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• oRDIrANCE' No. 1327
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD ESTABLISHING THE
LYNWOOD YOUTH COMMISSION
The City Council of the City of Lynwood hereby does ordains as follows:
Section I. YOUTH COMMISSION ESTABLISHED
There is hereby created the Youth Commission of the City of Lynwood.
Section 2. COMPOSITION: APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS
The Youth Commission shall consist of twenty two (22) members, ages 11-25
who shall be appointed by> and serve at the pleasure of, the City Council.
Section 3. MEMBERS TO BE RESIDENTS OF CITY
Members of the commission shall be residents of the City; and any member of
the commission automatically shall be deemed to have resigned from the
commission, and their office as a member of the commission automatically
shall be vacated, in the event said member ceases to be a resident of the
City.
Section 4. TERMS OF OFFICE
The terms of office for Youth Commission shall be two (2) years.
Section 5. NOTIFICATION OF UNEXCUSED ABSENCES
The chairperson of the Youth Commission shall forthwith notify the City Council
when any member is absent without having been excused therefrom by the Commission,
for three (3) consecutive regular meetings of the commission.
Section 6. REMOVAL OF MEMBERS
Any member of the Youth Commission may be removed by a majority of the
City Council, at any time without cause.
Section 7. VACANCIES
A vacancy in the membership of the commission, other than one created by the
expiration of a term, shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired
portion of the term, by the City Council.
Section 8. COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS
Members of the commission shall serve as such with compensation; as established
by resolution of City Council. In addition, the members may be reimbursed for
actual expenses incurred in connection with the official business of the
commission, to the extent authorized by the City Council.
Section 9. ORGANIZATION
The commission shall select from its members a chairperson and vice chairperson,
each of whom shall serve for a term of one (1) year.
Section ': 0. MEETINGS - TIME AND PLACE
The commission shall hold at least one (1) regular meeting per month, the
meeting shall be held in the City Council chambers, unless the City Council
shall provide for another place of meeting. The commission may hold additional
meetings at places other than the City Council chambers to the extent otherwise
permitted by law. The day and time shall be established by commission and
must be ratified by City Council.
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;Section 11. RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMISSION
It shall be the responsibility of the commission to:
(a) Provide youth with the opportunity to make recommendations relative to
policies that affect their lives;
(b) Expose and educate youth relative to the nature and scope of city
government;
(c) Provide a forum for the exchange of positive ideas and information among
youth;
(d) Conduct workshops and symposiums on important issues facing youth, and
(e) Serve as an advisory body for the Teen Center.
Section 12. DUTIES OF COMMISSION
The commission will discharge the following duties:
(a) Propose, develop, and recommend programs and plans intended to promote
the full acceptance of youth 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;
(b) To cooperate with and assist those community agencies engaged in fostering
mutual understanding and respect, for youth;
(c) To cooperate with city departments, agencies and commissions in
identifying and ameliorating youth problems with which they may be
concerned; 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 recommend to the City Council and various city departments and agencies
changes in procedures, policies and/or legislation for the purpose of
improving youths input in the community.
Section 13. SEVERABILITY
If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of
this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or place, is for any
reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions, of this ordinance or its application to the remaining portions
of this ordinance or its application to other persons or places. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section,
subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective
of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences,
clauses, phrases or portions, or the application thereof to any person or place,
be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Lynwood this 20th day
of Sune 1989.
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EVI'T.,YN LLS, Mayor
City ~ Lynwoud
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ANDREA L. HOOPER, City Jerk
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CHARLES G. GOMEZ, Manager
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COiTNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, .the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of
Lynwood, and ex-officio clerk of the Council of said City,
do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy
of Ordinance No. 1327 adopted by the City Council of the
City of Lynwood, and that the same was passed on the date
and by the vote therein stated.
DATED this
7th day of Jul
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