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This Office has just completed a review of all City Of Miami
S Satds and Committees to determine the number and degree of
activity of each. ohe. Doting the course of this teview, it
was rated that there does riot appear to be any official
differentiation as to what constitutes a "Board" or a
Committee," although the majority of the Boards have been
created by Ordinance and are utandated by either the Charter
or Code, while only four "Committees" (Cultural Arts Advisor.
Committee, Self -/assurance Co$'.t`iittee, Specifications Committee
and Substance Abuse Committee), were created by Ordinance. It
teas also noted that a few of the Boards were created by
kesolution. Section S8 of the City Charter simply states:
"The commission may, at the request of the city
manager, appoint boards or cortnissions, to be
composed of such number of citizens as the
commission nay deer:, expedient to act in an
advisory capacity in conjunction with any one
or more of the departments created or authorized
hereby. The members of all such boards and
commissions shall serve without compensation,
and may be removed at any time by a majority
vote of the commission."
Since no official differentiation does exist, this report on
our review will group boards and committees together.
At present, our records indicate there are at least 60 various
Boards/Committees, having some degree of official status. Of
this 60, the following play an important part in the operation
of the City and need no further review or comment as to their
purpose, number, etc:
1. Affirmative Action Advisory Board
2. Civil Service Board
3. Downtown Development Authority 2oard
S. Off -Street Parking Bo::r'
g. Planning Advisory boa d
i. Retirement Ilan board
7, Retirement System board
8. Lining boatel
9, Miami. Metrt 3tial e tuiittee
le. Plat & Street Corwmittee
11. Commission oh the Status of C•tomert
The Next list of 26 boards/Committees ate all cofisidered to be
"active" to otie degree or another:
1. Environmental Preservation Review board
2. Board of 'trustees public Libraries and Library System
3. Parking Lot Review board
C' 4. Urban Development Review Board
5. Youth Advisory Board
6. Bieententtial Committee of Coconut Grove
(Works is now cot*npleted)
7. Advisory Committee for the Handicapped
8. Baseball Stadium Study CoMInittee
9. Boring Steering Committee
10. Budget Study Committee
'~11. Child Care Committee
12. City Manager's Committee for Pension Emoluments
for Retirees
13, Conceptual Transportation Plan Implementation Committee
14. Cultural Arts Advisory Committee
15. Day Care for the Elderly Committee
16. Ecology and Beautification Committee
17. Employees Insurance Committee
Xte, 18. General Cultural Hispanic Committee
19. Gusman Hall Advisory Committee
20. Hours of Closing - Liquor Establishments
21. Housing Bonds Advisory Committee
22. Interanerican Trade Fair Directors Committee
23. International Folk Festival Committee
I'lC- 24. Substance Abuse Advisory Committee
25. Wainwright Park — Lower Brickell Avenue Committee
26. Watson Island Development Citizens Advisory
Committee (formerly the Miami Bicentennial Committee)
The remaining 23 Boards/Committees all seem to be inactive - some
for a year or less, and some have been inactive for several years:
1. Boxing and Wrestling Board
2. Charter Review Board
3. Commercial Blood Donors Board
4, Downtown Government Center Board
5, Housing Appeals Board
6, Tricultural Program Advisory Board
Virginia key tan Use Advisory Board
a oara to !Review Obscene Literature, Musics prints, etc.
O. eater and Sewer toard
: eiti2eris Co mmittee for Study of New Planning
2nhing Structure
ii s C oCortut drove zoning Advisory Committee
12. tfployee Efficiency Evaluation Cotnthittee
1 ► Say,,dffehders penal Institutions Committee
14. investment COrrittee of the ttetiretnent poard
ig. Orange bowl Advisory Committee
15. tteveftue Sharing Cotnrittee
17. Self=fhturatce Ct3thmittee
18. Special Merit pay increase Committee
19. Specifications Committee
20. urban beveloptient and zoning plan for Downtown Area
Cotntnittee divided into 4 sub_conimittees as follows
(a) Architects & professional planners Committee
(b) Consumer & Users Committee
(c) Covernrent Committee
(d) rand Owners & Builders Committee
As the basis of this review and for deciding which list each
Board/Committee belonged on, the files of this office and the
City Clerk were utilized, along with the responses received by
the Commission 'On the Status of 4Srnen. Only in rare instances
where it was not possible to verify information any other way,
were actual chairpersons or members contacted.
This matter will come up as a discussion item under the Committee
of the Whole at the February 24, City Commission Meeting.