PLACEMENT: Board and Committee Appointments
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEMBER APPOINTMENT AND CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR DESIGNATIONS
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This is a request for the Board of County Commissioners to appoint a Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) representative for Port Salerno and designate a Chair and Vice Chair of the CRA.
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DEPARTMENT: Administration
PREPARED BY: Name: Donna Gordon
Title: Executive Aide
REQUESTED BY: Susan Kores, Manager, Office of Community Development
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PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
The term for Ms. Catherine Winters, the current Port Salerno Neighborhood Advisory Committee (NAC) member of the Community Redevelopment Agency and the Public Art Advisory Committee, will expire on December 31, 2019.
Sec. 39.2, General Ordinances, Martin County Code (the Code) sets forth the procedures for appointment of members to the CRA. Sec. 39.2.E. of the Code states the term of each member shall be determined at the time of their appointment, after the initial appointments, terms are for four years.
The Board of County Commissioners appointed the current members of the CRA in December 2016. As stated in Sec. 39.2D. of the Code, one of the qualifications to be a CRA member is that the person must "have served as Chair of the Neighborhood Advisory Committee." Our records show three potential appointees that meet this criterion: Catherine Winters, Edward (Butch) Olsen, and John Hennessee. They have all been contacted by the Office of Community Development.
The Board is asked to make an appointment to the CRA to represent Port Salerno, appoint a Chair and Vice Chair to the Community Redevelopment Agency for terms to begin January 1, 2020 and end December 31, 2020. As a member of the Community Redevelopment Agency, the individual will also serve a concurrent term on the Public Art Advisory Committee.
Sec. 39.2.F. of the Code states that the Board of Coun...
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