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Home My WebLink About027947 ORD - 11/18/20081 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, CHAPTER 2 REGARDING MEMBERSHIP IN YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the City Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Administration, Article IV, Miscellaneous Boards, Commissions and Committees, is amended to to read as follows: DIVISION 24. CITY COUNCIL'S YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE Sec. 2-250. Created; purpose. There is hereby created a seventeen -member advisory committee that shall assist and advise the City Council on City youth issues. The committee shall be known as the City Council's Youth Advisory Committee ("Youth Committee"). Sec. 2-251. Powers and duties. The Youth Committee shall exercise the following powers and duties: (1) Assist and advise the City Council on City youth issues; (2) Conduct surveys and determine the concerns and interest of the youth of Corpus Christi; (3) Encourage youth leadership and responsibility through volunteerism and community involvement; (4) Create opportunities for public discussion of youth issues through meetings, workshops and conferences; (5) Look for ways to promote understanding, respect and community involvement among youth groups of all cultures and backgrounds; and (6) Assist in planning, recommending and implementing youth activities. Sec. 2-252. Member qualifications; appointments; parks staff liaison. (a) The Youth Committee consists of ccvcnteen (17) nine (9) members, composed of students in grades 9 through 12 that are City residents. (b) 027947 Appointments are made H:\LEG-DIR\Lisa\2008 ORDINANCES\Youth Advisory Committee October 9 2008.DOC INDEXED 2 by the majority vote of the City Council and shall be as follows: one (1) from each of the Council member districts and four (4) at large. However, all current Youth Committee member(s) in service when this ordinance is finally adopted continue to serve until the end of their initial term of appointment. (c) Each member must reside in Corpus Christi and be enrolled in a public, private, parochial, or home school, located in one of the following Texas Counties: Nueces, San Patricio, Kleberg, or Aransas. (d) The youth committee member selection process is as follows: submission of application to the city secretary's office, review and recommendation by the majority of the youth committee, and appointment by the city council. (e) In the initial year after the adoption of this ordinance, five (5) members shall serve a two-year term and four (4) members a one-year term, as determined by drawing. Thereafter, each member shall serve a two-year term and is eligible for reappointment. Any vacancy occurring during a term of membership shall be filled by majority vote of City Council members appointment to fill the unexpired term. Terms commence upon date of final approval of the ordinance from which this division derives. (f) Each member's term automatically expires three (3) months after high school graduation. (g) The parks and recreation department will assign city staff to serve as staff liaison to the youth committee. Sec. 2-253. General committee rules apply. Except as otherwise provided in this division 24, the general rules in division 1 (sections 2-60 through 2-69) and Council Policy 14 (Resolution No. 21901 adopted Mar. 22, 1994) governing City boards, commissions, and committees apply to the Youth Committee. Sec. 2-254 Meetings; quorum; voting. (a) The Youth Committee shall hold regular monthly meetings in compliance with section 2-62. Special meetings may be called by the chair or upon request of two (2) members of the Youth Committee. Notice of meetings shall be posted in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act. (b) A quorum shall consist of a majority of the members of the Youth Committee and any issue to be voted on shall be resolved by a majority of those present. Whenever a quorum is not present at the meeting, the meeting will be considered adjourned and will be rescheduled to the next regular meeting date, or to another date that the chair deems appropriate. Sec. 2-255. Attendance at meetings; vacancies: H:\LEG-DIR\Lisa\2008 ORDINANCES\Youth Advisory Committee October 9 2008.DOC 3 (a) Unexcused absences from more than twenty-five (25) percent of regularly scheduled meetings during a term year shall result in an automatic vacancy and the vacancy shall be promptly reported to the city council. An excused absence is defined in section 2-61. (b) A vacancy resulting from early expiration of term or from absences shall be filled in accordance with process established in subsection 2-252(x) above. (Ord. No. 026539, § 1, 11-8-2005) Sec. 2-256. Rules of procedure; bylaws. (a) The Youth Committee shall conduct its meetings in accordance with state law, City Charter, ordinances, and policies and Roberts Rules of Order. Order of business shall be as specified on the agenda. Actions shall be taken on basis of motion, duly seconded, by members of the Youth Committee. (b) The Youth Committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings that indicate the attendance of each member and the vote or failure to vote of each member on each question. (c) A copy of the bylaws is attached to Ordinance No. 026539 and is on file in the City Secretary's office. A bylaw shall not be suspended without approval of the city Parks Director, or designee ("Parks Director"). A bylaw shall not be suspended (or amended) if the suspension (or amendment) would violate state law, City Charter, ordinance, or policy. Upon amendment of the bylaws and approval by parks director, parks director shall file a certified copy of the bylaws, as amended, with the city secretary. Parks director shall not unreasonably withhold approval of suspension or amendment. SECTION 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance be given full force and effect for its purpose. SECTION 3. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi. H:\LEG-DIR\Lisa\2008 ORDINANCES\Youth Advisory Committee October 9 2008.DOC That the foregoing ord'r9re was refy�d for a first time and passed to its second reading on this the 1 N` day of/` Oflf U2tk , 2008, by the following vote: Henry Garrett Melody Cooper Larry Elizondo, Sr. Mike Hummel) Bill Kelly That theegoing ord. ce w s the day of /V wim Priscilla G. Leal John E. Marez Nelda Martinez Michael McCutchon read for the second time and passed finally on this , 2008, by the following vote: Priscilla G. Leal John E. Marez Nelda Martinez Henry Garrett Melody Cooper Larry Elizondo, Sr. Mike Hummell Bill Kelly PASSED AND APPROVED, this the ATTEST: Arman.o Chapa City Secretary APPROVED as to form: Oa- . 3 0, Zoo? Lisa Aguil Assistant City Attorney For City Attorney By: Michael McCutchon day of /4/1442- ,( , 2008. H- ry Garre Mayor 027947 EFFECTIVE DATE State of Texas County of Nueces PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT mos } CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI } Ad # 5883502 PO # Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came JENNIFER HOBBS, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is LEGAL SALES REPRESENTITIVE AND EMPLOYEE OF THE PUBLISHER, namely, 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 t that the publication of, NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDI NANCE NO. 0279 wwch the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller -Times on the 11/24/2008,11/24/2008. $ 85.11 1Time(s) LEG REPRESENTIVE On this CZW `day of flow I certify that the attached document is a true and an exact copy made . publisher. GWENN J. MEDINA MY COMMISSION EXPIRES August Z, 2012 N s ary Public, State of Texas CALLER TIMES • November 24, 2008 • Monday • 5F NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDI- NANCE NO. 027947 Amending the Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi, Chap- ter 2 regarding membership in Youth Advisory Committee; provIdin for publica- tion. This ordinance was passed and ap- proved on its second reading by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi on No- vember 18, 2008. /s/ Armando Chapa City Secretary City of Corpus Christi