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(b) To be eligible for appointment and continued service on the commission, all of the commission members except one will reside and own real property in the city, and the remaining members will reside and own real property in the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction. To be eligible for election and continued service as chair of the commission, a commission member must reside in the city. I ( c) The council will seek to ensure broad representation and expertise in making appointments to the planning and zoning commission. (d) Three members of the planning and zoning commission are appointed ffi .^...ugust of each year for staggered three-year terms beginning in November ofthat yeaf, with one-third to be appointed each year on a continuing basis. (e) A newly appointed regular member, to be qualified to take office, must have attended an orientation meeting with the director of planning and development services, and must have attended a seminar on land use, environmental and planning issues approved by the director. Attendance at required training before a person is appointed as a member must have occurred within three years prior to the appointment for the training to satisfy these requirements. The director will advise newly appointed members who do not already meet these requirements of the date and location of approved seminars, and will facilitate their registration and attendance at the seminars. The members are entitled to reimbursement for reasonable costs of attendance. If a newly appointed member does not already meet these attendance requirements at the time of appointment, and the member fails to fulfill these attendance requirements within six months of being appointed, the appointment is automatically rescinded and the city council will make a new appointment. I SECTION 3. Section 2.211 of the City Code is amended as follows (underlining indicates added text; overstrike indicates deleted text): Sec. 2.211. Established; composition; appointment of members. (a) There is established the Main Street advisory board. The board is composed of 15 members appointed by the city council, ten of whom must be citizens of the city and five of whom may be persons who either own property in the city and/or who operate a business in the city. Membership will be widely representative of the community, including but not limited to downtown business owners, downtown building owners, downtown association leaders, city officials, county officials, architects, chamber of commerce leaders, bankers, attorneys, historical group leaders, interested citizens and media representatives. (b) Members are appointed to three-year staggered terms with the terms of one- third of the members expiring each April 30th year. The members will, at their first meeting in May of each year, elect a chairperson, vice-chairperson and clerk. They may elect other officers and form committees as they may determine I 2