87-05 Create Community Relations Advisory Commission

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PLEASE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. '87-05 PLACED ON 1ST READING & REFERRED TO THE RULES & ORDINANCES COMMITTEE 119/05, 2NDREADING 10/3/05). ORDINANCE NO: 87-0S BY: :t\~ftd:o¡;~Dfiftnj;0~ II l¡.~¡:¡:,: FitzGerald~ Madigan~ Seelie. An Ordinance creating a Lakewood Community Relations Advisory Commission An Ordinance of the City of Lakewood, Ohio, creating a Lakewood Community Reiations Advisory Commission and providing operating procedures and stating the powers of the Commission. Bé it enacted and ordained by the City Council of Lakewood, Ohio and it is hereby enacted and ordained by the authority of the same, as foilows: Section 1. ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE. The lakewood Community Relations Advisory Commission is hereby estabiished to serve in an advisory capacity for the purpose of educating, informing and making recommendations to City officials, departments, boards and commissions on matters relating to community relations within the City of ~akewood in an effort to advance: · Rescect for diversity: acknowledge we live in a dynamic community with an ever-changing variety of group and individual experiences, and affirm values derived from the understanding of our differences (whether based on socio-economic class, culture, religion, race, ethnicity, age, gender, or sexua! orientation). · Bonds of mutualitv: recognize the interdependence of our different interests as we, work toward serving the còmmon good, and ensure community relations have substantive meaning by açknowledging, as Martin Luther King Jr. stated, "Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly." · Eauitv: affirm our commitment to social justice, and assure all groups and individuals have the opportunity to participate fuily in civic affairs with equal access to employment, community resources, and decision,.. making processes. Section 2. MEMBERSHIP. The Lakewood Community Reiations Advisory Commission shail be composed of thirteen (13) residents that broadiy represent the sociai, economic, and cultural interests of Lakewood, Ohio, Section 3. TERMS. . Commission members shaii be appointed in accordance with the foliowing: 3.01 AIi commission members shall be appointed by City Council (7 appointees) and the Mayor (6 appointees). Each member of City Councli shali appoint one (1) member to the Lakewood Community Relations Advisory Commission. 3.02 Commission members' terms of office shali expire on the first Monday in January foliowing the last year of their term of office. 3.03 Duly appointed commission members shali serve a term of three (3) years, except that initial appointments shail be so staggered that the terms of approximateiy one-third of the membership shali expire each year. 3.04 Whenever possible, one member sha!1 also be a member of the Lakewood Board of Education.