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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011 04 25 Regular 601 Bicycle And Pedestrian Advisory Committee Appointment COMMISSION AGENDA Informational Consent ITEM 601 Public Hearings Regular X April 25, 2011 Mgr. / Dept. Regular Meeting Authorization REQUEST: The City Clerk requests that Commissioner Cade Resnick make an Appointment to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee to fill a currently open Seat, due to the recent resignation of a Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Member. (Advisory Board Appointment) SYNOPSIS: The City Commission has a number of Advisory Boards and Committees and from time to time there are openings due to various reasons. In this case, Mr. George Colombo recently resigned from the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, thus his Seat needs to be filled. Mr. Colombo was a Seat Four Appointment, thus the Commissioner from Seat Four, the Honorable Cade Resnick should make this Appointment. Depending on whom Commissioner Resnick Appoints to the Seat Four slot, there may be a subsequent Appointment to be determined after Commissioner Resnick makes his Appointment. CONSIDERATIONS: Commissioner Cade Resnick is being requested to make an Appointment to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee to fill the Seat previously held by Mr. Colombo. The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee is a five (5) Member Advisory Committee (with currently one Ex Officio Member). The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee typically meets on the third Wednesday of each quarter, ( March/June /September/December), beginning at 7:00 p.m. CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING - APRIL 25, 2011 REGULAR AGENDA ITEM "601" PAGE 2 OF 3 Currently, the Term of Office for Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Members is four (4) years; however, the individual appointed to this Term of Office will complete the current Term of Office which expires in November 2014. The following is criteria related to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee: "Sec. 2 -43. Creation; composition; appointment of members. (a) Pursuant to Transportation Element Policy 1.5.18 of the city's comprehensive plan, the city hereby establishes a trails advisory committee which shall be known as the `Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee'. (b) The Committee shall have five (5) members and membership on the Committee shall be in accordance with the terms of Section 2-42 of this code except as expressly provided in this Section. The Committee may additionally include ex officio members, who may or may not be residents of the city, who can provide technical support or expertise in any aspect of the Committee's work. Such ex officio members will have no voting power and cannot be used for the purpose of establishing a quorum for meetings. Any commissioner or the mayor may appoint an ex officio member but such appointment is not effective until ratified by majority vote of the city commission. (c) Appointees to the Committee shall have knowledge and experience or interest in the planning and implementation of a city interconnected trail and bicycle system network, as determined by application. No person shall be appointed with private or personal interests likely to conflict with the general public interest. (d) The Committee shall conduct four (4) quarterly regular meetings each year and may conduct additional special meetings as may be necessary to properly perform its duties and functions. (e) The Committee shall establish rules and or bylaws to govern the manner in which its meetings and affairs are conducted, provided that such rules and procedures are not inconsistent with federal and state law, the city code or direction of the city commission. (f) The Committee shall be subject to the Florida Public Records Act and the Sunshine Law. Sec. 2 -44. Purpose and Duties. (a) The purpose of the Committee is to promote trail, pedestrian and bicycle circulation systems and encourage increased use of non - motorized transportation in the city. The Committee shall perform the following duties: (1) Serve as an advocate for the adoption of a Trail and Bicycle System Master Plan for the city. (2) Promote pedestrian and bicycle travel as a viable transportation choice to connect neighborhoods with parks, schools, commercial areas, and other destinations in the city and surrounding area. (3) Assist with identifying funding sources and implementation strategies which further the development of an interconnected network of trails, sidewalks and bikeways within the city. CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING - APRIL 25, 2011 REGULAR AGENDA ITEM "601" PAGE 3 OF 3 (4) Recommend to the city commission establishment, development, planning, funding and maintenance of specific trail, sidewalk and bicycle projects. (5) Consider all matters submitted to it by the city commission or staff and shall offer suggestions or recommendations on its own initiative. It shall receive petitions and suggestions from the citizens of the city, and shall cooperate with civic groups, governmental agencies, and other organizations regarding trail, sidewalk and bicycle system planning and implementation. FISCAL IMPACT: There is no specific fiscal impact to this proposed Appointment. COMMUNICATION EFFORTS: Commissioner Cade Resnick was contacted about this vacancy. Additionally, this Agenda Item has been electronically forwarded to the Mayor and City Commission, City Manager, City Attorney /Staff, and all eAlert/eCitizen Recipients; and is available on the City's Website, LaserFiche, and the City's Server. Additionally, portions of this Agenda Item are typed verbatim on the respective meeting Agenda which has also been electronically forwarded to the individuals noted above; and which is also available on the City's Website, LaserFiche, and the City's Server; has been sent to City Staff, Media/Press Representatives who have requested Agendas /Agenda Item information, Homeowner's Associations/Representatives on file with the City, and all individuals who have requested such information; and has been posted outside City Hall; posted inside City Hall with additional copies available for the general public; and posted at five (5) different locations around the City. This Agenda Item is also available to any new individual requestors. City Staff is always willing to discuss this or any Agenda Item with any interested individuals. RECOMMENDATION: Commissioner Cade Resnick is respectfully requested to make an Appointment to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. Depending on whom Commissioner Cade Resnick Appoints, there may be a subsequent vacancy and Appointment necessary. ATTACHMENT(S): A: Current Memberlist for the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee B: Ordinance 2010 -14 which includes criteria related to new Appointments Attachment "A" ���T �� i� ��_S,�; :O _ .A�:, I`►-; Z ` CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA ���,', � � u ; �' trcor � / 1 � 26 EAST STATE ROAD 434 � ��_��� ' WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA 32708-2799 LaR1 TELEPHONE: (407) 327-1800 FACSIMILE: (407) 327-4753 WEBSITE: www.winterspringsfl.org BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS: LOCATION: Seat One: City Of Winter Springs Municipal Building (City Hall) Mr. Gary Brook 1126 East State Road 434, Winter Springs, Florida 32708 1631 Wood Duck Drive - Commission Chambers Winter Springs, Florida 32708 Telephone: (407) 365-4890 [Residence] MEETING DATES: Term Expires: No��ember 2014 Regular Meetings Are Usually Held On The Third Wednesday Of Each Quarter (March/June/September/December) Seat Two: Mr. Larry Hartman MEETING TIME: 201 Nandina Terrace 7:00 p.m. Winter Springs, Florida 32708 Telephone: (407) 366-0388 [Residence] 2011 REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE: Term Expires: November 2014 Wednesday, March 16, 2011 Wednesday, June 15, 2011 Seat Three: Wednesday, September 21, 201 1 Mr. William B. Carpenter, Vice C6airperson Wednesday, December 21, 2011 928 Arabian Avenue Winter Springs, Florida 32708 STAFFREPRESENTATIVES: Telephone: (407) 977-7614 [Residence] Mr. Kip Lockcuff, P.E., Director, Public Works/Utiliry Term Expires: November 2014 Departments Mr. Brian Fields, P.E., City Engineer, Public Works Seat Four: Department Vacant Mr. Randy Stevenson, ASLA, AICP, Director, Community Development Department Ms. Eloise Sahlstrom, ASLA, AICP, Senior Planner, Community Development Department Term Expires: November 201 � TERM OF SERVICE: 4 Years Seat Five: Mr. Lance Stephan 644 Murphy Road Winter Springs, Florida 32708 Telephone: (850) 570-0301 [Mobile] email: lancestephan@gmail.com Term Expires: November 2014 Ex Ofticio Member: Mr. Kok Wan Mah 145 Nandina Terrace Winter Springs, Florida 32708 Telephone: (407) 247-991 1 [Mobile] email: kokwanmah@gmail.com Term Expires: November 2014 DOCS,�ad� isoryboardsandcommittees,bicycleandpedestrianadvison commmittez�alll'meetings�2011 memberlist.xis Revised 04%OS%201 I Attachment "B" - Page 1 of 6 ORDINANCE NO. 2010 -14 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA; AMENDING THE UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS FOR CITY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF PRIOR INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS, INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City is granted the authority, under Section 2(b), Article VIII, of the State Constitution, to exercise any power for municipal purposes, except when expressly prohibited by law; and WHEREAS, amending the uniform requirements for City boards and committees will streamline and provide efficiency for the City; and WHEREAS, amending the uniform requirements for City boards and committees will be economically efficient for the City; and WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to appoint City board and committee members to staggered terms; and WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to appoint board and committee members to corresponding seats; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, hereby finds this Ordinance to be in the best interests of the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Winter Springs. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS HEREBY ORDAINS, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are hereby incorporated herein by this reference. Section 2. Code Amendment. The City of Winter Springs Code, Chapters 2 and 14 are hereby amended as follows: ( underlined type indicates additions and strikeo type indicates deletions, while asterisks (* * *) indicates unchanged text that has been omitted from this Ordinance. (It is intended that the text in Chapters 2 and 14 denoted by the asterisks and omitted from this Ordinance shall remain unchanged from the language existing prior to adoption of this Ordinance). * ** City of Winter Springs Ordinance No. 2010 -14 Page 1 of 6 .. - .. .. ..: City of Winter Springs Ordinance No. 2010 -14 Page 1 of 6 Attachment "B" - Page 2 of 6 reimbtirsement for ail arred in attending the tneeting.- (b) Any person who is a member of an appointed city bowd shall have tire right to W Sec. 2 -42. Appointments of boards and committees. (a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to enhance the public's respect and confidence in the municipal services delegated to, and performed by, city boards and committees and to ensure that decisions of boards and committees are in the best interests of the city. The purpose of this section is also to establish uniform and consistent procedures and requirements for establishing and /or abolishing boards and committees, and appointing and removing members thereof, and for conducting board and committee business. To the extent the provisions of this section conflict with other provisions of this Code, it is the intent of the city commission that the provisions of this section shall prevail. (b) Definitions. As used in this section, the terms or phrases listed in this subsection shall have the following meaning: "Resident" shall mean any person living within the city limits at all times while serving on said board or committee, and at least six (6) months prior to being nominated, elected or appointed to the board or committee. (c) Requirements of board and committee members. Any person nominated, elected or appointed to serve on a board or committee of the city shall satisfy the following requirements, except as otherwise provided by state or federal law: (1) Complete a board or committee application as prescribed by the city commission; (2) Consent to a standard criminal background check; (3) Be duly registered to vote in Seminole County; (4) Be a resident as defined in this section; and (5) Has never been convicted or found guilty, regardless of adjudication, of a felony in any jurisdiction, any plea of nolo contendere shall be considered a conviction for purposes of this paragraph. (d) Appointment and rmnotaFof members. Unless otherwise required by state or federal law, or specifically provided otherwise in the Code, each city board and committ shall be comprised of City of Winter Springs Ordinance No. 2010 -14 Page 2 of 6 mayor regardless of seat number. Attachment "B" - Page 3 of 6 MIN All a wid- or committees commission. to a city boards by majority vote of the city (e) ffLTerm. Unless otherwise provided by state or federal law, all board and committee members shall be appointed to serve four three -year terms and may be reappointed by the eity Commission for subsequent fou rthree -year terms without fintitatim. All board and committee members shall be (f) LgLAbsences. Unless otherwise provided by state or federal law, or for boards and committees that regularly meet on a quarterly or mess more frequent basis, any board or committee member incurring three (3) consecutive absences from any regularly scheduled meeting of the board or committee, or seven (7) absences from any meeting of the board or committee within a twelve -month period (starting with the last absence and counting backward), shall be deemed automatically removed from the respective board or committee in which the absences have occurred. For boards and committees that regularly meet on a quarterly or less frequent basis, the number of absences which shall cause automatic removal shall be two (2) consecutive or two (2) within a twelve month period. Any meeting which is cancelled, other than for lack of a quorum, shall not be counted for purposes of determining absenteeism. Absences which occurred prior to the date of reappointment of any board or committee member shall not be counted toward automatic removal. (g) tblChairmanships. Unless otherwise provided by state or federal law, each board and committee shall be responsible to elect, by majority vote of the members of each board or committee, a chairperson and vice - chairperson. The election shall occur annually at the first meeting held in January, unless there is no January meeting, then the next meeting held. All newly established boards City of Winter Springs Ordinance No. 2010 -14 Page 3 of 6 (e) Removal of members. Board and committee members shall serve at the pleasure of the city commission and may be summarily removed at any time with or without cause. A board of committee appointment shall not be construed as creating o! conferring, upon a person, any ! ight ot interest in serving on a board ot committee including, but not limited, to a contract. libertv- n, nne. tv Attachment "B" - Page 4 of 6 and committees shall make such elections at their regularly held meeting and then annually as stated above. Alternate members (as provided below) shall not be elected to positions of chairperson or deputy - chairperson. ftQ1- Alternate members. At the discretion of the city commission, two (2) alternate members may be appointed to each City of Winter Springs board or commission, unless otherwise provided by law. Alternate members shall be provided with all agendas and documentation provided to regular members and shall be permitted to provide input during discussions. Alternate members shall not be permitted to vote on matters before the board unless they have assumed the duties of an absent regular member. The member of the board who has served longer as an alternate member shall be the first alternate board member. If the first alternate member leaves the board or is appointed a regular board member, the successor to the first alternate board member shall be that alternate board member with the longer service as an alternate member. The next appointed alternate member shall be designated as the second alternate board member. In the absence of a regular member from an official board meeting, the first alternate board member shall assume all duties of the absent regular board member, including the right to vote on any matter before the board at that meeting. If two (2) or more regular board members are absent from an official board meeting, the second alternate member shall assume all duties of an absent regular member, including the right to vote on any matter before the board at that meeting. In the absence of the first alternate board member from an official board meeting, the second alternate board member shall act in the place of the absent first alternate, including the right to vote on matters before the board at that meeting if a regular member is absent at that meeting. ffW Multiple board or committee membership. No member of any appointed board or committee of the City of Winters Springs shall be allowed to serve on more than one such board or committee at a time, with the exception of appointments to ad hoc committees of temporary duration. Any board or committee member, at the time of the effective date of this subsection [Jan. 14, 2002] who is a member of more than one (1) board or committee, may continue to serve on each such board or committee until the expiration of the current term of each respective board, the member resigns from such board or committee, or is removed, in accordance with this Chapter, from any such board or committee. Secs. 2- 43- -2 -55. Reserved. Sec. 2 -56. Creation. The city does herewith and does hereby create a code enforcement board pursuant to the terms of F.S. Ch. 162. Sec. 2 -57. Membership; appointment; qualifications. The code enforcement board shall consist of seven (7) members to be appointed by the city commission to seats numbered one (1), two (2), three (3 ), four (4 ), five (5) six (6) and seven (7 ) in accordance with Section 2- 42(d). Appointments to the board shall be on the basis of experience or interest in the fields of zoning and building control. The membership of the code enforcement board shall, whenever possible, include an architect, a businessperson, an engineer, a general contractor, a subcontractor and a realtor or as otherwise provided by law. City of Winter Springs Ordinance No. 2010 -14 Page 4 of 6 Attachment "B" - Page 5 of 6 Sec. 2 -76. Created. There is hereby created "The Beautification of Winter Springs Board" (hereinafter referred to as "BOWS "). Sec. 2 -77. Composition; appointment of members. BOWS shall consist of five seven (7) five (5) members to be appointed by the city to be appointed and removed in accordance with Section 2 -42. Sec. 14 -52. Board of trustees. (a) There is hereby created and established a board of trustees consisting of five (5) members who shall be appointed and removed as set forth in Section 2 -42. (b) The board of trustees shall meet no less than quarterly to review the performance of the pension plan and conduct such other business as the board deems appropriate and necessary. (c) The board of trustees shall administer the city's pension plans pursuant to the provisions contained therein as adopted by the city commission. Section 4. Incorporation Into Code. This Ordinance shall be incorporated into the Winter Springs City Code and any section or paragraph, number or letter, and any heading may be changed or modified as necessary to effectuate the foregoing. Grammatical, typographical, and like errors may be corrected and additions, alterations, and omissions, not affecting the construction or meaning of this ordinance and the City Code may be freely made. Section 5 . Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, word or provision of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, whether for substantive, procedural, or any other reason, such portion shall City of Winter Springs Ordinance No. 2010 -14 Page 5 of 6 Section 3 . Repeal of Prior Inconsistent Ordinances and Resolutions. All prior inconsistent ordinances and resolutions adopted by the City Commission, or parts ofprior ordinances and resolutions in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict. Attachment "B" - Page 6 of 6 be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. Section 6 . Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon adoption by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, and pursuant to City Charter. ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, FloriOia, in a regular meeting assembled on the 24` day of May, 2010. JO V. BUSH, fYfayo& ATTE5 T: TOO S _ 9 14 Approv4d as to legal form and sufficiency for the City inter Springs only: ANTH A. GARGA ESE, City Attorney First Reading: May 10, 2010 Second Reading: May 24, 2010 Effective Date: May 24, 2010 City of Winter Springs Ordinance No. 2010 -14 Page 6 of 6