§ 2-3.302. Purpose.  


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  • The purpose of the Neighborhood Councils shall be to provide for public participation and involvement in City affairs and provide a mechanism for communication between the City Council and the public. They shall advise the City Council on: (1) matters affecting their neighborhood initiated by the Executive Board or requested by non-Executive Board members; (2) issues on which the City Council has specifically requested their advice; and (3) development proposals that may affect their neighborhoods. All Neighborhood Councils, regardless of boundary lines, will be required to review major development proposals of community-wide significance and advise the City Council of their findings. Neighborhood Councils shall provide for public participation and involvement in City affairs and provide a mechanism for communication between the City Council and the public.

    Each Neighborhood Council shall be advisory to the City Council and Planning Commission, and to other City Council advisory bodies as may be requested by the City Council, and may contribute information, opinions, advice, suggestions, and recommendations to the City Council on all governmental affairs and services having an effect on the area the Neighborhood Council represents, including, but not limited to: allocation of City resources, fiscal issues, public works, public safety, planning and zoning, traffic issues, policy development and community beautification.

(§ 1, Ord. 667, eff. June 17, 1987, as amended by § 2, Ord. 818, eff. May 26, 1994; § 1 (Exh. 1), Ord. 1155, eff. May 27, 2010, and § 1 (Exh. A), Ord. No. 1273, eff. September 7, 2017)