HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 17422-03-2007ORDINANCE NO. 17422-03-2007
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 8300 TO
AMEND THE TERM LIMITS OF THE COMMUNITY ACTION
PARTNERS FROM TWO YEARS TO FIVE YEARS; PROVIDING
THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the 1981, the Fort Worth City Council adopted Ordinance Number
8300 establishing a fifteen member commission entitled the "Neighborhood Resources
Development Council" to assist the City Council in setting priorities and involving lower-
income citizens in the decision making process for projects initiated with funding from
the Community Achninistration of the Untied States; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance Number 8300 established a fifteen (15) member
Development Council whose members each served a two (2) year term; and
WHEREAS, in 2004, the City Council adopted' Ordinance Number 15482,
changing the name from Neighborhood Resources Development Council to Community
Action Partners Council to reflect the collaborative nature of the services and to be more
consistent with the names of other community action agencies; and .
WHEREAS, throughout the state, community action agencies permit their
members to serve five year terms; and
WHEREAS, it is advisable to amend Ordinance Number 8300 to allow the
members of the Conununity Action Partners Council to serve five (5) year terms to be
consistent with other community action agencies in the state.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCH. OF
THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That each of the members of the Community Action Partners Council shall hold
ofFce for a term of five (5) years unless removed prior to the completion of such term.
No member selected for Places 6-15 shall serve for more than five (5) consecutive years,
or more than ten (10) years altogether.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the
Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, except where the provisions
of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such
Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby
repealed.
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
unconstitutional 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 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.
All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to
any and all violations of the provisions of Ordinance Number 3011, Ordinance Number
13896 or any other ordinances affecting zoning which have accrued at the time of the
effective date of this ordinance, and, as to such accrued violations and all pending
litigation, both civil and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such
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ordinances, same shall not be affected by this ordinance but maybe prosecuted until final
disposition by the courts.
SECTION 5.
This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption
APPRO AS TO FORM A~N~D LEGALITY
By: ry-- i~:-~-e-C,,,~-~.~. ~-~
Assistant City ttorney
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Mayor and Council Communication
COUNCIL ACTION: Approved on 3/6/2007 - Ordinance No. 17422-03-2007
DATE: Tuesday, March 06,2007
LOG NAME: 12COMMACTIONTER REFERENCE NO.: **G-15618
SUBJECT:
Adoption of Ordinance Amending Ordinance Number 8300 Increasing the Term Limit from Two
Years to Five Years for Members Serving on the Community Action Partners Council
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance increasing the term limit from two
years to five years for members serving on the Community Action Partners Council.
DISCUSSION:
In 1981, the Fort Worth City Council adopted Ordinance Number 8300 establishing a fifteen member
commission entitled "Neighborhood Resources Development Council" to assist the City Council in setting
priorities and involving lower-income citizens in the decision making process for projects initiated with
funding from the Community Administration of the United States. The Ordinance established a 15 member
Development Council whose members served for a year term.
In 2004, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 15842, changing the name from Neighborhood Resources
Development Council to Community Action Partners Council to reflect the collaborative nature of the
services and to be more consistent with the names of other community action agencies.
Throughout the state, community action agencies permit their members to serve five year terms. It is
advisable to amend Ordinance No. 8300 to allow the members of the Community Action Partners Council to
serve five year terms to be consistent with other community action agencies in the state.
FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION:
The Finance Director certifies that this action will have no material effect on city funds.
TO Fund/AccountlCenters
FROM Fund/AccountlCenters
Submitted for City Manager's Office b~
Originating Department Head:
Additional Information Contact:
Libby Watson (6183)
David Yett (7623)
Leona Johnson (871-5775)
Sarah Fullenwider (7619)
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