Garden Center Advisory Board
Houston Parks and Recreation Department
2999 S. Wayside
Houston, TX 77023
Contact: Joe Turner
Phone: (713) 865-4500 Fax: (713) 865-4500
Email: Joe.turner@cityofhouston.net
Updated as of: 6/8/2010
LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR CREATION AND OPERATION(City)
City of Houston, Code of Ordinances, Chapter 32, Article V, Division 2, Sections 32-126 through 32-133.
GENERAL POWER AND DUTIES
(a) The Board shall advise the director of Parks and Recreation, and may from time to time make recommendations to the Mayor or to the City Council in any and all matters related to the operation and use of the Houston Garden Center and the general supervision, care, maintenance and upkeep of the building and grounds and of the equipment, furnishings, and other physical properties at the garden center.
(b) The Board shall make recommendations to the Hermann Park Conservancy Board of Directors in any and all matters related to development of the Houston Garden Center and its surroundings. The advice and recommendations of the Board shall be consistent with the agreement and master plan, as defined in this article.
(c) The Board may so advise as to the adoption of rules and regulations pursuant to section 32-5 of this Code relating to the Houston Garden Center.
(d) The duties and powers of the Board shall be advisory only. The Board shall have no power to make any contract, lease, or other agreement for the use of the Houston Garden Center or to employ any person to be an employee of or to be paid by the City or to incur any debt or liability whatsoever on behalf of the City.
The Board shall make an annual report to the Mayor and City Council on or before March first of each calendar year covering its activities and the use of the garden center building during the preceding calendar year, in such detail and in such form as the Board may deem proper. There may be included in such report such recommendations related to the garden center and its use as may be deemed appropriate.
MEETING TIME AND LOCATION
The Advisory Board shall meet at least quarterly, meeting notices will be sent with the time and date; Garden Center, 1500 Hermann Drive.
COMPOSITION
TOTAL: 16 members
All of the appointed members of the Board shall be persons who are active and interested in garden club work.
Positions 1 through 8: Residents of the City of Houston appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by City Council.
Positions 9 through 14: May or may not be residents of the City of Houston appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by City Council.
Position 15: Director of Parks and Recreation, serving ex officio as a voting member.
Position 16: Executive Director of the Hermann Park Conservancy, serving ex officio as a non-voting member. The Houston Garden Center Advisory Board shall consist of a sixteen-member advisory Board.
TERM: Appointed members shall serve for terms of three years each, with terms expiring on the last day of June, except in the event of death, resignation, removal or vacancy, and shall serve until their respective successors are duly appointed and confirmed. In the event of death, resignation, or removal from office of any member, a successor shall be appointed and qualified to serve the remaining unexpired portion of the term of office of the vacant position.
CHAIRPERSON: The Board shall elect a president, a vice-president and a secretary from among its appointed members to serve for such terms and under such conditions as the Board shall fix.
QUORUM: Not specified.
COMPENSATION: The appointed members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services and the director, as a member of the board, shall receive no additional compensation for his services as such. This shall not prohibit the reimbursing of any member for actual and reasonable traveling and living expenses incurred in any trip or in any other matter undertaken by authority of the mayor and city council.
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
Entity is NOT included in the financial reporting for the City of Houston.
MEMBER LIST