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AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
CHAPTER 2 REGARDING CITY COUNCIL'S YOUTH ADVISORY
COMMITTEE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The City Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Administration, Article IV,
Miscellaneous Boards, Commissions and Committees, Division 24, City Council's Youth
Advisory Committee, is amended to read as follows:
"DIVISION 24. CITY COUNCIL'S YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Sec. 2-250. Created; purpose.
There is hereby created a thirteen -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 thirteen (13) primary members, and
thirteen (13) alternates, composed of students in grades 11 or 12 that
are city residents. High schools represented by the youth committee include:
Calallen, Carroll, Coles, Collegiate, Flour Bluff, Incarnate Word Academy, John
Paul 11, 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.
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(b) 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 ratified y the
City Council.
(c) Each 11th grade youth committee member scan -serve a two-year term
Moody,
(d) Each member's term automatically expires three (3) months after high
school graduation.
(e) 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 March 22, 1994) governing city boards, commissions, and committees
apply to the youth committee.
Sec. 2-254. Meetings; quorum; voting.
(a) The youth committee shall meet three (3) times a year: September
October, January, and May, 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.
(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.
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(b) If there is a vacancy in the position held by a primary member prior to
end of such primary member's term, then (i) the alternate member shall
automatically become the primary member to serve the remainder of the term,
and (ii) a new alternate member shall be appointed in accordance with
subsection 2-252(c).
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. 028174 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 shalt not
unreasonably withhold approval of suspension or amendment."
SECTION 2. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council members, copy attached,
the City Council (1) finds and declares an emergency due to the need for immediate action
necessary for the efficient and effective administration of City affairs and (2) suspends the
Charter rule that requires consideration of and voting upon ordinances at two regular
meetings so that this ordinance i passed and takes effect upon first reading as an
emergency measure this the2 a of 1/.... 2009.
Armando Chapa, City Secretary
Approved: September 23, 2009
By:
Lisa Aguilar, Assistant City Attorney
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
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Joe Adame, Mayor
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Corpus Christi, Texas
p1�— Day of
, 2009
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance an
emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and
voting upon ordinances at two regular meetings: Uwe, therefore, request that you
suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or
at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully, Respectfully,
Joe A me
Mayor
Council Members
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Joe Adame
Chris N. Adler
Brent Chesney
Larry Elizondo, Sr.
Kevin Kiesch n ick
Priscilla G. Leal
John E. Marez
Nelda Martinez
Mark Scott
EFFECIIVE DATE
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