Resolution 2018-30308RESOLUTION NO. 2018 -30308
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2014 -28857
TO REQUIRE THAT AN ITEM REFERRED BY THE CITY COMMISSION TO
A CITY COMMISSION COMMITTEE SHALL BE LISTED ON THE AGENDA
OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMISSION COMMITTEE IN THE MONTH
FOLLOWING THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING AT WHICH THE ITEM
WAS REFERRED; PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION FOR EARLIER
COMMISSION COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION OF AN ITEM THAT
SPECIFICALLY REQUESTS EARLIER COMMISSION COMMITTEE
CONSIDERATION ON THE BASIS THAT THE ITEM IS TIME - SENSITIVE
OR AN EMERGENCY MATTER; AND, FURTHER, REQUIRING THAT
NOTICE OF THE ONLINE POSTING OF COMMISSION COMMITTEE
AGENDAS BE GIVEN BY THE CITY ADMINISTRATION ONE WEEK
PRIOR TO COMMISSION COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
WHEREAS, the City Commission has established the following four City Commission
Committees ( "Commission Committees ") to closely examine items brought to the City
Commission: the Land Use and Development Committee, the Finance and Citywide Projects
Committee, the Neighborhood /Community Affairs Committee, and the Sustainability and
Resiliency Committee; and
WHEREAS, in Resolution No. 2014- 28857, the City Commission established a
procedure for the referral of items to Commission Committees that required Commission
Committees to list any items referred to them by the City Commission on the agenda of the first
meeting of the Commission Committee following the City Commission's referral; and
WHEREAS, due to timing challenges resulting from the existing policy, the Mayor and
City Commission wish to amend the procedure for the referral of items to Commission
Committees and to establish the following amended procedure for all such referred items:
1. An item referred to a Commission Committee by the City Commission
shall be listed on the agenda of the meeting of the Commission
Committee in the month following the City Commission meeting at which
the item was referred; and
2. An item may be referred to an earlier Commission Committee meeting if
the item specifically requests earlier Commission Committee
consideration on the basis that the item is time - sensitive or an
emergency matter; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission also wish to establish a procedure for the
posting of Commission Committee agendas whereby notice of the online posting of such
agendas be given by the City Administration one week prior to the meeting date.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City
Commission hereby require that an item referred by the City Commission to a Commission
Committee shall be listed on the agenda of the meeting of the Commission Committee in the
month following the City Commission meeting at which the item was referred, hereby provide an
exception for earlier Commission Committee consideration of an item that specifically requests
earlier Commission Committee consideration on the basis that the item is time - sensitive or an
emergency matter; and, further, require that notice of the online posting of Commission
Committee agendas be given by the City Administration one week prior to the meeting date.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this / day of a 2018.
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MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Honorable Mayor and
Raul J. Aguila, City A
May 16, 2018
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2014 -28857
TO REQUIRE THAT AN ITEM REFERRED BY THE CITY COMMISSION TO A
CITY COMMISSION COMMITTEE SHALL BE LISTED ON THE AGENDA OF
THE MEETING OF THE COMMISSION COMMITTEE IN THE MONTH
FOLLOWING THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING AT WHICH THE ITEM
WAS REFERRED; PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION FOR EARLIER
COMMISSION COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION OF AN ITEM THAT
SPECIFICALLY REQUESTS EARLIER COMMISSION COMMITTEE
CONSIDERATION ON THE BASIS THAT THE ITEM IS TIME- SENSITIVE OR
AN EMERGENCY MATTER; AND, FURTHER, REQUIRING THAT NOTICE
OF THE ONLINE POSTING OF COMMISSION COMMITTEE AGENDAS BE
GIVEN BY THE CITY ADMINISTRATION ONE WEEK PRIOR TO
COMMISSION COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
embers of the City Commission
SUBSTITUTE MEMORANDUM
Pursuant to direction at the Committee of the Whole meeting on April 27, 2018, the
above - referenced Resolution is submitted for consideration by the Mayor and City
Commission.
This Resolution amends the procedure for items referred to Commission Committees
by the City Commission by requiring that referred items be listed on the agenda of the
Commission Committee meeting in the month following the City Commission meeting at
which the item was referred. Under the current procedure, items referred to Commission
Committees are listed on the agenda of the next Commission Committee meeting. The
amended procedure will address and alleviate timing challenges posed by the current
process.
In addition, this Resolution requires that notice of the online posting of Commission
Committee agendas be given by the City Administration one week prior to Commission
Committee meetings.
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