§ 2-1482. Composition.

A.

Membership. Members of the Agency shall serve without compensation. The voting membership, reflecting the ethnic, racial, and gender diversity of Miami-Dade County, shall be composed of the designated representatives of each of the following organizations:

1.

Chamber South

2.

Perrine Cutler Ridge Council

3.

Vision Council

4.

Greater Homestead/Florida City Chamber of Commerce

5.

Everglades National Park

6.

Biscayne National Park

7.

Tropical Everglades Visitor Association

8.

City of Homestead

9.

City of Florida City

10.

Empowerment Zone-Florida City Neighborhood Assembly

11.

Empowerment Zone-Homestead Neighborhood Assembly

12.

West Perrine CDC

13.

Goulds CDC

14.

Naranja-Princeton CDC

15.

South Miami Heights CDC

16.

Princeton CDC

17.

Leisure City OCED

18.

Haitian Organization for Women

19.

Unique Coalition of Minority Businesses (UCOMB)

20.

Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau

21.

Cutler Ridge Business Improvement District

22.

Naranja Lakes Community Redevelopment Agency

23.

Park of Commerce (Rockefeller Group)

24.

Homestead Air Reserve Base

25.

Agri-Council

26.

Florida Nurserymen and Growers Association

27.

Dade County Farm Bureau

28.

Everglades Coalition

29.

Beacon Council

30.

Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce

31.

Coalition of Florida Farmworkers Organizations

32.

Dade County Public Schools Region 5

33.

Dade County Public Schools Region 6

34.

Miami-Dade Community College-Homestead Campus

35.

Job Corps

36.

University of Miami

37.

Florida International University

38.

University of Florida

39.

Urban Land Institute/Southeast Council

40.

Newly Incorporated Municipalities within the geographic boundaries of this article

41.

Board of County Commission District Eight Office (ex officio)

42.

Board of County Commission District Nine Office (ex officio)

43.

South Miami-Dade State Legislative Districts (ex officio)

44.

Miami-Dade County Mayor's Office (ex officio)

45.

South Miami-Dade Congressional Districts (ex officio)

46.

City of Palmetto Bay

If any Member's designated representative also holds a federal, state, or local elected office, that representative shall serve in an ex officio capacity. No person may serve simultaneously as the designated representative for more than one Member. Additional Members may be added as set forth in the by-laws. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner by which the original representatives were appointed, with a special emphasis on choosing persons representative of the gender, racial and ethnic composition of the entire community.

B.

Removal of Members. Members and designated representatives may be removed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 2-11.38 of the Code of Miami-Dade County.

C.

Tenure. Terms shall be established by the Agency by-laws.

D.

Qualifications. Each Member and designated representative must comply with the requirements of Chapter 2-11.38 of the Code of Miami-Dade County.

E.

Organization and procedure.

(1)

Officers. The Agency shall organize after the Members and designated representatives thereof have qualified to serve and shall elect one (1) of its representatives as chairperson and such other officers as may be necessary. In addition, the Agency shall make, adopt and amend by-laws, rules and regulations for its own governance.

(2)

Meetings. The Agency shall hold regular meetings and such other meetings as it deems necessary. Quorum shall be defined in the Agency by-laws. Minutes shall be kept of all meetings and all meetings shall be public.

(3)

Committees. The Agency shall appoint any committees it deems necessary.

(Ord. No. 02-218, § 2, 12-18-02)