The county anticipates possible vacancies within 12 months for the following boards and committees. For a full description, click on the name link for any board or committee below.

Candidates for Boards and Committees are encouraged to apply if they meet the general qualifications.

Affordable Housing Advisory Committee
Purpose: The Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) reviews established policies and procedures, ordinances, land development regulations and adopted local government comprehensive plan to recommend specific action or initiatives to encourage or facilitate affordable housing while protecting the ability of the property to appreciate in value.

General Qualifications: Seeking applicants who reside within St. Johns County, represents employers within St. Johns County, or represents essential services personnel, as defined in the local housing assistance plan. Members serve a term of four (4) years.

District: 3

Cultural Resource Review Board
Purpose: The purpose of the Cultural Resource Review Board is to advise the Board of County Commissioners regarding cultural, architectural, archaeological and historical resources of St. Johns County; and to identify, evaluate, document, and designate these resources. The primary responsibility of the Cultural Resource Review Board is to protect these resources that are important community assets which enrich the lives of citizens and visitors.

General Qualifications: Appointees shall be qualified through the demonstration of special interest, experience or education in the preservation of Cultural Resources. Members shall, when possible, have practical and professional experience in one or more of the following fields: archaeology, architecture or architectural history, curation or conservation, planning, professional engineering, real estate, history, historic preservation, or related disciplines.

District: 1

Housing Finance Authority
Purpose: To increase the supply of affordable housing opportunities through tax-exempt and taxable bonds and other available program resources.

General Qualifications: Applicants must be knowledgeable in the fields of commerce, labor and finance and be a registered voter in St. Johns County. Members must file financial disclosure. Members serve a term of four (4) years.

District: 1

LAMP Conservation Board
Purpose: The LAMP Conservation Board established by Ordinance 2021-38 serves as an advisory board to the Board of County Commissioners on issues involving the acquisition, conservation and management of Environmentally Sensitive Lands, Archaeological Sites, Historic Sites, recreational lands, and Aquifer Recharge Areas. It is comprised of nine members, one member chosen by each County Commissioner with the member residing in the district of the Commissioner that chooses that member and the balance chosen and appointed by the Commission as a whole.

General Qualifications: Members of the LAMP Conservation Board shall have experience or expertise in one or more of the following areas and at least five (5) of these areas shall be represented at all times: agriculture, archaeology, business/finance, eco-tourism, engineering, environmental, history, parks, planning, real estate, recreation, soil/hydrologic or natural sciences such as: biology, botany, geology, zoology.

District: 1

Library Advisory Board
Purpose: The purpose of the Library Advisory Board is to advise the Board of County Commissioners on the establishment, operation and maintenance of free public library service within St. Johns County. The Library Advisory Board plays an integral role in offering advice, ideas, support, and advocacy for the St. Johns County Public Library System.

General Qualifications: Seeking representation from ALL County Commission Districts. Members are appointed for 4-year terms.

District: 2

North Coastal Design Review Board
Purpose: The purpose of the North Coastal Design Review Board is to maintain, protect and enhance the diverse and unique character of the North Coastal Corridor and its established beach community, respect the well-documented history of the area and achieve specific goals and objective of the St. Johns County Comprehensive Plan. The Design Review Board's (ORB) primary responsibility is to determine compliance with Part 3.09.00 North Coastal Overlay District and Part 3.10.00 Vilano Beach Town Center Overl

General Qualifications: Appointees to the Design Review Board shall be qualified through the demonstration of special interest, experience, or education in design, architecture or history of the North Coastal Overlay community of the area encompassing the North Coastal Corridor Overlay District. At least one member will be required to be a registered architect, unless, there are no applicants are received with these qualifications after a reasonable search and at least one member will be required to have expertise in historic preservation and/or the architectural history of Florida, unless there are no applicants with these qualifications after a reasonable search is done. At least one member will own an active business within the District, and at least 2 members must live in or within one mile of the North Coastal District.

District: 5

Planning and Zoning Agency
Purpose: The purpose of the Planning and Zoning Agency is to serve as the County’s Local Planning Agency. The primary responsibility of the Planning and Zoning Agency is to serve in an advisory capacity and recommending body to the Board of County Commissioners on matters relating to land use planning, zoning of land, Comprehensive Plan Amendments, amendment of Land Development Regulations, and Major Modifications to PUD’s.

General Qualifications: All members must be St. Johns County residents.

District: 2

Ponte Vedra Zoning and Adjustment Board
Purpose: Regulate and restrict the height and size of buildings; to regulate and restrict the intensity of land use; to regulate the area of yards, courts and other space about buildings, to classify, regulate and restrict the location of commerce and industries and the location of buildings designed for specified industrial, commercial, residential and other uses within the Ponte Vedra Zoning District.

General Qualifications: Must be a register voter in St Johns County and reside in the Ponte Vedra Zoning District. Members must file financial disclosure.

District: 4

Recreation Advisory Board
Purpose: The purpose of the Recreation Advisory Board is to protect and provide access to the county’s natural resources; to provide recreation opportunities for residents and visitors and to contribute to the county’s economic, social and environmental sustainability and resiliency. The Recreation Advisory Boards primary responsibility is to serve in an advisory capacity to the Board of County Commissioners.

General Qualifications: All members must be St. Johns County residents. District representation is considered.

District: 5

South Anastasia Design Review
Purpose: The purpose of the South Anastasia Design Review Board is to protect and preserve the "Old Florida" style, rural beach community in the South Anastasia Overlay District and achieve specific goals and objective of the St. Johns County Comprehensive Plan. The Design Review Board's (DRB) primary responsibility is to determine compliance with Part 3.07.00 South Anastasia Overlay of the St. Johns County Land Development Code, Ordinance 99-51, as amended.

General Qualifications: Applicants serving as Alternate members will have voting privileges only in the absence of one or more regular members. Applicants must reside within the South Anastasia Overlay District. Members serve a term of four (4) years.

District: 3

Tourist Development Council
Purpose: The purpose of the Tourist Development Council is to effectively and efficiently develop, advance, improve and promote St. Johns County tourism. The Tourist Development Councils primary responsibility is to serve as an advisory Council to the Board of County Commissioners by recommending funding of facilities, programs, or contracts which are primarily for the purpose of and related to the development, advancement, furtherance, improvement, or promotion of tourism.

General Qualifications: The Tourist Development Council is comprised of nine members appointed by the Board of County Commissioners. Three (3) are elected officials including the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, or their designee, and two elected municipal officials, one of which must be from the County’s most populous municipality. Up to four (4) members (but not less than 3 members) are owner/operators of tourist accommodations which are subject to bed tax. The remaining members are persons involved in tourist related businesses other than accommodations. All members must be electors of St. Johns County.

District: 4

West Augustine CRA Nuisance Abatement Board
Purpose: The purpose of the West Augustine Nuisance Abatement Board is to promote, protect, and improve the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens, businesses and property owner within the West Augustine CRA. The West Augustine Nuisance Abatement Boards primary responsibility is to impose administrative fines and other noncriminal penalties in order to provide an equitable, expeditious, and effective, and inexpensive method of enforcing County Ordinance 2014-29, within the CRA when a pending or rep

General Qualifications: Applicant must be a County resident for at least one year, 18 years or older, residing within or operating a business within the West Augustine CRA. Members serve a term of two (2) years.

District: 3

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