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Resolution 2001-098 1181'. CRA RESOLUTION NO. 2001-~8 A RESOLUTION OF THE COLLIER COUNTY COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY RELATING TO COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT; PROVIDING FOR MEMBERSHIP, TERMS, PURPOSE, DUTIES. ORGANIZATION AND RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE AGENCY; CREATING THE BAYSHORE'GATEWAY TRIANGLE LOCAL REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD; CREATING THE IMMOKALEE LOCAL REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD; PROVIDING FOR MEMBERSHIP. TERMS, PURPOSE. DUTIES. ORGANIZATION AND RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THOSE ADVISORY BOARDS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABll.JTY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS. the Board of County Commissioners has adopted a resolution finding the existence of one or more blighted areas in the unincorporated area of the County and further finding that the rehabilitation, conservation or redevelopment or combination thereof, in such areas is necessary in the interest of the public health. safety, morals or welfare of the residents of Collier County. Florida; and WHEREAS. the Board of County Commissioners has further adopted a resolution declaring itself as the Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency to carry out and implement the redevelopment powers and actions contemplated by Part Ill, Chapter 163. Florida Statutes. within such areas; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners contemplated the creation of advisory boards for each component area of the community redevelopment area in the unincorporated area of Collier County. composed of citizens, residents. property owners and business owners or persons engaged in business in the area; and WHEREAS. the Board of County Commissioners further contemplated the need to establish membership, duties and responsibilities for the Agency and for each such advisory board; NOW. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COLLIER COUNTY COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. A~ency Bylaws: That there is hereby adopted bylaws for the Agency setting forth membership. terms, purposes. duties, organization and rules of procedures for the Agency, a copy of which is attached. SECTION 2, Advisory Board: That there is hereby created the "Bayshore/Gateway Triangle Local Redevelopment Advisory Board" and the "Immokalee Local Redevelopment Advisory Board" and bylaws for those Boards are adopted, a copy of which is attached. ~ 1 SECTION 3. Severability: If any section or portion of a section of this Resolution proves to be invalid, unlawful, or unconstitutional, it shall not be held to invalidate or impair the validity, force, or effect of any other section or part of this Resolution. SECTION 4: Effective Date: upon its passage and adoption. This Resolution shall become effective immediately SECTION 5: of ~ 2001. 2ATTEST4'I - '~ ~ .DWIGHT' E. 'BROCt(;~ SECRETARY Attest as tO, O~atrman'$ sl~ature o~1'$. Approved As to Form and Legal Sufficiency Heidi Ashton, Assistant County Attorney and CRA Legal Counsel This Resolution adopted after motion, second and majority vote this ,~'7~g day COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA PAMELA S. MAC' KIE, C[IAII6,MAN BYLAWS OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA ARTICLE I. NAME AND PURPOSE SECTION 1. Name: This Community Redevelopment Agency shall be known as the "Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency" (the "CRA"), established pursuant to Resolution 2000-83 adopted on March 14, 2000 by the Board of County Commissioners ("BCC") of Collier County, Florida (the "County") pursuant to Part III, Chapter 163, Florida Statutes (the "Act"). SECTION2. Redevelopment Area: The area of operation of the CRA consists of certain geographical areas listed below and for which a redevelopment plan was adopted by CRA Resolution 2000-01 by the CRA and Resolution 2000-181 by the BCC, and referred to therein as the Immokalee Component Redevelopment Area and the Bayshore/Gateway Component Redevelopment Area. Additional Component Redevelopment Areas may be added under separate resolutions by the CRA after all appropriate findings have been made and a redevelopment plan for those areas adopted by the CRA and BCC, all in accordance with the Act. SECTION 3. Purpose: The purpose of the CRA is to undertake and implement improvements as provided for in the Act and the adopted Redevelopment Plan; to promote and create favorable conditions for the development, redevelopment and revitalization of the area of operation of the CRA; and to receive input from its Advisory Boards, authorized by the Resolution No. 2000-83, who adhere to separate bylaws adopted specifically for their purposes, and serve to represent the component areas of operation of the CRA. ARTICLE ll. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY SECTION 1. Function: Article I, Section 3. The CRA is established to carry out those purposes that are outlined in SECTION 2. Authority: The CRA, subject to the provisions of the Act and all other applicable provisions of law, shall have all powers customarily vested in a community redevelopment agency as provided in the Act. SECTION 3. Members and Terms: In accordance with Section 163.357(1), Florida Statutes, the Collier County Board of County Conunissioners has declared itself to be the Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency as an additional duty of office. Reference to the members of the CRA as a whole shall be "CRA Board" or "CRA". An individual member of the CRA shall be referred to as a "Commissioner." CRA Board terms shall be simultaneous with terms of members of the Board of County Commissioners. SECTION 4. Vacancies: Appointments to fill vacancies on the CRA shall be filled by the person filling the vacancy on the Board of County Commissioners. SECTION 5. Employees: The CRA may, as it from time to time determines, employ or retain by contract staff, personnel, technical experts, legal counsel, and other such agents and employees, permanent or temporary, as it requires, and determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. The CRA may approve and authorize contracts with the County and other persons, firms and individuals to provide services for and on behalf of the CRA. ARTICLE III. OFFICERS SECTION 1. Officers: The officers of the CRA shall consist of a Chairman, Vice Chairman, and a Secretary, and such officers as the CRA may from time to time create. The Secretary shall be the Clerk of Courts to the Board of County Commissioners, but shall have no vote. SECTION 2. Qualifications: Officers shall be members of the CRA, except that the Secretary may, in the discretion of the CRA, be someone not a member of the CRA. SECTION 3. Role of Chairman: The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the CRA, sign agreements, contracts, and instruments on behalf of the CRA, call special meetings as necessary and shall perform such other duties as are customary for the Chairman. SECTION 4. Role of Vice Chairman: The Vice Chairman shall act for the Chairman in the Chairman's absence. The Vice Chairman shall also perform such duties as are delegated by the Chairman. SECTION 5. Role of Secretary: The duties of the Secretary will be defined in a written agreement with the Clerk of Courts. Some of the duties may include: (a) keeping the minutes of the proceedings of the meetings of the CRA, (b) providing all notices in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws or as required by law, (c) posting or causing to be posted all meeting notices as required by County procedures and notify members, (d) maintaining custody of the CRA records, (e) attesting contracts and other CRA documents, and (f) in general performing all duties from time to time as may be prescribed by the Chairman of the CRA. SECTION 6. Officer Absences: In the absence of the Chairman and Vice Chairman, the quorum present shall select a Chairman for the meeting. SECTION 7. Election of Officers: Except for the Secretary, officers shall be elected at the Annual Meeting of the Agency. Election requires nomination from the floor and an affirmative vote by a majority of the CRA members present and voting on an annual basis, provided a quorum is present at such meeting. Officers shall be seated immediately upon their election. SECTION 8. Terms of Office: Each officer duly elected by the CRA shall serve a term of one year until the next annual appointment or election. All officers shall hold office until their successors have been elected or until their earlier resignation, removal from office or death. No person may simultaneously hold more than one office on the CRA. SECTION 9. Officer Vacancies: If a vacancy exists in any office, the CRA shall elect a new officer by the affirmative vote of a majority of the CRA members present and voting at a meeting of the CRA, to fill the incomplete term of the vacated office. SECTION 10. Removal or Resignation: The CRA may remove an officer at any time with or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of the CRA members present and voting at a duly constituted meeting of the CRA. An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice thereof to the CRA. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered to the CRA unless the notice specifies a later effective date and the CRA accepts the future effective date. The pending vacancy may be filled before the effective date provided that the successor does not take office until the effective date. 2 ARTICLE IV. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ADVISORY BOARDS SECTION 1. Function: In accordance with Resolution 2000-83, advisory boards are to be created for each component area of the community redevelopment area in the unincorporated area of Collier County, which shall be composed of citizens, property owners and business owners or persons engaged in business in the area. Separate bylaws for these advisory boards will be adopted by the CRA. These advisory boards will serve as the primary source of community input to the CRA staff and to the CRA itself. Each advisory board will consider and make recommendations to the CRA staff and the CRA concerning the Redevelopment Plan, amendments to the Redevelopment Plan, the redevelopment area work program and priorities and their implementation. The advisory board functions are advisory only and are to assist with the public input in the local redevelopment planning process. ARTICLE V. MEETINGS SECTION 1. Meetings: The Board shall schedule meetings as needed to carry out its duties in accordance with these Bylaws and shall follow the procedures outlined in Sections 2-36 - 2-4! of the Code of Laws and Ordinances of Collier County unless otherwise specified below. a) Annual: An Annual meeting of this Agency shall be held in the month of January of each year, and on the date and at the time and place to be determined by the Board, if other than at a regular meeting. b). Regular: Regular meetings of the CRA shall be held as necessary on either the second or the fourth Tuesday of each month to coincide with the regular meetings of the BCC or on such day as may be determined by the CRA. The CRA meetings will be held at a "time certain" identified on the BCC Agenda. SECTION 2: Meeting Procedures: The procedures for the meetings of the CRA will follow the procedures outlined for the BCC in Sections 2-36 - 2-41 of the Code of Laws and Ordinances of Collier County unless otherwise specified below. Meeting notice will be published in accordance with applicable laws. ARTICLE VI. ORDER OF BUSINESS SECTION 1. Order of Business: The order of business at regular meetings shall be: (a) Roll Call (b) Adoption of the Agenda (c) Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meeting (d) Communications a. Advisory Board communications b. Other communications (e) Consent (f) Old Business (g) New Business (h) Citizen Comments (i) Adjournment ARTICLE VII. CONTRACTS llB1 SECTION 1. Execution of Instruments: Legal instruments of the CRA shall be executed by the Chairman and attested to by the Secretary with the Clerk of Court' s seal affixed thereto. In the absence of the Chairman, such instruments may be executed by the Vice Chairman. SECTION 2. Real Property Acquisition and Disposition: The acquisition, conveyance and leasing of real property by the CRA shall be done in accordance with the Act. SECTION 3. Purchasing Procedures: Purchasing procedures will be in accordance with the Act. If the Act is silent then the procedures will be consistent with those authorized by the BCC for Collier County or such other procedures that the CRA Board may adopt. ARTICLE VIII. FISCAL MATTERS SECTION 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the CRA shall be the twelve year calendar month period commencing on October 1 and ending on September 30 of the following year. SECTION 2. Financial Reporting: The Secretary shall maintain financial records of all financial transactions made on behalf of the component areas of the redevelopment area. Staff assigned as liaison to the CRA shall provide a report of the income and expenditures of each component area to the CRA at the annual meeting and as otherwise requested by the CRA. ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS These Bylaws may be amended at any duly constituted meeting of the CRA by an affirmative vote by a majority of the CRA members present and voting after the proposed amendment has been listed on the agenda and submitted to the CRA for review and discussion. pAssED AND CERTIFED AS TO PASSAGE by the Collier County Community Redevelopment AgenCy .thi'SJ ~ day of ~)},a~ 2001. ATTEST: DWIGHT'E~ I~ROCK, SECRETARY signature only. Approved As to Form and ~e~) Sufficiency Heidi Ashton Assistant County Attorney and CRA Legal Counsel COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA PAMELA S. MAC'KIE, CHAIRMAN 4 BYLAWS OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY LOCAL REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARDS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA 1181 ARTICLE 1. NAME AND PURPOSE SECTION 1. Name: The local advisory board, one per each component redevelopment area, shall be known as "the name of the component redevelopment area in which the local planning board sits" Local Redevelopment Advisory Board. SECTION 2. Redevelopment Area: The area of operation of an advisory board consists of that certain geographical area identified in CRA Resolution 2000-01 by the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) and Resolution 2000-181 by the BCC, and referred to therein as the Immokalee Component Redevelopment Area and the Bayshore/Gateway Component Redevelopment Area. Additional redevelopment component areas may be designated by separate resolutions of the Community Redevelopment Agency of Collier County ("CRA") and the Collier County Board of County Commissioners ("BCC") after all appropriate findings have been made and a redevelopment component plan for those areas is adopted by the CRA and BCC, all in accordance with Part III, Chapter 163, Florida Statutes (the "Act"). SECTION 3. Purpose: Each advisory board is intended to be the primary source of community input to the Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency (the "CRA") and to the CRA staff. Each advisory board will consider and make recommendations to the CRA staff and the CRA concerning the Redevelopment Plan, amendments to the Redevelopment Plan, the redevelopment area work program and its implementation and any redevelopment projects proposed for the area of operation of the advisory board. The advisory board functions are advisory only and are to assist with the public input in the local redevelopment planning process. More specifically, the purpose and duties of each advisory board shall be as follows: (a) review the applicable component redevelopment area's redevelopment plan and when necessary recommend to the CRA any changes to the plan; (b) make recommendations to the CRA on plan implementation, including developing an annual work program, setting project priorities, and developing incentives to further the redevelopment efforts and carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of the Act in the component redevelopment area; (c) receive input from members of the public interested in redevelopment of the component redevelopment area and to report such information to the CRA; and (d) review and comment on any redevelopment projects proposed in the advisory board's component redevelopment area. ARTICLE II. ADVISORY BOARD SECTION 1. Function: Each advisory board is established to carry out those purposes that are outlined in Article I, Section 3 hereof. SECTION2. Authority; Standing Rules: The advisory board shall be subject to the direct supervision of the CRA Board. The CRA staff shall assist each advisory board and shall serve as the liaison to the CRA Board. Each advisory board may prepare and adopt standing rules specific to that advisory board's component redevelopment area. Preparation, adoption and amendment of any such standing rules shall be at the discretion of the advisory board and must be consistent with these Bylaws, CRA Resolution 2000-01 and BCC Resolution 2000-181 which adopted the Redevelopment Plan, BCC Resolution 2000-83 which declared the BCC to be the CRA and authorized the creation of the advisory boards, the adopted Redevelopment Plan and the Act. Proposed standing rules or amendments to such rules shall be submitted by the advisory board to the CRA for a determination of consistency with all of the above. Any proposed rules or amendments to the rules will be effective upon that determination. SECTION 3. Number of Members: The Board shall have an appropriate number of members to insure adequate representation of all aspects of the community in the component redevelopment area. This number may vary from component redevelopment area to component area. This number may be increased or decreased from time to time as recommended by the advisory board and appointed by the CRA board member for the applicable component redevelopment area. In no circumstances will the number of advisory board members be less than five. SECTION 4. Appointment and Qualifications: The CRA board member from the component redevelopment area shall appoint the advisory board members subject to Article II, Section 5 for the Bayshore/Gateway component redevelopment area and Article II, Section 6 for the Immokalee component redevelopment area. All appointments are subject to approval by the CRA board. Consideration should be given to appointing members that have experience in the following professions: finance, banking, architecture, engineering, education, law enforcement, social work, real estate sales and development; planning or design and building construction. Each member of an advisory board shall engage in business in the component redevelopment area for that advisory board. For purposes of these bylaws, an individual who "engages in business" means an individual who owns real property or a business, practices a profession or performs a service for compensation or serves as an officer or director of a corporation or other business entity so engaged. Any group, committee or board existing at the time of adoption of these Bylaws may present its membership for appointment as long as consideration is given to balancing the advisory board with representatives from the above-recommended professions. SECTION 5. The Bayshore/Gateway Triangle Local Redevelopment Advisory_ Board Consideration should be given to appointing members of the advisory board for the Bayshore/Gateway component redevelopment area as follows: (a) One (1) Bayshore resident; (b) One (1) Gateway Triangle resident; (c) One (1) Bayshore business owner; (d) One (1) Tamiami Trail (US41) business owner; (e) One (1) Davis Boulevard (SR84) business owner; (f) One (1) Bayshore Municipal Service Taxing Unit (MSTU) representative; (g) One (1) at large representative who resides or engages in business, or both, in the Bayshore/Gateway Triangle Component Redevelopment Area; SECTION 6: Immokalee Local Redevelopment Advisory Board: In order to assure a comprehensive approach in the Immokalee community, the Immokalee Enterprise Zone Development Agency as created by the BCC pursuant to Collier County Ordinance 95-22, as amended, shall be the Immokalee Local Redevelopment Advisory Board. The Immokalee Local Redevelopment Advisory Board shall adhere to the provisions of these bylaws, except as otherwise provided by Collier County Ordinance 95-22, as amended. SECTION 7. Application Procedures: Applicants must be residents and electors of Collier County. Residents interested in applying to serve on an advisory board shall submit a letter requesting such appointment and containing a brief resume to the CRA. Guidelines for appointing the members to the advisory board will be consistent with those procedures outlihed in BCC Resolution 94-136. SECTION 8. Terms: Except for the Immokalee Local Redevelopment Advisory Board, advisory board members shall serve for two (2) year terms, with no more than two reappointments permitted. However, for purposes of staggering reappointments, three (3) of the initial members will have one (1) year terms as follows: Bayshore/Gateway Local Redevelopment Advisory Board- the Bayshore resident, the Gateway Triangle resident and the at large representative will each serve only a one (1) year term for the first year of the advisory board, with two (2) year terms from then on. The terms for the Immokalee Local Redevelopment Advisory Board will be consistent with the terms set forth in Collier County Ordinance 95-22, as amended. SECTION 9. Vacancies: Vacancies occurring on any advisory board shall be publicized, but need not be advertised, in a publication of general circulation within the county; and vacancy notices are to be posted in the county libraries, the courthouse and on the intemet. Appointments to fill vacancies on the advisory board shall be filled by the CRA Board member of the component redevelopment area. The term of an advisory board member appointed to fill a vacancy expires at the time the term of the original member would have expired. SECTION 10. Attendance, Removal and Resignation: It is the intent and strong desire of the CRA that there be full attendance of advisory board members at all meetings Sf the advisory board, recognizing, however, that it may be necessary for board members to be absent from a meeting due to unusual or emergency circumstances. The following requirements are established: Any advisory board member who is absent for more than two-thirds of the advisory board's meetings in a given fiscal year shall be deemed to have tendered his or her resignation from the advisory board. The CRA shall, as soon as practicable after such resignation, declare the position vacant and shall promptly fill the position. The affected advisory board member shall not serve at any meeting after his or her position is declared vacant by the CRA. In the event that any advisory board member is absent from two consecutive advisory board meetings without a satisfactory excuse acceptable to the advisory board, the advisory board chairman shall state such fact at the next regularly scheduled advisory board meeting and shall thereafter notify, in writing, the CRA of the advisory board member's failure to attend without a satisfactory excuse. The CRA shall review the notification at a CRA meeting and shall declare the advisory board member's position to be vacant if the CRA concurs that the advisory board member was absent from two 11[ 1 o consecutive advisory board meetings without a satisfactory excuse and shall promptly fill that position pursuant to the provisions of Article II, Section 9. For purposes of this Section 10, attendance means presence at the meeting no later than fifteen minutes after the meeting is called to order as verified by the Secretary on the attendance record. A member may resign at any time by delivering notice thereof to the advisory board and the CRA Chairman. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered to the CRA Chairman unless the notice specifies a later effective date and the CRA board accepts the future effective date. The pending vacancy may be filled before the effective date provided that the successor does not participate at a meeting until the effective date. SECTION 11. Financial Disclosures: Advisory board members shall comply with the applicable financial disclosure requirements of laws of the State of Florida. ARTICLE III. OFFICERS SECTION 1. Officers: The officers of the each advisory board shall be a Chairman, Vice Chairman, and a Secretary. The Secretary shall be the individual assigned from County staff, but shall have no vote. SECTION 2. Role of Chairman: The Chairman shall preside at all meetings and hearings of the advisory board and shall have the duties normally conferred by parliamentary usage on such office. The Chairman shall call special meetings, serve as the advisory board liaison to the CRA, and shall perform such other duties as are customary for the Chairman. SECTION 3. Role of Vice Chairman: The Vice Chairman shall act for the Chairman in the Chairman's absence. The Vice Chairman shall also perform such duties as are delegated by the Chairman. SECTION 4. Role of Secretary: It is the duty of the secretary to (a) keep the minutes of the proceedings of the meetings of the advisory board, (b) provide all notices in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws or as required by law, (c) post or cause to be posted all meeting notices as required and notify members, (d) maintain custody of the advisory board records, and (e) in general perform all duties from time to time as may be prescribed by the Chairman or the advisory board. SECTION 5. Officer Absences: In the absence of the Chairman and Vice Chairman, the quorum present shall select a Chairman for the meeting. SECTION 6. Election of Officers: Except for the Secretary, officers shall be elected annually at the first regular meeting of the year. Election requires nomination from the floor and an affirmative vote by a majority of the advisory board members present and voting, provided a quorum is present at such meeting. Officers shall be seated immediately upon their election. SECTION 7. Terms of Office: Each officer duly elected by the advisory board shall serve a term of one year until the next annual election (or as otherwise determined by the standing rules of the advisory board). All officers shall hold office until their successors have been elected or until their earlier resignation, removal from office or death. No person may simultaneously hold more than one office on an advisory board to the CRA. SECTION 8. Officer Vacancies: If a vacancy exists in any office, the advisory board shall elect a new officer by the affirmative vote of a majority of the advisory board members present and voting at a meeting of the advisory board, to fill the incomplete term of the vacated office. SECTION 9. Removal or Resignation: The advisory board may remove an officer at any time with or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of the advisory board members present and voting at a duly constituted meeting of the advisory board. An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice thereof to the advisory board. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered to the advisory board unless the notice specifies a later effective date and the advisory board accepts the future effective date, the pending vacancy may be filled before the effective date provided that the successor does not take office until the effective date. ARTICLE IV. SUBCOMMITTEES SECTION 1. Creation: The advisory board may create, from time to time, such subcommittees as shall be necessary or desirable to carry out the functions, purposes, and objectives of the advisory board. Any such subcommittees shall be subordinate to the advisory board, shall be assigned a specific purpose and objective, and shall be given a date certain to complete its tasks, at which time the subcommittee shall be dissolved, unless said date is extended by the affirmative vote of a majority of the advisory board members present and voting at a duly constituted meeting of the advisory board. SECTION 2. Members: The members of such subcommittee shall be elected by the advisory board for such term and shall have qualifications as the advisory board may desire. SECTION 3. Removal: The advisory board may remove any subcommittee member with or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of advisory board members present and voting at any meeting of the advisory board. SECTION 4. Rules and Procedures: The subcommittees shall be subject to the same parliamentary procedures as the advisory board and Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law. ARTICLE V. MEETINGS SECTION 1. Meetings: Regular meetings of the advisory board shall be held on such day, time and place as may be determined by the advisory board, and at a minimum once a month. The purpose of the meetings is to discuss and to then prepare recommendations and advice to the CRA on matters brought before the advisory board. SECTION 2. Quorum and Voting: At all regular or special meetings of an advisory board, a majority of the membership of the advisory board shall constitute a quorum. Voting shall be by voice unless a member of the advisory board requests a roll call. The roll shall be in alphabetical order with the first name called rotating with each motion upon which the vote is called. The Chairman shall always vote last. A record of the roll call shall be kept as part of the minutes. SECTION 3. Special Meetings: Special meetings may be called by the Chairman at anytime provided adequate notice is given pursuant to Article 5, Section 4 hereof. The Chairman may also call a special meeting when requested to do so in writing by a majority of the members of the advisory board or by a CRA staff member. The notice of such a meeting shall specify the purpose of such a meeting and no 5 llB1 other business may be considered except by unanimous consent of the advisory board. All members of the advisory board shall be notified in advance of such special meetings by the Secretary. SECTION 4. Notice and Publication: The Secretary shall give notice and keep record of such notice of its meetings and the meetings of the subcommittees including the date, time, and location of each regular and special meeting. Notice shall be posted in the county courthouse and other appropriate locations as recommended by the advisory board and to the County Public Information Department for further distribution. SECTION 5. Open Meetings: All meetings of the advisory board or its subcommittees shall be open to the public and governed by the provisions of Florida' s Government in the Sunshine Law. SECTION 6. Minutes: The minutes of all meetings shall be promptly recorded, and such records shall be open to public inspection, in accordance with applicable law. SECTION 7. Location: Meetings of an advisory board, or any of its subcommittees, shall be held in a location accessible to the public. SECTION 8. Meeting Agenda: The agenda for each meeting of an advisory board, or any of its subcommittees, shall be outlined by the Chairman and submitted to the Secretary for preparation. Any advisory board member in the case of an advisory board, or a subcommittee member in the case of a subcommittee, may place an item on the agenda by submitting it to the Chairman for forwarding to the Secretary prior to the deadline for publishing the notice of such meeting. SECTION 9. Order of Business: The order of business at regular meetings shall be: (a) Roll Call (b) Adoption of the Agenda (c) Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meeting (d) Communications (e) Old Business (f) New Business (g) Citizen Comments (h) Adjournment SECTION 10. To provide for the orderly and efficient conduct of its meetings, each advisory board shall follow Roberts Rules of Order. ARTICLE VI. CONFLICT The provisions of these bylaws shall apply to the Immokalee Local Redevelopment Advisory Board except as otherwise provided by Collier County Ordinance No. 95-22, as amended. It is the intent of the CRA that Collier County Ordinance No. 86-41, as amended, shall not apply to the advisory boards. ARTICLE VII AMENDMENTS These Bylaws may be amended at any duly constituted meeting of the CRA by an affirmative vote by a majority of the CRA members present and voting after the proposed amendment has been listed on the agenda and submitted to the CRA for review and discussion. PASSED AND CERTIFED AS TO PASSAGE by the Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency this ~ ~Z~.day of '~~001. ATTEST: f' /': DWIGHT:.~'BROC- K, SECRETARY st ature lg. Approved As to Fora and Legal Sufficiency Heidi Ashton Assistant County Attorney and CRA Legal Counsel COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA BY: PAMELA S. MAC'KIE, CHAIRMAN 7