Ordinance 2000-18 ORDINANCE NO. 2000-18
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GILROY ESTABLISHING THE CITY OF
GILROY YOUTH COMMISSION AND DEFINING THE DUTIES THEREOF
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Gilroy ("City") seeks to establish a Youth
Commission to provide the City's youth with an opportunity to address issues affecting youth
and all Gilroy residents, and the City Council seeks the advice of the youth of the Gilroy
community; and
WHEREAS, Article IX, Section 900 of the City of Gilroy Charter empowers the City
Council to create by ordinance such advisory boards and commissions as in its judgment are
required, and to grant to those boards and commissions such powers and duties as are consistent
with the provisions of the charter.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I
There hereby is created the City of Gilroy Youth Commission ("Commission") consisting
eleven (11) members which shall have the power and duty to:
Provide advice to the City Council from the youth of the Gilroy community.
Study problems, activities, and concerns of the youth, hold forums on these
problems, and recommend community programs to the City Council which the
Commission f'mds necessary and/or desirable.
Involve the youth of Gilroy in their commtmity, and provide information about
issues in their City government which pertain to them.
Work with other City commissions and the City Council in providing input on
youth issues in our community.
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Annually determine the Commission's goals and objectives and report these to the
City Council.
Promulgate and propose amendments to the City of Gilroy Youth Commission
Bylaws ("Bylaws") consistent with federal, state, and local law for adoption by
the City Council.
SECTION II
Membership of the Commission shall be as follows:
Any person who lives in the City of Gilroy and who will be between the ages of
thirteen and nineteen years in the year following his or her appointment is eligible
for membership on the Commission.
All members shall be appointed by the City Council after notice and application,
except that selection of the Commission's founding members will be made by the
City Council upon recommendations made by the Parks and Recreation
Commission.
Terms of appointments to the Commission shall commence in January of each
year and shall be for a term of one (1) year.
SECTION III
The Commission shall be governed by Article IX of the City of Gilroy City
Charter, as that Article may be amended from time to time.
SECTION IV
If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not effect the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance. The City Council of the City of Gilroy hereby declares that it would have passed and
adopted this ordinance, and each and all provisions hereof, irrespective of the fact that one or
more provisions may be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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SECTION V
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after the date of its
passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of November, 2000, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNC]LMEMBERS:
G. ARELLANO, P ARELLANO, MORALES,
PINHEIRO, SUDOL, VELASCO,
MAYOR SPRINGER
COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
Rl~on~da Pellin, City Clerk
APPROVED:
Thomas W. Springo~vlayor
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I, RHONDA PELL1N, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the attached
Ordinance No. 2000-18 is an original ordinance, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy
at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 20th day of November, 2000, at which meeting a
quorum was present.
1N WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereumo set my hand and affixed the Official Seal of
the City of Gilroy this 5th day of January, 2001.
City Clerk of the City of Gilroy
(Seal)