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Home My WebLink About028174 ORD - 05/19/20091 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, CHAPTER 2 REGARDING CITY COUNCIL'S YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 2 of the City Code of Ordinances is amended to read as follows: "DIVISION 24. CITY COUNCIL'S YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE* Sec. 2-250. Created; purpose. There is hereby created a sevontee., ...ember thirteen (13) -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"). (Ord. No. 027947, § 1, 11-18-2008) 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; Encourage youth leadership and responsibility through volunteerism and community involvement; (4) Create opportunities for public discussion of youth issues through meetings, workshops and conferences; Look for ways to promote understanding, respect and community involvement among youth groups of all cultures and backgrounds; and Assist in planning, recommending and implementing youth activities. (3) (5) (6) (Ord. No. 027947, § 1, 11-18-2008) Sec. 2-252. Member qualifications; appointments; parks staff liaison. (a) The youth committee consists of nine -(9) thirteen (13) primary members, and thirteen (13) alternates, composed of students in grades -911 through 12 that are city residents. High schools represented by the Youth H:\LEG-DIR\Lisa\2009 Ordinance\Youth Advisory Committee v4.DOC 028174 (b) (c) (d) (e) 2 Committee include: CalaIlen Carroll Coles Collegiate Flour Bluff, Incarnate Word Academy John Paul II King, Miller, Moody Ray Tuloso- Midway, and West Oso. If a primary committee member is unable to attend a scheduled meeting the alternate member will be contacted to fill the vacancy for the assigned meeting. {1) at Targe. The youth committee members representing each of the schools will be selected by the principal or the principal's designee of their respective campuses. The principal or principal's designee through the school district's central administration office shall submit the nominees for the primary and alternate members to the Youth Committee liaison no later than the third Friday in August of the year their respective campus has a vacancy. The nominee will be confirmed during the first City Council meeting in September. Counties: Nueces, San Patricio, Kleberg, or Aransas. Each youth committee member will serve a two-year term and must be a junior upon appointment. During the initial year, the following three schools will appoint seniors to the committee: Carroll, Ray, and Moody. Each member's term automatically expires three (3) months after high school graduation. The parks and recreation department will assign city staff to serve as staff liaison to the youth committee H:\LEG-DIR\Lisa\2009 Ordinance\Youth Advisory Committee v4.DOC 3 school graduatiea: (Ord. No. 027947, § 1, 11-18-2008) 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 March 22, 1994) governing city boards, commissions, and committees apply to the youth committee. (Ord. No. 027947, § 1, 11-18-2008) Sec. 2-254. Meetings; quorum; voting. (a) The youth committee shall with section 2 62. meet three (3) times a year: September, January, and Mav, 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. (Ord. No. 027947, § 1, 11-18-2008) Sec. 2-255. Attendance at meetings; vacancies. (a) If the primary member is not available to attend, the primary member shall contact the alternate member, to attend in the place of the primary member. The alternate member shall attend in the place of the primary member, with voting privileges. (b) (b) If there is a vacancy in the position held by a primary member prior to end of such primary member's term, then 0) the alternate member shall automatically become the primary member to serve the remainder of the H:\LEG-DIR\Lisa\2009 Ordinance\Youth Advisory Committee v4.DOC 4 term, and (ii) a new alternate member shall be appointed in accordance with Section 2-252(c). nbcecHnn O 252 above (Ord. No. 027947, § 1, 11-18-2008) 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 this ordinance 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. (Ord. No. 027947, § 1, 11-18-2008) 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. H:\LEG-DIR\Lisa\2009 Ordinance\Youth Advisory Committee v4.DOC That the foregoing ord)n reading on this the A2 xiwas read or the first time and passed to its second ay of , 2009, by the following vote: Priscilla G. Leal Henry Garrett Melody Cooper Larry Elizondo, Sr. Mike Hummell Bill Kelly That tI foregoing ordinan the f► day of Henry Garrett Melody Cooper Larry Elizondo, Sr. Mike Hummel) Bill Kelly John E. Marez Nelda Martinez Michael McCutchon was read for the second time and passed finally on this , 2009, by the following vote: Priscilla G. Leal John E. Marez Nelda Martinez „ft_ Michael McCutchon /t PASSED AND APPROVED, this the , 2009. Armando Chapa City Secretary APPROVED as to form: May 4, 2009 By: tin in Lisa Agui Assistant "`ity Attorney For City Attorney Mayor 028174 State of Texas County of Nueces } } PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI Ad # 5904384 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 that the publication of, NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 02817 which the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller -Times on the 5/25/2009,5/25/2009. $ 88.02 2Time(s) On this day of is a true and an exac LEG M ES REPR NTIVE VU J certify that the attached document blisher. GWENN 4. MEDINA MY COMMISSION EXPIRES August 2, 2012 Notary Public, State of Texas t May 25, 2009 NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 028174 Amending the Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi, Chap- ter 2, regarding City Council's Youth Advi- sory Committee; and 'providingfor publica- tion. This ordinance was passed and ap- proved on its second reading by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi on May 19, 2009. is/ ArCitndo tyy Secretary City of Corpus Christi