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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 8899~.~ '~ .-~ +,~ ~. ~~ ORDINANCE NO. S 9 9 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 8403 TO PROVIDE FOR NINE (9) MEMBERSHIP PLACES ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF OTHER ORDINANCES; PRO- VIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; ENGROSSING AND ENROLLING THIS ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Section 2 of Ordinance No. 8403 shall be amended and that hereafter said Section 2 of Ordinance No. 8403 shall read and be as follows: "Section 2. "The Community Development Council shall be comprised of nine (9) membership places. The City Council shall appoint one citizen of the City of Fort Worth to serve in each place. Members appointed to odd numbered places shall have terms which expire in odd numbered years, and members appointed to even numbered places shall have terms which expire in even numbered years. Members shall serve two- year terms, and no member shall serve more than three con- secutive two-year terms." SECTION 2. This ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance and provi- sions of the Fort Worth City Code in conflict herewith but only insofar as any portion of such prior ordinance or provision shall be in conflict, and as to all other ordinances or provisions of the Fort Worth City Code not in direct conflict herewith, this ordinance shall be and is hereby made cumulative. SECTION 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitu- tional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of .. ~~' ~~ ~) ~ ~ ; i- . y ~,. ~ . ° ~r this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 4. That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City. SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney Date: ~ ~~ ~~~ Adopted: ~ - 23 ~' ~3 Effective Date: -2- 5 .y rl~t 1 ` .~ _ _ ,~ pity ®f' 1F~rt ~®rth texas CITY MAK AIicA 1 ACCOUNTING 2 ~~ ,(r~~®~ ~f~(r~yn,ryl 11 .®(L/IY~~IVIV ~®~~LL/W~~~'~.W~L~®~ TRANSPORTATION~PUBLIC WORKS\•6 1~,IV p ((i1j,Qi `L/ HOUSING & HU -4 ~- A~AS~RVIGES NUMBER CE SUBJECT Amendment t0 Ordinance 8403, PAGE 8/23/83 ~*G-5719 Community Development Council for-.l.__ Background On March 15, 1983, the City Council approved Ordinance No 8758, "Rules for Boards and Commissions," That ordinance establishes nine membership places for each City board, unless membership is governed by conflicting State Law, City Charter provision, or Council exception. It also provides for two-year, staggered terms for board members. The Community Development Council is currently composed of eleven members. The attached ordinance provides for nine members and adds the new provision that no member shall serve more than three consecutive terms, and maintains the existence of staggered, two-year terms for members of the Community Development Council Recommendation It is recommended that the attached ordinance be adopted, amending Ordinance 8403, Community Development Council, establishing nine membership places and limiting members' service to three consecutive terms and maintaining the current staggered two-year terms for members RAM kc Attachment APPRQVED BY CITY COUNCIL A UG 23 1983 /~ ~9 ~ cite se~relazy C3 1t1e Ciry o>~ Ere1# 3iV.prtha xexas SUBMITTED FOR TH~ CITY MANAGER'S ~ " ~ DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL. PROCESSED BY nFFICE BY / l , . /1~ / ^ APPROVED ORIGINATING ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE) DEPARTMENT HEAD: _ Ramon Glla • ard0 CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ~ ~ ~~ U(~UII ~ ~ ~ CONTACT Doroth Harwood Ext. 761 " - ~ TE