Governing body-composition and appointments; terms of office and vacancies; membership qualifications; procedures for appointment of members; oath; quorum and voting; meetings; attendance requirements; indemnification.
Miami City Code § 12.5-44
in effectSec. 12.5-44. - Governing body-composition and appointments; terms of office and vacancies; membership qualifications; procedures for appointment of members; oath; quorum and voting; meetings; attendance requirements; indemnification.
(a) Governing body-composition and appointments. The Little Haiti Trust shall consist of five voting members. Four of the voting members shall be appointed by the district 5 commissioner and confirmed by the city commission. One voting member shall be appointed by the city manager and confirmed by the city commission.
(b) Terms of office and vacancies. Four voting members shall be appointed by the district 5 commissioner for a term of two years or until the nominating commissioner leaves office, whichever occurs first. One voting member shall be appointed by the city manager for a term of one year or until the city manager leaves office, whichever occurs first. The district 5 commissioner shall appoint an individual to fill a vacancy due to the death, resignation, or removal of his or her appointees to the Little Haiti Trust, which person shall serve only for the remainder of the unexpired term. The city manager shall appoint an individual to fill a vacancy due to the death, resignation, or removal of his or her appointee to the Little Haiti Trust, which person shall serve only for the remainder of the unexpired term. Members shall continue to serve until their successors have been appointed and confirmed. No member shall serve more than four consecutive years on the Little Haiti Trust. Nothing set forth herein shall prohibit any individual from being reappointed after a hiatus of two years.
(c) Membership qualifications.
(1) The Little Haiti Trust voting members shall be 18 years of age or older and broadly reflect the diversity of the community and share technical, professional expertise, or experiential knowledge and interest in the residential construction, development, architecture and engineering, planning, zoning and land use law, economic development, historic preservation and restoration, administration, fiscal management, or community involvement. Members shall be subject to section 2-884 of the City Code. Notwithstanding the requirements herein this section or subsection 2-884(e) of the City Code, fire fighters and law enforcement officers may be appointed to the Little Haiti Revitalization Trust.
(2) Each member of the Little Haiti Trust shall be an individual of outstanding reputation for integrity, responsibility, and commitment to serving the community, have a demonstrated interest in the revitalization of the area and the vision of the Little Haiti Trust, and is expected to participate actively in the functioning of the Little Haiti Trust.
(3) No member of the Little Haiti Trust shall become a candidate for elective political office during his or her term. Should any member of the Little Haiti Trust qualify as a candidate for elective political office, such qualification shall be deemed an immediate resignation from the Little Haiti Trust.
(4) No employee of Miami-Dade County or any municipality therein other than city employees shall serve on or be appointed to the Little Haiti Trust.
(d) Procedure for appointment of members. No appointment shall be made until notice has been given in a newspaper of general circulation in the city of the appointments to be made to the Little Haiti Trust at least 30 days prior to the making of an appointment and shall have solicited and encouraged the public and professional or citizen organizations within the area having interest in and knowledge of the area to submit names of persons and their qualifications for consideration as prospective appointees of the Little Haiti Trust. At least ten days prior to the making of any appointment, the appointing party shall cause the city clerk to have available to the public and the city clerk shall publicly make announcement of the fact that the list of names thus submitted, together with a short statement of the qualifications of each nominee, is prepared and available for public inspection and consideration. In reaching a decision on appointments, the appointing party shall give due consideration to the names submitted.
(e) Oath. Upon the effective date of appointment, or as soon thereafter as practicable, each member of the Little Haiti Trust shall assume the duties of a member of the Little Haiti Trust but before doing so, shall take an oath or affirmation to be filed and kept in the Office of the city clerk that he or she will support, protect, and defend the constitution and laws of the United States of America and of the State of Florida.
(f) Officers. The voting members of the Little Haiti Trust shall elect from its voting members a chairperson and vice-chairperson and designate a secretary and such other officers deemed necessary. The chairperson of the Little Haiti Trust shall have the power to appoint all members serving on the various committees which the Little Haiti Trust shall establish from time to time. All officers shall serve a term of one year or until a successor is elected.
(g) Quorum and voting. All meetings of the Little Haiti Trust shall be open to the public. Quorum shall consist of three members. The voting members of the Little Haiti Trust shall make and adopt bylaws and rules and regulations for the Little Haiti Trust's governance and for the operation and management of the revitalization initiative.
(h) Meetings. The Little Haiti Trust shall hold regular quarterly meetings and may hold such other meetings as it deems necessary. At least one of the meetings of the Little Haiti Trust per year shall be held in the area. All meetings of the Little Haiti Trust shall be public. Recorded minutes of the proceedings of all actions taken at the meeting of the Little Haiti Trust shall be maintained by the Little Haiti Trust and shall be promptly and properly recorded and submitted to the city clerk. A designee of the Little Haiti Trust shall transcribe the recorded minutes of the meetings of the Little Haiti Trust and provide a copy of the transcribed minutes to the president/chief executive officer of the Little Haiti Trust.
(i) Attendance requirements. It is expected that members of the Little Haiti Trust attend each and every meeting. Members shall be subject to the attendance requirements of section 2-886 of the City Code.
(j) Insurance. The Little Haiti Trust shall maintain officers and director's liability insurance coverage at all times in an amount and in a form satisfactory to the city's director of risk management.
(Ord. No. 13834, § 2, 4-25-19; Ord. No. 14109, § 2, 10-13-22; Ord. No. 14221, § 2, 10-26-23)
Source: City of Miami, Florida, City Code, City Charter, Special Acts and Related General Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/miami/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIITHCO_CH12.5CORE_ARTICOREDI_DIV3LIHARETR_S12.5-44GOBOMPAPTEOFVAMEQUPRAPMEOAQUVOMEATREINFetched: 11/1/2026