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Ordinance
File Number: 03-06363
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Mhami, FL 33 133
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
38/ARTICLE VI, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED ENTITLED "PARKS AND RECREATIONNIRGINIA KEY BEACH PARK
TRUST," MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTION 38-233, TO AMEND
THE LIMITATION ON TERM OF OFFICE OF THE VIRGINIA KEY BEACH PARKS
TRUST; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE,
WHEREAS, Article VI of Chapter 38 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City
Code"), establishes the Virginia Key Beach Park Trust ("Trust") and empowers the Trust to assist and
to advise the City Commission of the City of Miami ("City"), the Department of Parks and Recreation,
other City departments, and other public officials and entities concerning the Virginia Key Beach Park;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Trust voted to recommend an amendment to Section 38-
233 of the City Code to the City Commission to allow the waiver of the existing term limitation on Trust
members;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and finding contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are adopted by
reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 38/Article VI of the City Code, entitled "Parks and Recreation/Virginia Key
Beach Park Trust," is amended in the following particulars:{1}
PARKS AND RECREATION
ARTICLE VI. VIRGINIA KEY BEACH PARK TRUST
Sec. 38-233 Governing body: composition and appointments; terms of office and vacancies;
membership eligibility requirements; oath; quorum and voting; meetings; attendance
requirements; indemnification.
(a) Composition and appointments. The Trust shall consist of nine (9) members comprised as
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follows:
(1) One (1) member appointed by the Mayor;
(2) Five (5) members appointed by the City Commission; with each Commissioner nominating
one individual;
(3) Three (3) at -large members initially nominated by the existing or former members of the
Virginia Key Beach Advisory Board and subsequently nominated by a majority of the
existing members of the Trust and confirmed and appointed by the City Commission;
(4) The Trust members shall broadly reflect the diversity of the community and share technical,
professional expertise or experiential knowledge and interest in the following areas:
natural and environmental sciences, historic preservation and restoration, history of the
Old County Park on Virginia Key, architecture and engineering, planning and land use
law, administration and fiscal management, recreation and cultural endeavors, public
relations and marketing, and Park management and programs.
(b) Terms of office and vacancies. Each member shall be appointed by the Mayor or City
Commission for a term of two years or until the Mayor or nominating Commissioner leaves office,
whichever occurs first, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy due to the death, resignation
or removal of any member of the Trust shall serve only for the remainder of the unexpired term. No
member shall serve more than eight consecutive years on the Trust. Nothing set forth herein shall
prohibit any individual from being reappointed after a hiatus of two years.
L1) The eight -consecutive year limitation contained in Subsection (b) of this section may be
waived for a particular Trust member who has completed eight consecutive years to
permit such board member to be reconsidered annually for an additional one-year term
by a unanimous vote of the members of the City Commission.
Section 3. If any section, part of section, paragraph, clause, phrase or word of this ordinance is
declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final reading and adoption
thereof. {2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JULIE O. BRU
CITY ATTORNEY
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Footnotes:
{1 } Words/and or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures shall
be added. The remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks indicate
omitted and unchanged material.
{2} This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall become
effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission or upon the effective date
stated herein, whichever is later.
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