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RESOLUTION APPOINTING MACK SAMUEL, DR. MAE BRYANT AND ALPHONCIA LAFRANCE-MOMPREMIER TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR N.W. 7TH AVENUE CORRIDOR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY; AND DESIGNATING ALPHONCIA LAFRANCE AS CHAIR AND TODD RUDERMAN AS VICE-CHAIR OF THE N.W. 7TH AVENUE CORRIDOR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

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WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners ("Board") adopted Ordinance No. 06-18, which established the N.W. 7th Avenue Corridor Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") and appointed an initial Board of Commissioners ("CRA Board") pursuant to Section 163.356, Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, the Board, as governing body of the CRA, makes appointments to the CRA Board, when necessary, after the initial CRA Board is established; and
WHEREAS, the Board previously appointed Donald Kressly, Todd Ruderman, Eugene Lamondo, William Wallace IV, Haneef Q. Hamidullah, Linda Julien and Patrick Cure to the CRA Board; and
WHEREAS, three seats have become available because Mr. Hamidullah recently passed away on April 21, 2011, Ms. Julien was removed by this Board on April 4, 2011, and Mr. Cure tendered his resignation on April 1, 2011; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 163.356(2), Florida Statutes and Ordinance No. 06-18, the CRA Board �shall consist of not fewer than five or more than nine commissioners�: and
WHEREAS, the CRA cannot conduct any business until it has the minimum required number of CRA commissioners appointed; and
WHEREAS this Board wishes to fill the vacancies on the CRA Board; and
WHEREAS, this Board desires to appoint Mack Samuel, Dr. Mae Bryant, and Alphoncia Lafrance-Mompremier, whose resumes are attached hereto as Exhibit A, to serve as commissioners of the CRA Board; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 163.356(3)(c) of the Florida Statute and Ordinance No. 06-18, the Board, as the governing body of Miami-Dade County, is also required to designate a chair and vice chair from amongst the CRA commissioners; and
WHEREAS, the Board desires to designate Alphoncia Lafrance-Mompremier as Chair; and
WHEREAS, this Board also desires to designate Todd Ruderman, who was previously reappointed to the CRA Board pursuant to Resolution No. R- 386-11, to serve as Vice-Chair of the CRA,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are incorporated in this resolution and are approved.
Section 2. The Board appoints Mack Samuel, Dr. Mae Bryant, and Alphoncia Lafrance-Mompremier to the Board of Commissioners for the CRA.
Section 3. The Board designates Alphoncia Lafrance-Mompremier as Chair and Todd Ruderman as Vice-Chair of the CRA as required by Section 163.356(3)(c) of the Florida Statute and Ordinance No. 06-18.