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ORDINANCE N0. 94g
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LYNWOOD ADDING CHAPTER 15-A TO THE LYNWOOD
CITY CODE ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY STABILIZATION
COMMISSION.
The City Council of the City of Lynwood does ordain
as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 15-A is hereby added to the
Lynwood City Code to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 15-A. COMMUNITY STABILIZATION COMMISSION.
"Section 15-A-1. Community Stabilization Commission
Established. There is hereby created the Community Stabilization
Commission of the City of Lynwood.
"Section 15-A-2. Membership. The Community Stabilization
Commission shall consist of seven (7) members who shall be
appointed by, and service at the pleasure of, the City Council.
In selecting the membership of the Commission, the City Council
shall take into consideration, among other things, the various
religious, racial, nationality and political groups in the
community. The Council may also consider the recommendation,
if any, of the present Human Relations Committee with respect to
the initial staffing of the Commission and the recommendation, if
any, of the Community Stabilization Commission with respect to
all future appointments to said Commission. In any event, the
Commission should be composed of inembers who are interested in
Lynwood as a racially-integrated community.
"Section 15-A-3a Members to be Res3dents of Cit
Members of the Community Stabilization Commission shall be
residents of the City and any member of the Commission shall
automatically be deemed to have resigned from the Commission, and
his office as a member of such Commission shall automatically
be vacated, upon such member having ceased to be a resident of
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the City.
"Section 15-A-4
Terms of Office
The members f3rst
appointed to the Commission shall classify themselves by lot so
that one shall be appointed for a term of one year, two for
a term of two years, two for a term of three years, and two for
a term of four years, from and after their appointments. Al1
succeeding terms of office shall be for a period of four years.
Members shall hold office until their successors are qualified
and take office.
"If a member of the Commission shall fail to attend
three (3) consecutive regular meetings thereof without having
been excused by the Commission, he shall automatically cease
to be a member. The ma,jority of the City Council may remove any
member from the Commission at any time without cause.
"If a vacancy should occur on the Commission, other than
by the expiration of a term, it shall be filled by appointment
for the unexpired portion of the term.
"Section 15-A-5. Compensation of Members. All members
of the Commission shall serve as such without compensation;
provided, however, the members may be reimbursed for actual
expenses incurred in connection with the official business of the
Commission.
"Section 15-A-6. Organization. The Commission shall
elect its Chairman from among its members for a term of one
year and, sub,ject to other provisions of law, may create and fill
such other offices as it may determine necessary and convenient.
The Commission may appoint, at its discretion, subcommittees
to concern themselves with specific human relations problems.
These subcommittees may be composed of citizens who are not
members of the Commission; pr^ovided, however, that the Chairman
of each such subcommittee must be a member of the Commission.
"Section 15-A-7. Meetings. The Commission shall hold
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at least one regular meeting in each month, which meeting shall
be in the Council Chambers of the City Hall unless the Council
shall by resolution provide for another place of ineeting. The
Commission may hold additional meetings at places other than the
Council Chambers to the extent otherwise permitted by law,
"The Commission shall adopt such rules as it may deem
expedient for the conduct of its business. It shall keep a record
of its resolution, transactions, findings and determinations,
which record shall be a public record.
"All meetings of the Commission shall be noticed, held
and conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Ralph M.
Brown Act, and all other applicable laws and ordinances.
"Section 15-A-8. Responsibility of Commission. It shall
be the responsibility of the Commission:
"(a) To foster mutual respect and understanding among
all racial, religious and nationality groups in the community.
"(b) To make such studies in any field of human relation-
ship in the community as in the ~udgment of the Commission will
aid in effectuating its general purposes.
"(c) To inquire into incidents of tension and conflict
among or between various racial, religious and nationality groups,
and to take action by means of conciliation, con£erenee, and
persuasion to alleviate such tensions and conflict; provided, however,
that nothing herein shall be construed as authorizing the Commission
to act as a hearing agency or tribunal in a personnel matter,
"(d) To conduct and recommend such educational programs
as, in the ~udgment of the Commission, will increase good will
among inhabitants of the community and open new opportunities into
all phases of community life for all inhabitants.
"Section 15-A-9. Duties of Commission. The Commission
will discharge the following duties:
"(a) To hold conferences, and other public meetings, in
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the interest of the constructive resolution of racial, religious
and nationality group tensions and the prejudi:e and discrimination
occasioned thereby.
"(b) To propose, develop, and assist in the design of
programs and plans intended to promote the ful.l acceptance of
all citizens in the community in all aspects of community life,
without regard to race, religion, or national origin; provided,
however, that all such programs and plans shall be subject to the
approval of the City Council.
"(c) To cooperate with and assist those community
agencies engaged in fostering mutual understanding and respect
among all racial, religious, cultural and nationality groups or which
are engaged in the function of discouragYng discriminatory practices
against such groups or indiciduals;
°(d) To cooperate with any City department, agency, or
commission in identifying and amelioriating human relations
problems with which they may be conoerned; provided, however, that
nothing herein snall be construed as authorizing the Commission to
act as a hearing agency or tribunal in a personnel matter.
"(e) To evaluate possibl.e sources of conflict in the
field of inter-group relations and to provide a forum f`or the
expression of differences of opinion and clarificat~ons of issues.
°(f) To recommend from time to time to the City Council
and the various City agencies changes in procedures, policies and/or
legislation for the purpose of improving human relations within the
City.
"(g) To meet and cooperate with other official governmental
agencies within the County of Los Angeles which perform functions
similar to those of the Commission in order to discuss and exchange
ideas on programs and to promote civic peace, mutual understanding
and respect among individuals of all races, religions and ethnic
backgrounds; and
°(h) To submit a report to the City Counc~l concerning
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the activities undertaken by the Comm~ssion after each meeting.
"Section 15-~-10. City to Provide Assistance. The City,
through the office of the City Manager, shall provide the
Community Stabilization Commission with a secretary who shall
be available as needed by the Commission and with euch other
clerical assistance as may be needed. In addition, the City
Manager shall assign a member oP the City staff to assist the
Commission."
Section 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this ordinance and cause the same to be published in the
Lynwood Press, a newspaper of gefleral circulation, printed,
published and circulated in the City of Lynwood.
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of
said City held on the 7th day of August, 1973, and finally adopted
and ordered published at a regular meeting of the City Council held
on the 21st day of August, 1973, by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Liewer, Stevens
Noes: Councilmen Rowe
Absent: Councilmen Morris
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or of th City of Lynwood
ATTEST:
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Ci Clerk, City Lynwood
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Lyr~vaood, anii e~:-off~cic c~erY. oi the Couiacil of said c;t;y, do
hercby cert _i'y that thc abov~~ i; a tr•ue and correct cop,y of
Ox~U ~ na-~c;e r~c~. 949 ado~ted by trie Ci Ly Coizncil: of the Citg
of Lymrrooc~, and that sarne was pa ssed on tP,e da.te ana by the
vote therei.n stated.
DaLcd t,his 23rd da~ oP August___ _, 197~
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