HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 7069ORDINANCE NO. i
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COUNCIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING THE CITY
COUNCIL IN SETTING PRIORITIES FOR PROJECTS
INITIATED WITH FEDERAL FUNDING AND COMPLYING WITH
REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR FEDERAL GRANTS;
PROVIDING FOR A MEMBERSHIP OF NINETEEN, EACH FROM
A DEFINITIVE GROUP; PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT
OF A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR; AUTHORIZ-
ING THE .MAKING OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY
COUNCIL; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
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A Community Development Council is hereby established for
the purpose of assisting the City Council in setting priori-
ties for projects to be initiated with Federal funding and
complying with Federal grant requirements and limitations of
the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
SECTION 2.
The Community Development Council herein provided for
shall be comprised of nineteen (19) members to be appointed by
the City Council, each of whom shall be a resident of the City.
The Community Development Council shall be comprised of repre-
sentation from:
Place Group
1 Builders Association of
Fort Worth & Tarrant County
2 Fort Worth Board of Realtors
3 Community Action Agency
4 Fort Worth Independent School
District
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10
City Council Member
11
City Council Member
12
Sector Planning council
13
Sector Planning council
14
Sector Planning Council
15
At Large
16
At Large
17
At Large
18
At Large
19
At Large
After the initial appointments hereunder, the members of
the Community Development Council shall hold office for a
term of two (2) years unless removed prior to the completion
of such term. The initial appointments of members to even-
numbered places shall be for a term of two (2) years; the
initial appointments of members to odd-numbered places shall
be for a one (1) year term. Thereafter, each of such places
shall be filled by appointment for a two (2) year term.
SECTION 3.
A Community Development Coordinator shall be appointed
by the City Manager, and such officer or his authorized repre-
sentative shall serve as the non-voting Secretary of the Com-
munity Development Council. It shall be the duty of the Secre-
tary to prepare and be custodian of all necessary minutes and
records.
SECTION 4.
The Community Development Council shall review the var-
ious proposed Federal projects and plans for community develop-
pent and make recommendations to the City Council with regard
to such projects and plans toward the goal of providing decent,
SECTION 5.
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 ordi-
nance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judg-
ment 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, para-
graph or section.
SECTION 6.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained.
APPR WED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY-
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