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 Bradenton Beach
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 18. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

  § 18-2. Community redevelopment agency and board.  

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  • (a)

    There is established and confirmed a community redevelopment agency and, pursuant to F.S. § 163.356, a five-member board of commissioners of the agency for the city. The terms of office for the commissioners shall be for four years from the date of their appointments. A vacancy occurring during a term shall be filled for the unexpired term.

    (b)

    As an alternative to the appointment of the board specified in subsection (a), the city commission, pursuant to F.S. § 163.357(1), as the governing body may, at any time after the adoption of a resolution finding that one or more slum or blighted areas exist within the city in compliance with F.S. § 163.355, declare itself by resolution to be the community redevelopment agency, in which case, all the rights, powers, duties, privileges and immunities vested in the agency will be vested in the city commission, subject to all responsibilities and liabilities imposed or incurred. The city commission and the mayor as members of the agency shall constitute the head of a legal entity, separate, distinct and independent from the governing body of the city. If the city commission declares itself to be an agency which already exists, it shall be subject to all of the responsibilities and liabilities imposed or incurred by the existing agency. The mayor and city commission may, within their discretion through the above-referenced resolution establishing the governing body as the agency, appoint up to two additional persons to act as members of the community redevelopment agency. The terms of office of the additional member or members, as the case may be, shall be for four years, except, that the first person appointed shall initially serve a term of two years. Persons appointed under this subsection are subject to all provisions of this article and the applicable state law relating to appointed members of a community redevelopment agency.

    (c)

    The board shall have all the powers, duties and responsibilities as provided for in F.S. § 163.356, except those as specifically prohibited to the board and reserved to the city commission pursuant to F.S. § 163.358. The board shall be responsible for preparing and establishing, pursuant to the procedures and requirements of F.S. § 163.360, a community redevelopment plan for the city to address the rehabilitation, conservation or redevelopment of the blighted areas, or such other areas of the city needing immediate attention, as provided for in Resolution No. 92-499.

    (d)

    In addition to the provisions of subsections (a)—(c) of this section, the board shall have the authority to pass such resolutions as may be necessary to carry out their duties as granted by F.S. ch. 163, pt. III (F.S. § 163.330 et seq.), and this chapter. The board shall not have the authority to pass resolutions that are required to be passed by the city commission as a local governing authority pursuant to F.S. § 163.330 et seq. or that are contradictory to or in excess of the powers and authority granted to the board.

(Ord. No. 92-273, §§ 1—3, 1-23-92; Ord. No. 94-273A, §§ I, II, 11-17-94)