(A) The Community Development Advisory Board shall consist of nine (9) members appointed by the City Council, to include one locally elected official and one representative from at least six (6) of the categories below. Membership shall, to the extent possible, include persons from the following fields:
(1) One (1) member who actively serves on the local planning agency (Planning and Zoning Board) pursuant to Fla. Stat. 163.3174;
(2) One (1) member who resides within the City;
(3) One (1) member who represents employers within the City;
(4) One (1) member actively engaged as a for-profit provider of affordable housing;
(5) One (1) member who is a representative of those areas of labor actively engaged in home building in connection with affordable housing;
(6) One (1) member who is actively engaged as a real estate professional in connection with affordable housing;
(7) One (1) member who represents essential services personnel, as in the local housing assistance plan as all persons who contribute to the growth and well being of the City of Palm Bay;
(8) One (1) member actively engaged as a not-for-profit provider of affordable housing;
(9) One (1) member actively engaged in the residential home building industry in connection with affordable housing;
(10) One (1) member actively engaged in the banking or mortgage banking industry in connection with affordable housing;
(11) One (1) member actively engaged as an advocate for low-income persons in connection with affordable housing.
(B) There will be one (1) non-voting liaison to the Board representing the City Council.
(C) Except as set forth in Subsection (F) below, members of the Board shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age. Preference is to be given to residents of the City.
(D) Of the members first appointed, those listed in subsection (A) above, paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be appointed for terms of one (1) year, those members listed in paragraphs (3) through (5) shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years, those members listed in paragraphs (6) through (8) shall be appointed for three (3) years; and those members listed in paragraphs (9) through (11) shall be appointed for four (4) years. Subsequent appointments, except for filling vacancies, shall be for the full term of four (4) years.
(E) Vacancies for unexpired terms shall be filled in the manner in which original appointments are required to be made. Appointments to fill any vacancy on the Board shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term.
(Ord. 2003-27, passed 7-17-03; Am. Ord. 2008-39, passed 5-15-08; Am. Ord. 2010-59, passed 10-21-10; Am. Ord. 2015-11, passed 3-5-15; Am. Ord. 2020-39, passed 7-2-20; Am. Ord. 2022-58, passed 6-2-22)