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Resiliency Committee
We Are Seeking Members
The Village of Palmetto Bay is seeking members to serve on the Resiliency Committee. Please review the following links to read the solicitation and the membership application:
For additional information, please contact Village Clerk Missy Arocha at 305-259-1234 or via email.
Membership Information
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The Resiliency Committee was approved via Ordinance No. 2022-05.
Purpose:
The purpose of the Resiliency Committee is to identify, study, and recommend policies and programs that strengthen the Village’s sustainability and resiliency, and to develop a committee report that identifies short-term, medium-term, and long-term projects that will make the Village a more sustainable and resilient municipality, prioritizing natural and/or structural improvements within the Village.
The committee is to address matters such as sea level rise, drinking water, canals, stormwater, coastal ecology, architecture mitigation, septic to sewer, flood mitigation, natural habitats, and the preservation of Biscayne Bay.
The Resiliency Committee was established by Ordinance 2022-05, which was adopted on May 2, 2022.
Mission
To identify, study, and recommend policies and programs that strengthen the Village’s sustainability and resiliency and to develop a report that identifies short, mid and long-term projects to reach that goal.
Composition
The committee is to be composed of five (5) members, a non-voting Council Liaison and a non-voting Staff Liaison. The members shall have experience, training, or knowledge in environmental science, environmental education or other fields that lend themselves to the issues with which the Committee is charged.
Appointees must be either residents of the Village, property owners in the Village, or business owners in the Village and cannot be members of any other Village Board, Committee, or Task Force. Each Councilmember shall appoint a member. The Committee shall meet every other month.
In accordance with Section 2-59 of the Code of Ordinances, committee members shall serve a two-year term once appointed and no committee member shall serve more than six consecutive years.
The Chairperson and Secretary of the Heritage Committee shall be elected by the Committee Members. Committee Members cannot be current members of any Advisory Board, Committee, or Task Force in the Village.
Meetings
The Resiliency Committee shall meet every other month. Dates and times are to be determined following the selection of its membership.
STARTING JUNE 1, 2022, ALL BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCE GROUPS WILL MEET IN PERSON AT VILLAGE HALLPalmetto Bay's Declaration of COVID-19 Virus State of Emergency Order No. 2020-11 has been lifted. As such, all advisory boards, committees and task force groups will resume in person meetings starting June 1, 2022. All meetings will be audio-recorded, and written minutes will be maintained by the Office of the Village Clerk.Members of the general public may provide public comments by continuing to use the online Public Comment Form, which will be read into the record, or may appear in person to provide public comments. The meeting dates will remain the same as previously established for all volunteer groups. |
For more details about upcoming meetings, please visit our online calendar.
For additional information and/or inquiries, please contact Missy Arocha, Village Clerk at (305) 259-1234, or via email to: clerk@palmettobay-fl.gov.