§ 2-73. CRA citizen advisory committee.

(a) Committee established. A citizen advisory committee is hereby established to assist the CRA board in implementing redevelopment activities within the redevelopment area  and to make recommendations to the CRA board on redevelopment matters as necessary.

(b) Membership. The CRA citizen advisory committee will consist of five (5) members appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the city commission. Any person may be appointed to serve if he or she resides or is engaged in business, which means owning a business, practicing a profession or performing a service for compensation, or serving as an officer or director of a corporation or other business entity so engaged, within the area of operation of the agency, which shall be coterminous with the area of operation of the City. One (1) qualified person appointed shall reside or be engaged in business within voting District 19, one (1) qualified person appointed shall reside or be engaged in business within voting District 122, one (1) qualified person appointed shall reside or be engaged in business in voting District 27, one (1) qualified person appointed shall reside or be engaged in business in voting District 28, and one (1) qualified person shall be appointed at-large and shall reside or be engaged in business in any of the four voting districts of the City stated above.

(c) Term. Members shall serve a two (2) year term beginning on the first day of July of the applicable year. The terms of members appointed to the first CRA citizen advisory committee formed after the adoption of this ordinance shall begin on the first day of the month following adoption and shall expire as follows:

 

Seat 1 (At-Large)	2018
Seat 2 (District 19)	2018
Seat 3 (District 122)	2017
Seat 4 (District 27)	2017
Seat 5 (District 28)	2018

 

(d) Chairperson. The CRA citizen advisory committee shall annually elect a chairperson at its first meeting in July to preside at meetings.

(e) Meetings. The CRA citizen advisory committee shall meet at the call of the chairman of the CRA board or upon the request of city staff but shall meet no less than once each year.

(f) Duties. The CRA citizen advisory committee shall provide advice and recommendations as needed to implement the CRA plan adopted by the city commission.

(g) Applicability of legal requirements. Members of the CRA citizen advisory committee are subject to section 2-26 of this Code which regulates city boards and committees, the Florida Sunshine Law, the Public Records Law, financial disclosure requirements and all other laws which govern members of public agencies.

(Code 1962, § 2-42; Ord. No. 90-03, § 1, 5-15-90; Ord. No. 99-06, § 1, 8-17-99; Ord. No. 2010-27, § 1, 11-16-10; Ord. No. 2017-03, § 1, 02-07-2017)