Kids to Hold a Mock City Commission Meeting -- In celebration of Municipal Clerk’s Week – On Monday, May 16, 2005 at 10:00 a.m., the City of Miami Beach held the 2005 City of Miami Beach Mock Commission Meeting in celebration of National Municipal Clerk’s Week and the 90th Anniversary of the City of Miami Beach. During this event, Miami Beach High School Drama Class and Nautilus Middle School students re-enacted the first Board of Alderman meeting of April 6, 1915, with guest speaker Dr. Abraham Lavender, Professor at Florida International University and President of the Miami Beach Historical Association.

Back row, from left to right: Nannette Rodriguez, Office of Communications, Dr. Abraham Lavender, Professor at Florida International University, and President of the Miami Beach Historical Association; Carolyn Klepser, historian, Sonia Contreras, Drama 1 Class teacher at Miami Beach High School, Jorge Gonzalez, City Manager, Robert E. Parcher, City Clerk, Commissioner Saul Gross, Commissioner Richard Steinberg, Murray Dubbin, City Attorney and Sandra Martinez, Activities Director at Nautilus Middle School.

Front row from left to right: Commissioner Matti Bower, Vice-Mayor Luis R. Garcia, Jr., and students: Ashley Newton, Theo DeFreeze, Jan Vleeschouwer, Michelle Ziscovich, Chris Lewis, Luis Lindao, Elliot Castellanos, Luella Llorens, Kyle Rego, Taylor Calibo, Alexandra Rodriguez; and Liliam Hatfield, City Clerk's Office.