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Ordinance: 12967
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File Number: 07-01304 Final Action Date: 2/14/2008
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION ADDING A NEW SECTION TO
CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE XI, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED, ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES,
COMMISSIONS," TO ESTABLISH THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY
BOARD, TO SET FORTH SAID BOARD'S PURPOSES, FUNCTIONS, POWERS,
RESPONSIBILITIES, AND JURISDICTION; TO PROVIDE FOR MEMBERSHIP,
QUALIFICATIONS, NOMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS OF MEMBERS, TERMS
OF OFFICE, FILLING OF VACANCIES, OFFICERS, MEETINGS, QUORUM,
ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS, REMOVAL, AND ASSIGNMENT OF STAFF AND
LIAISON(S), AND TO PROVIDE FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT AND THE "SUNSET"
REVIEW OF SAID BOARD EVERY FOUR YEARS; MORE PARTICULARLY BY
ADDING TO ARTICLE XI A NEW DIVISION 11, BY AMENDING SECTION 2-887 OF
SAID CODE TO ADD THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD AND TO
DELETE THE FORMER COCONUT GROVE SPECIAL EVENTS AND MARKETING
COMMITTEE AND THE FORMER PARKING ADVISORY BOARD; AND BY
AMENDING 2-892 OF SAID CODE TO ADD THE PARKS AND RECREATION
ADVISORY BOARD; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to establish a new Parks and Recreation Advisory
Board to provide for public input on parks programs and services, recreation programs and services,
the use of park and recreation facilities, the operations and maintenance of all parks and recreation
facilities, and the development of park lands and recreation facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to include in such public input and representation on
the new Parks and Recreation Advisory Board representatives from community, user, and
homeowners' groups such as from Miami Neighborhoods United; and
WHEREAS, the provisions of Section 2-833 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended ("City Code") require that all City of Miami boards be created by ordinance;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1: The recitals and findings found in the Preamble of this Ordinance are adopted by
reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. A new Division 11, entitled "Parks and Recreation Advisory Board," is added to Chapter 2,
Article XI, of the City Code entitled "Administration/Boards, Committees, Commissions," in the
following particulars:{1}
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"Chapter 2
ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE XI. BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS
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DIVISION 11. PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD
Sec. 2-1144.1. Established.
There is hereby established an advisory committee of the city to be known as the "Parks and
Recreation Advisory Board" which shall be hereinafter referred to as the "Board".
Sec. 2-1144.2. Purpose, powers and duties.
The purpose, powers and duties of the Board are to:
(1) Serve in an advisory capacity to the city commission, mayor, and city manager on citywide parks
and recreation policy matters, park and recreation needs and priorities, and as stewards of the parks
and recreation master plan(s);
(2) Provide periodic review of physical improvements as needed for all city park and recreational
facilities:
(3) Provide a review of the parks, recreation, playground, after school, weekend, and summer camp
programs and other activities and services provided throughout all parks, and make
recommendations to the director of the department of parks and recreation;
(4) Review the use of city park, playground, and recreation facilities to assess whether such uses
meet the recreational needs of the neighborhood and community in which each facility is located;
(5) Review the operations and maintenance needs of the parks department's operations division and
provide recommendations on needs required to effectively address citywide park and recreation
facilities maintenance issues;
(6) Provide recommendations on the expansion of existing and development of new undeveloped
park land;
(7) Review the city's implementation of the recommendations contained within the parks and
recreation master plan(s);
(8) Participate in charettes and other public forums to obtain comments and suggestions with respect
to the city's park and recreation system;
(9) Work with existing and future city public trusts and/or agencies that have responsibility over the
operations and maintenance of city park land;
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(10) Discuss, conduct a recorded vote on the Board's recommendations, and include such recorded
vote(s) and written recommendation(s) in the City Commission agenda package for any item upon
which the Board is making a recommendation to the City Commission.
Sec. 2-1144.3. Membership; qualifications; terms of office; vacancies; officers.
(a) Membership. The Board shall consist of at least eleven (11) members who shall serve without
compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in official duties, as may be
determined and approved by the commission, and shall be composed as follows:
(1) Eleven (11) regular members, all of whom shall be entitled to vote, shall be appointed as follows:
(i) Five (5) members appointed by the members of the commission, with each commissioner
nominating one individual who must reside within his or her commission district of the city;
(ii) Two (2) members who are residents of the city at -large nominated by the mayor and
appointed by the commission;
(iii) Four (4) members nominated by the city manager and appointed by the commission as
follows:
(x) One (1) representative who is an existing park program user;
(y) Two (2) city resident community activists or representatives from city neighborhood
community organizations; and
(z) One (1) individual with an expertise in sports/recreational activities.
(2) There shall be no no -voting ex-officio members of the Board.
(b) Qualifications. In addition to the specific qualifications set forth in (a) above, the general
provisions set forth in section 2-884 of this article shall apply to all members of the Board.
(c) Terms of office; vacancies.
(1) The terms of office of the members of the Board shall be as follows:
(i) two (2) years, or
(ii) until the nominating commissioner, nominating mayor, or nominating city manager leaves
office, or
(iii) upon recommendation for removal by the nominating commissioner, nominating mayor, or
nominating city manager, as applicable, and voted upon by the members of the commission,
whichever occurs first.
(2) When the nominating commissioner, nominating mayor, or nominating city manager leaves office,
the Board member's term shall expire. Vacancies on the Board shall be filled by nomination by the
specific district commissioner, the mayor, or the city manager, as applicable, and appointment by the
commission for the unexpired term. Board members shall continue to serve until their successors
have been appointed and qualified.
(3) No Board member shall serve more than four (4) consecutive terms. Nothing set forth in the
subsection above shall prohibit any individual from being reappointed to a city board after a hiatus of
two (2) years.
(d) Officers. The members of the Board shall elect from its members a chairperson,
vice -chairperson, secretary, and such other officers as may be deemed necessary, who shall serve at
the pleasure of the Board. No chairperson shall serve more than two (2) years in office. The
vice -chairperson shall serve as chairperson in the absence of the chairperson. The secretary shall
serve as chairperson in the absence of the chairperson and the vice -chairperson.
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Sec. 2-1144.4. Meetings; quorum; attendance requirements; rules of procedure.
(a) Meetings; quorum. All meetings of said Board shall be open to the public. A majority of the
Board's appointed and qualified members at such time shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of
convening any meeting. An affirmative vote of not less than fifty percent (50%) plus one of the
members present and voting at any meeting is required for any action to be taken by the members.
The Board shall meet at a minimum on a quarterly basis.
(b) Attendance requirements.
(1) A member shall be automatically removed if, (a) in a given calendar year he or she is absent
from three (3) consecutive meetings; or (b) he or she is absent from four (4) properly noticed
meetings within a twelve-month period without an excused absence;
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply 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.
(c) Rules of procedure. The Board may adopt its own order of business and rules of procedure
governing its meetings and actions on matters within its jurisdiction, not inconsistent with the
provisions set forth herein, which rules of procedure shall be filed with the city clerk. Copies of
minutes of all Board meetings shall be furnished to the commissioners, mayor, city manager, and
director of the parks and recreation department.
Sec. 2-1144.5. Assignment of staff; liaison(s)s.
The director of the parks and recreation department or his/her designee shall serve as Board's
general liaison to the city manager and other city departments and shall provide services of an
individual to keep minutes of meetings, maintain advisory Board correspondence, post meetings
public notices, file reports and perform all other necessary support functions., and attend all meetings
of the Board. The city manager may appoint other liaisons to assist for particular projects or purposes
from the planning department, department of public works, department of capital improvements, and
such other departments as the city manager deems necessary from time to time.
Sections. 2-1145--2-1149. Reserved.
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Section 3. Chapter 2, Article XI, of the City Code entitled "Administration/Boards, Committees,
Commissions", Division 2 entitled "Standards for Creation and Review," is amended in the following
particulars:{1}
"Chapter 2
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DIVISION 2. STANDARDS FOR CREATION AND REVIEW
OF BOARDS GENERALLY
Sec. 2-887. Quorum requirements; exceptions.
(a) Except for those boards listed in subsection (b) hereinbelow, a quorum for all boards'
meetings, shall consist of fifty 50 percent (50%) plus one of the board's total membership.
The decision of a majority of the board members present shall be the decision of the board.
(b) The following boards are subject to quorum requirements as provided for elsewhere in this
Code.
Audit Advisory Committee
Bayfront Park Management Trust
Coconi ut G_rove Special Events and Marketing Committee
Downtown Development Authority
Equal Opportunity Advisory Board
Mayor's International Council
Miami Commission on the Status of Women
Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
Parking dvisory Board
Street Codesignation Review Committee
Urban Development Review Board
Sec. 2-892. "SUNSET" review of boards.
Commencing with the year 1995, each city board shall be reviewed in the following manner:
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(4) The following boards shall initially be reviewed in the following years and shall be reviewed every
four years thereafter:
m. 2011
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3. Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.
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Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances insofar as they are inconsistent or in conflict with
the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 5. 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 6. It is the intention of the City Commission that the provisions of this ordinance shall
become and be made a part of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, which provisions
may be renumbered or reiterated and that the word "ordinance" may be charged to the "section,"
"article," or other appropriate word to accomplish such intention.
Section 7. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
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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