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File Number: 06-01775 Final Action Date:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
2/ARTICLE XI/DIVISION 2, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED, ENTITLED " ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES,
COMMISSIONS/STANDARDS FOR CREATION AND REVIEW OF BOARDS
GENERALLY," MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTIONS 2-884, 2-885,
2-886 AND 2-887 TO RECOGNIZE EXEMPTIONS PROVIDED BY OTHER
CHARTER OR CODE PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO SPECIFIC BOARDS;
CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Downtown Development Authority, at its meeting of July
21, 2006, adopted a resolution recommending to the City Commission an amendment to the
ordinance governing the Downtown Development Authority changing the composition of the board, the
term of service, and the procedure for removal of members, and other non -substantive provisions; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 2, Article XI, Division 2 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended
("City Code"), provides the general standards for the creation and review of City boards, in general;
and
WHEREAS it is necessary to amend Chapter 2, Article XI , Division 2, to reflect the particular
standards applicable to the Downtown Development Authority;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CIT OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are adopted and
incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 2/Article XI/Division 2, of the City Code, is amended in the following
particulars:{1}
"Chapter 2
ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE XI. BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS/
DIVISION 2. STANDARDS FOR CREATION AND REVIEW OF BOARDS GENERALLY
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Sec. 2-884. Membership on boards.
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(e) Except for the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Advisory Board (HAB), or
as otherwise specificallyprovided in the Charter or the Code, an employee of Miami -Dade County,
Florida, or any municipality therein other than a City of Miami employee, shall not serve on or be
appointed to any Board of the City of Miami, unless the city commission waives this restriction by a
four -fifths affirmative vote of its membership and the employee is a resident of the City of Miami.
Sec. 2-885. Terms of office; term limit waiver.
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(b) Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Charter or the Code, N no board member shall serve
more than eight consecutive years on any one board. The provisions of this section shall be applied
prospectively to current board members. Nothing set forth in the subsection above shall prohibit any
individual from being reappointed to a city board after a hiatus of two years.
Sec. 2-886. Attendance requirement.
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(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to municipal board members, as defined in Section
_112.501,.Florida Statutes, as amended, and to those individuals who are members of city boards and
who are (1) reservists in the United States Armed Forces or"members of the Florida National Guard,
and have been ordered to active military duty for national, state, or homeland defense and due to such
duty cannot attend board meetings, or (2) employees of agencies whose services are considered
essential for national, state, or homeland defense and due to such services cannot attend board
meetings.
Sec. 2-887. Quorum requirements; exceptions.
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The following boards are subject to quorum requirements as provided for elsewhere in this Code.
Audit Advisory Committee
Bayfront Park Management Trust
Coconut Grove Special Events and Marketing Committee
Downtown Development Authority
Equal Opportunity Advisory Board
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Mayor's International Council
Miami Commission on the Status of Women
Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority
Parking Advisory Board
Street Codesignation Review Committee
Urban Development Review Board
Section 3. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances that are inconsistent or in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance shall be governed by the provisions hereof.
Section 4. 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 5. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately.{2}
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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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