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Home My WebLink About025028 ORD - 09/17/2002 ORDINANCE CHANGING THE NAME OF THE "CORPUS CHRISTI BAY AREA MINORITY BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE PROGRAM" TO THE "BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER" BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: Section I. That the name of the "Corpus Christi Bay Area Minority Business Opportunity Committee Program" is hereby changed to the "Business Resource Center." Section 2. That all references in the City Code of Ordinances for "Corpus Christi Bay Area Minority Business Opportunity Committee Program" are changed to the "Business Resource Center." The specific changes are listed below: DIVISION 12. COR.DUS CHRISTI Bf.Y f.REf. MINORITY BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE PROGR.^.M COMMITTEE BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER STEERING COMMITTEE Sec. 2-140. Establishment. There is hereby established the "CElI'j3l1S Christi Bay .^-rea MinElfity BaGiness OpPElflllllity Program Steering CElmmittee" "Business Resource Center Committee (committee) which shall consist of a minimum of nine (9) members and not more than fifteen (15) members. The members of the committee shall be appointed by the city council. The committee shall have the guidance and assistance of the director of community development. The members of the committee shall serve without compensation. Sec. 2-141. Membership, terms, and quorum. (a) The committee shall be composed ofa minimum of 1) three (3) representatives from federal, state, and local government agencies, 2) one (1) representative from the city chamber of commerce, 3) one (1) representative from the city black chamber of commerce, 4) one (1) representative from the city hispanic chamber of commerce, and 5) three (3) representatives from the private sector representing major employers with substantial contracting capabilities. A representative from the minority business development center and a representative ofthe small business administration shall serve as advisory members to the committee. The mayor and the county judge shall serve as ex -officio members of the committee. (b) Members of the committee may be appointed from within or without the city and shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years coincident with the city fiscal year. Terms shall be staggered so that no more than one-third (1/3) of the terms expire in anyone (1) city fiscal year. The term of each member shall continue until a successor is appointed, subject to limitations of the City Charter or a term limitation established by ordinance. A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner in which appointments are required to be made. Any r.25028 member may be removed by the city council for cause. The term for members of the advisory committee shall be three (3) years. Ex-officio members shall serve while holding the office of mayor or county judge. (c) A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum. The concurring vote ofa majority of those present, but not less than one-third (113) members shall be required for making a decision. Sec. 2-142. Organization. (a) The chair and vice-chair of the committee shall be elected by the members at the first regular meeting of each fiscal year. The chair and vice-chair shall serve for a term of one (I) year. If a vacancy occurs in either position, a replacement shall be elected by the members at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the committee. (b) The committee shall keep minutes of its meetings and activities and furnish a copy of the minutes to the mayor, city council, city manager, city secretary and director of community development within fifteen (15) days of the meeting or activity. The committee may promulgate rules and procedures for the proceedings of the minority easiness opportllllity business resource center committee and may amend the same from time to time. The committee shall meet at least once each quarter and may meet more frequently as determined by a concurring vote of at least eight (8) members of the committee. (c) Subcommittees composed of committee members may be appointed by the chair and utilized to perform certain projects related to increasing opportunities for minority small businesses. The chair, with advice and consent of the city council, may call upon individuals from throughout the community to assist the committee or its subcommittees in the analysis of items being considered by the committee. (d) There is hereby created the office of minority easiness oppoHlHlity eommittee business resource center executive director. The holder of such office shall be an employee of the city under the supervision of the director of community development. The minority easiness opportanity eOflHflittee business resource center executive director shall provide the necessary administrative and clerical support so that the committee can expeditiously carry out its duties. Sec. 2-143. Purpose and duties. (a) The purpose ofthe minority ellsiness opportunity eommittee business resource center program steering committee is to assist with the coordination of minority ellsiness oppemmity business resource center committee activities; to serve as a focal point for the communication, delivery, and negotiation of mutually beneficial approaches for business opportunities for minority, small, and disadvantaged, and micro-enterprise businesses; and to ensure maximum 2 opportunities for minority ami small ana aisalhantagea businesses to participate in the economic mainstream of the city. (b) The minority business opflortunity business resource center committee shall establish policies which aid the lRinority business oPflorlliRity business resource center committee executive director in the implementation of the locallRinority business opportlHlity business resource center committee program. The policies shall assist the executive director to accomplish the following tasks: (1) Develop program parameters, identify potential projects, and determine support needs. (2) Recruit federal, state, local and private sector officials as lRinority business opportunity business resource center committee members. (3) Identify economic opportunities, and where possible, develop specialized approaches for lRinmity small businesses to take advantage of those opportunities. (4) Where possible, coordinate and assist governmental units at all levels to improve tlleir lRinority business effiefj3rises (MEE), '.vOIR en's business enterprises ('NEE) ana aisaeled business enterprises (DEE) outreach to small businesses. (5) Organize and coordinate lRinority business oppertunity business resource center committee subcommittees and task forces. (6) Ensure adequate minority business OflPortHflity business resource center committee outreach to federal, state and local governments, and the private sector. (7) Provide contact, liaison, and follow-up with local and lRinority business opflertunity business resource center committee agencies. (8) Identify and develop methods to overcome barriers in the areas of financing, management and marketing by coordinating with educational, financial, and marketing institutions and the private sector to make !\fEEs, WEEs and DEEs small businesses self-sufficient. (9) Oversee or prepare minority business epflertHflity business resource center committee reports. (10) Provide liaison and outreach to the lRinmity small business community with the minority business development center and other community organizations. Sec. 2-144. Sunset provisions. In the event of nonappropriation of funds for the operation of the committee, the committee shall be dissolved and the office of executive director and any support staff positions shall be deleted. 3 tTh~i the fore~~~in'\IAqr^was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this the L.~bay of '1~()02, by the following vote: Samuel L. Neal, Jr. CLG ~ Rex A. Kinnison / Bill Kelly That the foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed finally on this the 11 ~ay of ~2002, by the following vote: Samuel L. Neal, Jr. Rex A. Kinnison ~ =i= ~ Brent Chesney Javier D. Colmenero Henry Garrett Brent Chesney Javier D. Colmenero Henry Garrett John Longoria .f- Jesse Noyola Mark Scott ~ John Longoria Jesse Noyola Mark Scott Bill Kelly PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~ Day o~. ATTEST: Armando~ Legal Form approved ~. 3 James R. Bray, Jr. City Attorney 'd~~ Lisa Aguilar Assistant City Attorney ,2002 '- By: ,,4 ~~~ Samuel L. Neal, Jr., Mayor City of Corpus Christi 025028 PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT State of Texas County of Nueces , j , J ss: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI Ad # 4320093 PO # Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Diana Hinojosa, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is Credit Manager of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a daily newspaper published at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria and Webb Counties, and that the publication of, NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. which the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and on the World Wide Web on the Caller-Times Interactive on the 23RD day(s) of SEPTEMBER, 2002. OvcL No, OlCOOcz( $58.78 bLC1flO.- (fjiuo-;P.s~ Credit Manager TWO (2 ) Time(s) Subscribed and sworn to me on the date of SEPTEMBER 24,2002. a O(J,a 'hva/lUJ. .::kol~ Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas ROSA MARIA FLORES Print or Type Name of Notary Public --' My commission expires on 04/23/05. MondaY, September 23, 20021 NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 025028 Ordinance amending the City Code ot _ Ordinances. Division 12, changing the name of the .Corpus Christi 11".( Alea Mlno';ty Business . opportunity Committee Program- to the -Business Resource Center." This ordinance was passed and approved by the City Council of the City of COrpus Christi. on Sepl8mber 17, 2002. /01 Armondo Chapa Clty Secretary Citv of cO;"". ChriRtI