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File Number: 06-02064 Final Action Date:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
2/ARTICLE XI/ DIVISION 12, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES,
COMMISSIONS/COMMUNITY RELATIONS BOARD," MORE PARTICULARLY BY
AMENDING SECTION 2-1152, TO DELETE PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION, A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Chapter 2, Article XI of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City
Code"), provides standards and eligibility for membership requirements that apply to all boards of the
City of Miami ("City") unless there is any statutory or City Charter provision to the contrary, or unless
otherwise specifically provided in said article; and
WHEREAS, said eligibility requirements specifically provide that all members of City boards shall
either be permanent residents of the City, own real property in the City, or work or maintain a business
in the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission may waive said eligibility requirement by four -fifths vote of its
membership; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to delete any specific eligibility requirement that is
applicable to the Community Relations Board that would not be subject to the four -fifth waiver
provision;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. Chapter 2/ Article XI/Division 12 of the City Code, is amended in the following
particulars:(1}
"Chapter 2
ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE XI. BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS
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DIVISION 12. COMMUNITY RELATIONS BOARD
Sec. 2-1152. Membership; qualifications; terms of office; vacancies; officers; rules of procedure;
meetings; quorum; attendance requirements.
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(b) Qualifications.
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(1) Board. The members of the board shall be broadly representative of the social, racial, religious,
linguistic, cultural, and economic groups comprising the population of the city. Each member shall be a
residentfeeident-Gf-the-eityT an individual with an outstanding reputation for community pride, interest, integrity,
responsibility, and business or professional ability.
Section 2. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances that are inconsistent or in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance are repealed.
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 immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JORG L. ERNANDEZ
CI ATTIJRNEY
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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