Sec. 53.202. - Membership; appointment and removal; terms of office.

(a) The Advisory Board shall consist of seven members to be appointed within the following categories with preference given to persons that reside or work within the KingSoutel Crossing Community Redevelopment Area: (1) Category 1: One member shall be a representative of the planning, landscape architecture or architecture fields. (2) Category 2: One member shall be in the banking, insurance, or finance profession. (3) Category 3: One member shall be from the engineering or construction management profession. (4) Category 4: Four members shall be citizens representing the general public that live within one mile of the CRA boundary. (b) Members shall be appointed and confirmed as follows: (1) Each member for Categories 1, 2 and 3 shall be appointed by the Council President and confirmed by the Council; and (2) Each member for Category 4 shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Council. (c) Members shall be appointed for four-year staggered terms, expiring December 31; but shall serve until their successor shall have been appointed and confirmed. Of the initial appointments, two members (Categories 1 and 2) shall serve four-year terms, two members (Category 3 and one member from Category 4) shall serve three-year terms, and three members (from Category 4) shall serve two-year terms. No member shall serve for more than two consecutive full terms; but appointments to fill vacancies for partial terms (less than 50 percent of a full term) and initial appointments under the preceding sentence for less than four years shall not be deemed to be full terms. (d) Members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and may be removed at any time in the same manner in which the member was appointed and confirmed, in accordance with Section 50.104 , Ordinance Code. (Ord. 2019-94-E , § 1)