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Ordinances - R5  I




COMMISSION MEMORANDUM

TO:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission 
FROM:Raul J. Aguila, City Attorney 
DATE:January  16, 2019
 

First Reading

SUBJECT:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION," BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED "AGENCIES, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES," BY AMENDING DIVISION 25, ENTITLED "TRANSPORTATION, PARKING, AND BICYCLE-PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES COMMITTEE," BY AMENDING SECTION 2-190.94, ENTITLED "COMPOSITION," TO AMEND THE COMPOSITION OF THE TRANSPORTATION, PARKING, AND BICYCLE-PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES COMMITTEE; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.


RECOMMENDATION

Pursuant to the request of Commissioner John Elizabeth Alemán, the attached Ordinance has been placed on the January 16, 2019 City Commission meeting agenda for First Reading.

City Code Section 2-190.94 establishes the composition of the City’s Transportation, Parking, and Bicycle-Pedestrian Facilities Committee (the “Committee”). The Committee is currently comprised of 14 members, seven of whom are directly appointed by the Mayor and each member of the City Commission. Each of the remaining seven members are comprised of members of seven enumerated community organizations.

The attached Ordinance amends the composition of the Committee, to reduce the number of at-large members from seven to four, and to provide that the four at-large members of the Committee shall be comprised of members of the following community organizations, each of whom shall be appointed by majority vote of the City Commission:

(1) Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce’s Transportation and Parking Committee;

(2) A South Beach neighborhood or business association;

(3) A Mid-Beach neighborhood or business association; and

(4) A North Beach neighborhood or business association.
Legislative Tracking
Office of the City Attorney
Sponsor
Commissioner John Elizabeth Aleman

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Ordinance Amending Sec 2-190.94 Transportation Parking and Bicycle Pedestrian Facilities Committee Composition