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Resolution 79-15811 RESOLUTION NO. 79-15811 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH CREATING AND DESIGNATING THE "MIAMI BEACH YOUTH CONGRESS" ; PROVIDING FOR ITS 'MEMBERSHIP; THE MODE OF APPOINTMENT; AND ITS JURISDICTION DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; AND DISSOLVING.-THE' MIAMI BEACH_ YOUTH CENTER ADVISORY BOARD. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the "Miami Beach Youth Congress" be and the same is hereby created. Said Congress shall consist of sixteen (16) voting members and six (6) ex officio members to have the qualifications, rights, duties , responsibilities, and jurisdiction as hereinafter set forth: 1. Said Miami Beach Youth Congress shall be comprised of 16 youth members, selected as follows : One member from the 6th grade in each of the following elementary schools : North Beach, • Biscayne, South Beach, Leroy D. Fienberg, Hebrew Academy, St. Patrick's and St. Joseph' s; one member from each of the following junior high schools : Nautilus, Ida M. Fisher, Hebrew Academy, St. Patrick' s and St. Joseph' s; and two memebers from each of the following senior high schools : Miami Beach and Hebrew Academy. Representatives from each of the seven elementary schools shall be selected by the Principal of each school from the 6th graders in that school. • Members from the junior high schools and high schools shall be elected at an election to be held in each of these schools under the rules, regulations and supervision of the respective Principals. Said members of the Youth Congress shall be selected or elected by October 1st of the school year and shall serve a one year term which will end at the end of the school year. The members of the Youth. Congress are . to be elected every year, their terms , running concurrently with the school year. Students eligible for election to the Congress must be residents of the City of Miami Beach. Each school shall select or elect alternate members who shall serve the same terms and who shall have the same rights and duties as the regular representative in the absence of said representative. The elementary school alternate shall be selected from the 5th grade. 2 . The Miami Beach Youth Congress shall have six (6) ex officio members who shall be non-voting, but shall sit in an advisory capacity. These ex officio members shall be selected by the Principals of the schools, one coming from the public sector On each level, elementary, junior high, and senior high, and one., from the parochial schools on each level , elementary, junior high ans senior high. The ex officio position shall be rotated alpha- betically among the schools with each school ' sex officio repre- sentative serving a one year term running concurrently with the school year. OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY- 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE-MIAMI BEACH,FLORIDA 33139 _ _. = _ ,-_ - - -- -- 3. A representative from the Miami Beach Recreation Department shall be designated to attend all Youth Congress meetings . Said representative shall be a non-voting member of the Congress selected by the Director of the Recreation Department to represent the Recreation Department. 4. A majority of the voting members of the Youth Congress shall constitute a quorum. A majority vote of the quorum shall be necessary in order for the Youth Congress to take any action. 5. The Miami Beach Youth Congress shall have the following rights , duties, responsibilities and jurisdiction: to make recom- mendations to the Director of the Youth Centeras to the type of activities and programs to be scheduled, conducted and maintained in the Youth Center, and the manner and mode in which said activities and programs shall be carried on; to make recommendations to the Director of the Recreation Department and to the City Manager' s office as to the type of activities and programs to be scheduled, conducted and maintained at the various parks and recreational facilities in the City of Miami Beach and the manner and mode in which said activi- ties and programs shall be carried on. Further, the Congress shall make recommendations, sitting in an advisory capacity, as to the policy of the City' s recreational facilities. Said recommendations shall be submitted to the Director of Recreation and to the City Manager' s office. If an impasse or disagreement develops between the members of the Youth Congress and the Recreational Director and Representative of the City Manager' s office, the facts of such im- passe and the recommendations of the administration shall be presented before the City Commission. Matters affecting the policy of the City' s Recreational facilities shall also be brought before the City Commission. 6. The Miami Beach Youth Congress shall meet and organize at the earliest possible time immediately following the election/ selection of the members and shall elect a speaker and vice-speaker from the senior high school membership who shall hold office at the will of the Youth Congress.' Its meetings shall be held at such times and places as shall be fixed and determined by the Congress, but shall meet not less than once a month. The City Manager is hereby directed and authorized to furnish, supply and make available to the Youth Congress suitable and proper accommodations for the trans- action of the business of said Congress . 7. The Youth Congress shall be responsible for submitting an annual report of its findings , recommendations, and suggestions for the recreational policy of the City by the last meeting at the end of the school year. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the present Miami Beach Youth Center Advisory Board. be and the same is hereby dissolved; this Resolution shall go into effect immediately upon its passage. PASSED and ADOPTED this 3rd day of January , 1979 . JLC . �'� ,/ M:yor Attest: City Clerk OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY-1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE -MIAMI BEACH,FLORIDA 33139 UKIUIIVHL RESOLUTION NO. 79-15811 (Creating/designating the "Miami Beach Youth Congress"; providing for its member- ship; mode of appointment;jurisdiction duties/responsibilites;and dissolving the • M,B, Youth Center Advisory Board)