2003-25446 ResoRESOLUTION NO. 2003-25446
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NOS. 97-22607
AND 98-22693 TO PROVIDE FOR THE MERGER OF
THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE AND THE
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WHICH SHALL
BE KNOVCN AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD/COMMUNITY
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE; AMENDING THE
ALTERNATE MEMBER PROVISIONS FOR ALL CITY
COMMISSION COMMITTEES; ELIMINATING THE
QUORUM AND VOTING PROVISIONS FOR NON-
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ATTENDING COMMITTEE
MEETINGS; AND PROVIDING THAT EACH
COMMITTEE SHALL SELECT ITS CHAIRPERSON
AND VICE-CHAIRPERSON.
WHEREAS, pursuant to City of Miami Beach Resolution 97-22607, the name of the
"Capital Improvements and Finance Committee" was changed to the "Finance and Citywide
Projects Committee" and the name of the "Community Issues Committee" was changed to the
"Neighborhood Committee," and the responsibilities, duties and requirements for all
Commission Committees were amended; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 98-22693, the Mayor and
City Commission created an additional Commission Committee known as the "Community
Affairs Committee" which has the authority to carry out various purposes relating to issues of
concern or interest to the Miami Beach community which are not addressed by the other
established Commission Committees; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission wish to merge the Neighborhood
Committee and the Community Affairs Committee into one committee, which shall hereafter be
known as the Neighborhood/Community Affairs Committee, and to amend the provisions for all
Commission committees relating to quorums, non-member participation, and the selection of
committee chairpersons and vice-chairpersons.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA as follows:
I. Paragraph 1 of Resolution No. 98-22693 is hereby amended as follows:
~ ....r~x Three (3) Committees shall be established to
examine in depth facts and issues relating to matters in
which the Mayor and City Commission may need to act
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and to advise the Mayor and City Commission of their
findings and their recommendations relating to those
matters. The fear (~.) three (3) Committees shall be as
follows and shall generally have the following purposes:
the Land Use and Development Committee
shall hear matters related to BElanning and
gzoning issues and issues related to specific
public and/or private development projects;
the Finance and City-Wide Projects
Committee shall hear issues related to
municipal finance and City-wide capital
improvement projects;
the Neighborhood/Community Affairs
Committee shall address issues related to the
quality of life, including improvement
programs relating to the various
neighborhoods throughout the City, and
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address issues of concern or interest to the
Miami Beach community.
Paragraph 2 of Resolution No. 97-22607 is hereby amended to read as follows:
2. Each Committee shall have three (3) voting members who
shall be comprised of members of the City Commission
selected by the Mayor; in addition, each Committee shall
have an alternate member selected by the Mayor, provided,
however, that the Mayor may serve as one of the three (3)
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members of any Committee. ,...:,~0,~..~:~ ,~.~
pm-t~cular Cemmittee. In the event that one or more of the
three (3) members comprising a specific Committee are not
present at a Committee meeting, ~.j ................
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member may participate and vote on any issue before his or
her designated committee and may serve for purposes of
establishing a quorum~.~""~ '";*~',,... regard tv "^*;,~...o .... ~- a
~-*;~,-~ : ..... Notwithstanding the above, City
Commission members who are not Committee members, or
serving as an alternate member in the place of an absent
Committee member, may participate in the discussion of
any issue before any Committee.
III. Paragraph 3 of Resolution No. 97-22607 is hereby amended to read as follows:
T~ ha ..... Each committee shall apEc2nt select its
chairperson and vice chairperson fcr each ccmm~Xee.
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term of service for each chai~erson or vice chai~erson
shall be one ye~.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Mayor and City Commission reserve the right to
assign such other matters they may deem appropriate, to be addressed by one or all of the
aforestated Committees.
PASSED and ADOPTED this
25th ~er
L/MAYOR
,2003.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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