he content of these documents. The
Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board further states that it does not
believe that the content of these materials is in any way
relevant to matters concerning the Hispanic Affairs Advisory
Board.
This memorandum has been approved by vote of the Hispanic Affairs
Advisory Board on May 27, 1992 at public meeting.
Eduardo Galvan, Acting Chairman
Collier County Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
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