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Second Reading
File ID: #6011
Date: 06/05/2019
Commission Meeting Date: 10/10/2019
Type: Ordinance
Subject: Amend Code - Chapter 2 -
Mayor's International Council
Purpose of Item:
Requesting Department: Office of the
City Clerk
Sponsored By:
District Impacted: All
During the process of realigning various boards, other boards that were created
decades ago are being reviewed to update their purpose. The Mayor's International
Council was created back on July 17, 2003. Since then, economic paradigms have
changed significantly as it relates to the global scale in which economic competitiveness
and development occur. With this in mind, the Mayor's International Council is being
renamed the Mayor's Council on Global Competitiveness to account for these new
economic paradigms.
Background Information:
During the process of realigning various boards, other boards that were created
decades ago are being reviewed to update their purpose. The Mayor's International
Council was created back on July 17, 2003. Since then, economic paradigms have
changed significantly as it relates to the global scale in which economic competitiveness
and development occur. With this in mind, the Mayor's International Council is being
renamed the Mayor's Council on Global Competitiveness to account for the new
economic paradigms.
Budget Impact Analysis
Item is NOT Related to Revenue
Item has NO budget impact
Item is NOT funded by Bonds
Office of the City Clerk
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Management and Budget
City Manager's Office
Legislative Division
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
Reviewed B
Todd B. Hannon
Pedro Lacret
Christopher M Rose
Nikolas Pascual
Valentin J Alvarez
George K. Wysong III
Barnaby L. Min
Victoria Mendez
Department Head Review
Budget Analyst Review
Budget Review
City Manager Review
Legislative Division Review
ACA Review
Deputy Attorney Review
Approved Form and Correctness
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
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Completed
Completed
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City Commission Nicole Ewan Meeting Completed 07/11/2019 9:00 AM
City Commission Nicole Ewan Meeting Completed 07/25/2019 9:00 AM
City Commission Nicole Ewan Meeting Completed 09/12/2019 9:00 AM
City Commission Maricarmen Lopez Meeting Completed 10/10/2019 9:00 AM
Office of the Mayor Mayor's Office Signed by the Mayor Completed 10/15/2019 3:20 PM
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City of Miami
Legislation
Ordinance
Enactment Number:13863
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 6011 Final Action Date: 10/10/2019
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION RENAMING THE
"MAYOR'S INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL" TO THE "MAYOR'S COUNCIL
ON GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS" BY AMENDING CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE
XI/DIVISION 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS,
COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS/STANDARDS FOR CREATION AND
REVIEW OF BOARDS GENERALLY," MORE PARTICULARLY BY
AMENDING SECTIONS 2-887(B) AND 2-892(4)(A)(1) TO CHANGE
REFERENCES TO THE "MAYOR'S INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL" TO THE
"MAYOR'S COUNCIL ON GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS"; AMENDING
CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE XI/DIVISION 3 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED
"ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS/MAYOR'S
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL," TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE
"MAYOR'S INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL" TO THE "MAYOR'S COUNCIL
ON GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS"; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Mayor's International Council ("Council") implements and advises the
Mayor and the City Commission in the areas of international trade, sister cities, and protocol;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami recognizes its role as an international city and desires to
make itself more competitive on a global scale, through the promotion of trade and local
investment in accordance with international best practices; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that the change of the Council's name to the
Mayor's Council on Global Competitiveness will better reflect the goals and mission of the
Council;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 2/Article XI/Division 3 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended, is amended in the following particulars:1
"CHAPTER 2
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.
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ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE XI. BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS
* * * *
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 percent (50%) plus one of the board's total membership.
The decision of a majority of the board members present and voting at a meeting at which a
quorum is 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
Downtown Development Authority
Equal Opportunity Advisory Board
Mayor's International Council Mayor's Council on Global Competitiveness
Miami Commission on the Status of Women
Miami Forever Bond Program Citizens' Oversight Board
Parks and Recreation Advisory 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
man ner:
(1) By February 15 of the year in which a board is to be reviewed, the city manager
shall deliver to the city commission the report submitted by the chairperson of each board
pursuant to section 2-890 hereinabove, together with any recommendation or comments the city
manager desires to submit.
(2) During the month of March of each year in which a board is to be reviewed, the
chairperson shall make an oral presentation to the city commission. Said presentation shall be
based on the report set forth in section 2-890 above. At the conclusion of the oral presentation
by the board's chairperson, any individual commissioner may request the formation of a special
purpose board, (hereinafter referred to as the "SPB"), consisting of five members appointed by
the city commission. The SPB shall evaluate the chairperson's report, the city manager's
recommendations and any other information it deems relevant to determine whether the board
being reviewed shall continue in its present form. The SPB shall make a report to the full
commission within 90 days.
(3) At the conclusion of this review process, the city commission shall determine
whether to abolish, continue, consolidate or modify the board for the ensuing four years
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thereafter. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to authorize the abolition, consolidation
or modification of any multijurisdictional board.
(4) The following boards shall initially be reviewed in the following years and shall be
reviewed every four years thereafter:
a. 1995:
1. Bayfront Park management trust.
2. Citywide community development advisory board.
3. Civil service board.
4. Code enforcement boards.
5. Equal opportunity advisory board.
b. 1996:
1. Committee on ecology and beautification.
c. 1997:
1. Reserved.
2. Audit advisory committee.
3. Urban development review board.
4. Nuisance abatement board.
d. 1998:
1. Historical and environmental preservation board.
2. Waterfront advisory board.
3. Community relations board.
e. 1999:
1. Little Havana Special Events District.
2. Commercial solid waste management advisory committee.
f. 2000:
1. Commission on the status of women.
2. Virginia Key Beach Park trust.
g. 2002:
1. Reserved.
2. City of Miami arts and entertainment council.
h. Reserved.
i. 2003:
1. Mayor's International Council Mayor's Council on Global Competitiveness.
j. Reserved.
k. Reserved.
I. 2010:
1. Overtown Advisory Board/Overtown Community Oversight Board.
2. Liberty City Community Revitalization Trust.
3. Education advisory board.
4. Planning, zoning, and appeals board.
m. 2011:
1. Parks and recreation advisory board.
n. Reserved.
o. 2013:
1. Housing and commercial loan committee.
p. 2016:
1. Stars of Calle Ocho Walk of Fame celebrity and community recognition advisory
committee.
q. 2019:
1. Senior citizens' advisory board.
(5) All boards created after the effective date of this division shall be placed in the
appropriate area under subsection (4) hereinabove, and shall be reviewed in accordance
therewith.
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DIVISION 3. MAYOR'S INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL MAYOR'S COUNCIL ON
GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
Sec. 2-921. Mayor's International council Mayor's Council on Global
Competitiveness created.
shall:
Sec. 2-922. - Purpose; powers and duties.
(a) Purpose. The council shall:
(1) Plan and implement the city's national and international trade promotion policies for
the purposes of stimulating commercial and residential development ate, promoting
economic competitiveness and development on a global scale, and expanding the city's
tax base through the promotion of trade and local investment in accordance with the
bylaws adopted by the council;
(2) Plan, implement, and coordinate the city sister cities program, execute all sister city
agreements for the same, and oversee the city's national and international, professional,
and technical educational and cultural exchanges, promotion and policies to create and
stimulate friendly and meaningful relationships; and
(3) Coordinate protocol requirements for national and international events and dignitaries
pursuant to the standard and practices adopted by the council.
(b) Powers and duties. Subject to reasonable notice to the city commission, the council
(1) Encourage the fullest and most active participation and cooperation of private
enterprise by actively soliciting contributions and financial support from private business
interests and any other governmental authorities for national and international trade
promotion and business development;
(2) Establish independent city line items in the budget for deposit of revenues generated
by the council and for disbursement of council expenses;
(3) Purchase and sell services for national and international trade promotion and
business development and the ability to create council -sponsored conferences, trade
shows and trade missions on behalf of the city;
(4) Maintain a separate, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation for the purpose of seeking
funding from outside sources if it so chooses;
(5) Approve designation of national or international cities and geographic locations as
sister cities to the city;
(6) Form a committee for each sister city that will have a president with significant
cultural and business ties to the sister city, said president to be appointed by the council;
a. The sister cities committee president shall recruit members from the
community at -large with membership criteria emphasizing significant cultural and
business ties to the sister cities having a sister city relationship with the city.
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b. Local consul general of the country of individual foreign sister cities will be
afforded the opportunity to appoint an individual to the sister cities committee;
thereby, assigning an ex officio member from the consul general's staff to be a
liaison between the consulate and the committee.
(7) Maintain an affiliation policy and direction of sister city committees established for
each sister city of the city; and
(8) Create, coordinate and manage policies and procedures for events related to the
council's purpose and dignitaries visiting the city.
(c) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, the council shall exercise only such
powers as are granted pursuant to this article. The City Commission or the Mayor's international
council Mayor's Council on Global Competitiveness upon reasonable notice to the City
Commission may rescind any sister city relationship.
(d) All sister city relationships existing prior to the effective date of this amendment, and
which are consistent with the provisions herein, regardless of the manner in which said sister
city relationship was created, shall continue to be deemed a sister city of the City pursuant to
this section.
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Section 3. If any section, part of a 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:
ndez, ity Attor ey 7/1/2019
2 If the Mayor does not sign this Ordinance, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar 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.
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