Fort Walton Beach Resolution — 07-18-Creatiang Waterfront Committee — reading text

RESOLUTION 2007- 18 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, CREATING THE FORT WALTON BEACH WATERFRONT COMMITTEE; ESTABLISHING ITS MEMBERSmp AT FIVE MEMBERS; AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council understands the need to preserve and protect the City' s waterfront; and WHEREAS, the City Council has detennined the need to implement the Water' s Edge Master Plan and Charting the Course - Fort Walton Beach Waterfront Vision Plan; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH: Section 1. The City of Fort Walton Beach hereby establishes the Fort Walton Beach Waterfront Committee, to represent boaters and non- boaters of the City. The Water' s Edge Ad Hoc Committee, created by City Council by motion at their regular meeting on January 27, 2004, and the Waterfront Florida Partnership Committee, fonned by Resolution 05- 33, are hereby tenninated Section 2. The purpose of the Fort Walton Beach Waterfront Committee is to implement and recommend to the City Council funding for the projects necessary to achieve the goals and objectives of Charting the Course - Fort Walton Beach Waterfront Vision Plan and to implement the recommendations ofthe Water' s Edge Master Plan. Section 3. The Fort Walton Beach Waterfront Committee shall consist of five members - two boaters, two non- boaters, and one at large member. Each member shall apply to and be appointed by a majority vote of the City Council. Each member will serve on the ComIhittee for a tenn of four years. Members may fill these positions for two tenn periods. Sectwn 4. At their meeting in August of each year, the Committee shall elect from among their body a chair and vice- chair. a. The chair and vice-chair shall serve for one year and may be re- elected to serve in the same position. b. A designee of the City Manager shall serve as the City staff liaison to the Committee.