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Ordinance to revise the membership of the Watershore and Beach
Advisory Committee.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas:
SECTION 1. That the City Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Administration , Article IV,
Miscellaneous Boards, Commissions and Committees, Division 4, Watershore and
Beach Advisory Committee, is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 2 -80. Created; membership; terms; filling vacancies.
(a) There is hereby created the Watershore and Beach Advisory Committee. The
committee shall be composed of nine (9) members appointed by the city council.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the current members of the Water /shore committee
shall be appointed to the initial two -year term of the Marina Advisory Committee or
appointed to the initial two -year term of the Watershore and Beach Advisory Committee,
as requested by the member by written notification to City Secretary, along with such
other persons appointed by City Council as necessary to total nine (9) members for
each committee. Of the nine (9) members, one (1) shall be a scientist, i.e., marine
biologist; one (1) shall be an engineer; one (1) shall be an environmentalist; one (1)
shall be an owner or representative of a hotel or condominium located on North Padre
Island or Mustang Island; and one (1) shall be a board member or employee of the
Corpus Christi Convention and Visitors Bureau.
(c) In the succeeding term, five (5) members shall serve a two -year term and four (4)
members a one -year term, as determined by drawing. Thereafter, all terms shall be two
(2) years.
(d) Whenever a vacancy occurs during a term, appointments to fill a vacancy shall be to
fill the unexpired term.
(e) The Chairperson of the Watershore and Beach Advisory Committee shall act as an
advisor to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee and vice versa.
(Ord. No. 027408, § 1, 9 -11 -2007; Ord. No. 027523, 12 -11 -2007)
Sec. 2-81. Rules of procedure; officers.
The Watershore and Beach Advisory Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
At the first meeting after creation of the committee, a majority of the whole committee
shall elect a chairperson and vice - chairperson to serve during the initial two -year term.
Thereafter, a committee chairperson and vice - chairperson shall be elected by a majority
of the whole committee to serve one -year terms expiring each September 1. Said
election shall be held each year at the first regular meeting after appointments to fill
expiring terms.
(Ord. No. 027408, § 1, 9 -11 -2007)
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Sec. 2 -82. Duties.
(a) The committee shall advise and make recommendations regarding use or
preservation of the following areas within the city limits: the waterfront, the beaches, and
the natural bodies of water including but not limited to Gulf of Mexico, bays, rivers, and
creeks, excluding the Marina area as defined by section 2 -264.
(b) The committee's duties include the following:
(1) Assist the city council in providing for the orderly, master planning of the areas
described in subsection (a).
(2) Review the annual capital improvement budgets regarding the improvement and
maintenance of the facilities upon said areas.
(3) Review and make recommendations regarding special event requests upon said
areas.
(Ord. No. 027408, § 1, 9 -11 -2007)
Sec. 2-83. Minutes; staff support.
The City Manager shall appoint a staff member to keep minutes of the committee and
prepare such assistance as the committee may request.
(Ord. No. 027408, § 1, 9 -11 -2007)
Sec. 2 -84. Watershore and Beach Advisory Committee's coordination with Parks
and Recreation Advisory Committee.
The Watershore and Beach Advisory Committee, and the Parks and Recreation
Advisory Committee shall submit recommendations to the city manager and the city
council from time to time concerning any concurrent responsibilities relating to the
waters, waterfront, and beaches in the city limits.
(Ord. No. 027408, § 1, 9 -11 -2007)
Secs. 2- 85 -2 -89. Reserved."
SECTION 2. This Ordinance takes effect upon final reading and approval of the City
Council.
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That the foregoing ordinance wa red for the first time and passed to its second
reading on this the 1 nta y of UNtbelei 20 (" y the following vote:
Nelda Martinez
Kelley Allen
Rudy Garza
Priscilla Leal
David Loeb
Chad Magill
Colleen McIntyre
Lillian Riojas
Mark Scott
That the for oing or na ce was read for the,,,.second time and passed finally on this
the `ay of ( I.i�. , .,rr , by the following vote:
Nelda Martinez
Kelley Allen
Rudy Garza
Priscilla Leal
David Loeb
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the
Chad Magill
Colleen McIntyre
Lillian Riojas
Mark Scott
ATTEST:
Armando Chapa Nelda Ma
City Secretary Mayor