The City of Fort Lauderdale City Commission is seeking applicants to join several advisory boards and committees.
Affordable Housing Advisory Committee
Purpose: Review established policies and procedures, ordinances, land development regulations and adopted comprehensive plan and recommend specific actions or initiatives to encourage or facilitate affordable housing while protecting the ability of the property to appreciate in value; to evaluate the implementation of affordable housing incentives; to make recommendations to the city commission on matters related to affordable housing issues; submit to the city commission triennially, the State Housing Initiative Partnership report that includes recommendations to establish and evaluate the implementation of affordable housing incentives in the areas provided in Section 420.9076 (2), Florida Statutes; prepare an overall strategy integrating polices, plans and program delivery related to affordable housing and the use of state and federal entitlement funds; and to recommend strategies and procedures that when implemented will increase the City's capacity to provide more affordable housing.
Meeting Date: Second Monday, 8:00 a.m., unless otherwise noted
Location: Building Services Center, 700 NW 19th Avenue, Conference Room
Term: Three years
Current available categories for appointments:
- Represents areas of labor in home building in connection with affordable housing
- Actively serves on the City's Local Planning Agency pursuant to Section 163.3174, Florida Statutes
- Resides within the City of Fort Lauderdale
Membership guidelines are that board members live or work within the City. The committee shall consist of members actively engaged in the area of affordable housing, as follows: residential home building industry; banking/mortgage banking or mortgage industry; areas of labor in home building; advocate for low-income persons; for-profit provider; not-for-profit provider; real estate professional; resident of the city; member of the City's Local Planning Agency pursuant to Florida Statute 163.3174; representative of employers in the city; representative of essential services personnel as defined in the City's Housing Assistance Plan; active in local community improvement activities and one additional member.
Audit Advisory Board
Purpose: To advise the City Commission regarding appointment, compensation and retention of the independent auditor selected by the City to prepare or issue an audit report or perform other audits or attesting services for the city and to oversee such services; evaluate annually the independent auditor's qualifications, performance and independence taking into consideration the opinion of city management and the Internal Audit Director; review the draft annual audited financial statements, including management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations and discuss with management and the independent auditor prior to the filing of the comprehensive annual financial report; review the independent auditor's annual management letter recommendations on internal control and accounting procedures and make recommendations to the City Manager and City Commission regarding appropriate response and resources to address audit findings; review the reports of the Internal Audit Director with responses from management and annual and interim planned work activities and advise City Commission regarding adequacy of staffing and other resources to accomplish the overall scope and plans for internal audits; review City's compliance with legal and regulatory requirements related to revenues, expenditures, assets, liabilities and any other financial matters; review City's major financial risk, exposures and steps taken to monitor and control such exposures.
Meeting Date: Quarterly, unless otherwise noted
Location: To be advised when meetings are calendared
Term: One year
Membership guidelines are that board members live, work or own real property within the City, and individual’s familiar with auditing procedures through their experience with accounting or corporate management be represented.
Aviation Advisory Board
Purpose: To recommend to the City Commission action necessary for the planning, establishment, development, construction, enlargement, improvement, maintenance, operation, regulation and policing of airports owned, operated and controlled by the City.
Meeting Date: Fourth Thursday, 1:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted
Location: Executive Airport-Administration Office, 6000 NW 21st Avenue
Term: One year
Membership guidelines are that board members live, work or own real property within the City.
Budget Advisory Board
Purpose: To Provide the City with input regarding the taxpayers’ perspective in the development of the annual operating budget; to review projections and estimates from the city manager regarding revenues and expenditures for upcoming fiscal year; to advise the city commission on service levels and priorities and fiscal solvency; and to submit recommendations to the city commission no later than August 15 of each year regarding a budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
Meeting Date: Third Wednesday, 6:00 p.m., unless otherwise noted
Location: City Hall, 8th Floor Conference Room
Term: One year
Membership guidelines are that board members live, work or own real property within the City; and that the following qualifications are represented on the board, whenever possible: community, financial, educational and commercial, with representation of small and large businesses.
Cemetery System Board of Trustees
Purpose: To administer and oversee the operations of the municipal cemeteries.
Meeting Date: Second Thursday every other month, 3:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted
Location: City Hall, 8th Floor Conference Room
Term: One year
Community Appearance Board
Purpose: To present promotional, educational, and award programs and events which further efforts to improve the overall community appearance of the City of Fort Lauderdale. Acknowledge excellence in design, landscape and building property management.
Meeting Date: Second Wednesday 5:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted
Location: City Hall, 8th Floor Conference Room
Term: One year
Membership guidelines are that board members live, work or own real property within the City; and that the following professional categories be represented on the board, whenever possible: 1) licensed architect, 2) licensed landscape architect, 3) licensed interior designer as well as design and development professionals such as land planners, arborist, contractors, realtors, attorneys, etc.
Community Services Board
PURPOSE: To encourage citizen involvement and participation in community affairs at all levels and provide a vehicle for receiving and transmitting information between residents and the city commission; review and recommend applications to the city commission for Community Block Grant allocations for public service activities and for housing opportunities for persons with HIV/AIDS (HOPWA) funds for housing related services based upon a budget provided to the board by the city commission; and act as the advisory board for HOPWA grant activities and report findings and recommendations to city commission.
Meeting Date: Second Monday, 4:00 p.m., unless otherwise noted
Location: City Hall, 1st Floor Chambers
Term: One Year
Current available categories for appointment:
- Broward County employee involved in administration of Ryan White funds or other grants associated with assisting person with HIV/AIDS in Broward County
- Employed by public housing authority
Membership guidelines shall consist of at least three residents from each quadrant of the city and three at-large members. At-large members to be representative of various professions and occupations as determined appropriate. One member shall be a Broward County employee involved in the administration of Ryan White funds or other grants associated with assisting person with HIV/AIDS; a second member shall be from the HIV/AIDS community that includes a person living with HIV/AIDS or a person advocating on behalf of a person with HIV/AIDS in Broward County; a third member shall be a person employed by public housing authority.
Education Advisory Board
Purpose: Advise the city commission on issues relating to educational matters which will impact the quality of education for City residents, or which will impact education facilities located within the City.
Meeting Date: Third Thursday, 6:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted
Location: City Hall, 1st Floor Chambers
Term: One year
Membership guidelines are that board members live, work or own real property within the City or be affiliated with an educational facility located within the City; and that the following qualifications be represented on the board, whenever possible: business community, parent teacher student organization/parent teacher association, civic association(s), broward county school board, the public school system, the private school system, and the post secondary education system.
Enterprise Zone Development Agency (Broward County)
Purpose: Seek ways to relax or eliminate fiscal and regulatory constraints and identify supportive actions that facilitate business investments in distressed areas. Provide the necessary means to assist local communities, their residents, and the private sector in creating the proper economic and social environment to induce investment of private resources in productive business enterprises located in severely distressed areas.
Meeting Date: Fourth Thursday, 9:30 a.m., every other month, unless otherwise noted
Location: City Hall, 8th Floor Conference Room
Term: Four Years
Membership from each of the following categories is encouraged:
- Local chamber of commerce
- Local law enforcement agencies
- Local financial or insurance entity
- Businesses operating within the nominated areas
- Residents of the distressed area
- Nonprofit community-based organizations
- Local private industry council
- Local code enforcement agencies
Fire-Rescue Facilities Bond Issue Blue Ribbon Committee
Purpose: Provide recommendations to the city commission concerning the expenditure of bond funds - acquiring, constructing, developing, extending, enlarging, improving, renovating, equipping and furnishing the fire-rescue facilities as spelled out in Resolution 04-145, which authorized issuance of bonds.
Meeting Date: Third Thursday every other month, 6:00 p.m., unless otherwise noted
Location: City Hall, 8th Floor Conference Room
Term: One year
Membership guidelines are that committee members live, work or own real property within the City.
Insurance Advisory Board
Purpose: Review all aspects of the City’s insurance program and needs and make recommendations to the city commission thereon.
Meeting Date: First Wednesday 8:00 a.m., unless otherwise noted
Location: City Hall, 8th Floor Conference Room
Term: One year
Membership guidelines are that board members live, work or own real property within the City.
Middle River-South Middle River-Sunrise Boulevard Redevelopment Advisory Board
Purpose: To review the plan for the Middle River-South Middle River-Sunrise Boulevard CRA and recommend changes; make recommendations regarding the exercise of the city commission’s powers as a community redevelopment agency in order to implement the plan and carry out and effectuate the purposes and provision of the Community Redevelopment Act in the Middle River-South Middle River-Sunrise Boulevard CRA; receive input from members of the public interested in redevelopment of the Middle River-South Middle River-Sunrise Boulevard CRA and to report such information to the city commission sitting as the Community Redevelopment Agency.
Meeting Date: First Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted
Location: City Hall, 8th Floor Conference Room
Term: One year
Membership guidelines are that board members are residents of, own property in, or be employed in the city. Membership shall include: one member who is a resident of the Middle River neighborhood; one member who is a resident of the South Middle River neighborhood; one member who is a resident of the Lauderdale Manors neighborhood; one member who is a resident of the Lake Ridge neighborhood; one member who is a resident of the Poinsettia Heights neighborhood; one member who is a member of the 13th Street Alliance; one member who is a developer or real estate professional; one member who is a landowner in the area; one member who is an urban planner or design professional; one member who is a building contractor; one member who owns a business within the Middle River-South Middle River-Sunrise Boulevard CRA or is a member of the business community.
Northwest-Progresso-Flagler Heights Redevelopment Board
Purpose: To review the Plan for the NPFCRA and recommend any changes to the plan. To make recommendations regarding the exercise of the city commission's powers as a community redevelopment agency in order to implement the plan and carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of Chapter 61-2165, Laws of Florida and Section 163.330 through 163.450, Florida Statutes in the NPFCRA. To receive input from members of the public interested in redevelopment of the NPFCRA and to report such information to the city commission.
Meeting Date: Fourth Wednesday 3:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted
Location: City Hall, 8th Floor Conference Room
Term: Three years
Membership guidelines in making appointments, consideration should be given to seeking representatives as follows: 1) Ten members from the Northwest area and five members from the Progresso and Flagler Heights area who reside, engage in business or both in the respective areas; 2) a financier or banker, an architect, an engineer, an educator, a law enforcement professional, social worker; 3) a person experienced in real estate sales and development; 4) an urban planner or design professional; and 5) a building contractor.
Nuisance Abatement Board
PURPOSE: To promote, protect, and improve the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens by imposing administrative fines and other non-criminal penalties in order to provide an equitable, expeditious, effective, and inexpensive method of enforcing ordinances under circumstances when a pending or repeated violation continues to exist.
Meeting Date: Second Thursday, 7:00 p.m., unless otherwise noted
Location: City Hall, 1st Floor Chambers
Term: One Year
Membership guidelines are that members must be a resident of the City.
Reapportionment Committee
PURPOSE: Review and evaluate any and all data, proposals, and plans submitted for consideration in the reapportionment; recommend a reapportionment plan or process to the city commission that will result in commission district boundaries that reflect an equal distribution of population per district; and to advise the city commission on the committee's recommendations for reapportionment.
Meeting Date: Third Monday, 6:00 p.m., unless otherwise noted
Location: City Hall, 8th Floor Conference Room
Term: Until an ordinance is passed by the city commission revising commission district boundaries.
Membership guidelines are that committee members shall reside in the City; and consideration should be given to seeking representatives as follows: 1) one members shall be recommended from and by the Council of Fort Lauderdale Civic Associations; 2) one member shall be from the City of Fort Lauderdale’s business community; 3) two members shall be appointed at large.
Utility Advisory Committee
Purpose: Advise the city commission on the activities of the utilities in the City; recommend administrative procedures that ensure the purpose and intent of the utilities' franchise agreements are met; and hear citizen, neighborhood, and community concerns or complaints about the services of the utilities and recommend appropriate action to the City Commission and City Administration.
Meeting Date: Fourth Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted
Location: City Hall, 8th Floor Conference Room
Term: One year
Membership guidelines are that board members live or work within the City; and consideration should be given to seeking representatives as follows: community, engineering, planning and commercial interests.
How to Apply
All interested applicants may apply by completing a Board and Committee Application  .
Additional information is available in the Summary of Boards and Committees .
If you have any questions, you may call Arleen Gross, City Clerk's Office, at 954-828-5288 or e-mail AGross@fortlauderdale.gov. |
