§ 2-1903. Nomination and Selection of Members.

(1)

Initial Advisory Board. The Initial Advisory Board shall be established as provided in this paragraph. Within ten (10) days following the effective date of this article, the County, under the name of the County Commissioner from District 11, shall mail to each property owner and advertise for not less than two (2) consecutive weeks in both a newspaper of general circulation throughout the County and in a local neighborhood circulated newspaper, and post in not less than five (5) places within the limit of the Special Taxing District, a notice stating where and when applications (the "Applications") for the Initial Advisory Board will be available. An Application will also be included with every notice sent by mail. The Applications will be developed by the Park and Recreation Department and will require the applicant to provide her or his name, address, proof of residence within the Special Taxing District, and proof of length of residence within the Special Taxing District.

(a)

The Application deadline will be no less than three (3) weeks from the date of the advertisement and mailing.

(b)

The Park and Recreation Department will collect and evaluate the Applications as provided herein. At the expiration of the Application deadline, the County Representative, as defined in Section 1(c)(3), shall select the nominees for the Initial Advisory Board using the following criteria. The applicant within each Special Taxing District region who has resided longest within the region will be the nominee for that region. If there is no applicant for a region, then the County Representative will appoint the nominee from the remaining pool of applicants.

(c)

The County Representative, by and through the Park and Recreation Department, will provide the Board of County Commissioners the slate of nominees for approval.

(d)

In order to establish staggered terms for the Advisory Board, the terms of the Initial Advisory Board members will be as provided in this section. The term of the members from odd-numbered Special Taxing District regions shall serve from the date of their approval by the Board of County Commissioners until the approval of the nominees by the Board of County Commissioners following the next annual meeting provided in Section 1(c)(3) herein, irrespective of whether those members of the Advisory Board have served a full year term. The members of the Initial Advisory Board from even-numbered Special Taxing District regions shall serve from the date of their approval by the Board of County Commissioners until the approval of the nominees by the Board of County Commissioners following the annual meeting two years following the passage of this article. For example, if this article is passed in October, 2001 and the Initial Advisory Board is empanelled and approved by November, 2001, the members of the Initial Advisory Board from odd-numbered regions will serve until the nominees from odd-numbered regions selected at the May, 2002 Nomination Meeting are approved by the Board of County Commissioners. The members of the Initial Advisory Board from even-numbered regions shall serve until the nominees from the even-numbered regions selected at the May, 2003 Nomination Meeting are approved.

(2)

Advertisement for Nomination Meeting. On or before May 1 of each year following the establishment of the Initial Advisory Board, the County, under the name of the County Commissioner from District 11, shall mail to each property owner and advertise for not less than two (2) consecutive weeks in both a newspaper of general circulation throughout the County and in a local neighborhood circulated newspaper, and post in not less than five (5) places within the limits of the Special Taxing District, a notice setting the date, place, and time of a public meeting of property owners and residents within the limits of the Special Taxing District for purpose of selecting nominees for the Advisory Board. The notice shall briefly describe purpose of the meting, the responsibilities of the Advisory Board, and advise the recipients that at the meeting nominations will be received for persons from the specified Special Taxing District regions desiring to serve as members of the Advisory Board for the upcoming two (2) year term.

(3)

Nomination Meeting. The annual nomination meeting shall be chaired by the Park & Recreation Department Special Taxing District Manager or other designee of the Park & Recreation Department Director ("County Representative"). The County Representative will open the floor for nominations only for those Special Taxing District regions with vacancies that year and shall record the names of those nominated for each vacant Special Taxing District region, as illustrated and defined in the Special Taxing District map attached as Exhibit "A." Each even-numbered year will have nominations for odd-numbered Special Taxing District regions and vice-versa. At least one person from each vacant Special Taxing District region shall be nominated for the Advisory Board. If more than one person from region is nominated for a single region, then the person residing in the region for the longest period of time shall become the region's nominee. If no nominee is secured for a given Special Taxing District region, then the Director of the Park & Recreation Department will appoint the nominee. The County Representative will be responsible for verifying the residence of all nominees, and if necessary, the length of residency within the Special Taxing District and specific region.

(4)

Board Approval of Nominees. The County Representative, by and through the Park and Recreation Department, will provide the Board of County Commissioners the slate of nominees for approval.

(5)

Vacancies. Should any Advisory Board member move out of the region for which they were nominated during the course of her or his term, but continue to reside within the Special Taxing District, then that Advisory Board member will serve out her or his term, but will not be eligible for a new term within that region, unless no resident within the region desires to be the region's nominee at the following Nomination Meeting. Should any Advisory Board member move out of the Special Taxing District during her or his term, then she or he will forfeit her or his position on the Advisory Board. Should an Advisory Board member resign during her or his term for any other reason, the term will be filled by the next person eligible who has resided in that region the longest.

(Ord. No. 01-133, § 1, 9-13-01; Ord. No. 05-195, § 1, 11-3-05)