HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 542 RESOLUTION N0. 542
RESOLUTION CREATING YOUTH COMMISSION
The City Council of the City of Saratoga does hereby resolve as
follows:
SECTION 1: There is hereby established and created a Youth Commission
of the City of Saratoga, which shall be known as the Saratoga Youth
Commission, which shall consist of eleven (11) members to be appointed
by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council. Eight (8) members
of the Eleven members shall be appointed from interested youth in the
Community, youth being defined as any person twenty-one (21) years of
age or younger,
SECTION 2: Upon the first appointment of members to the Youth Commission,
four youths shall be appointed for a term of two years, and four youths
for a term of one year. One adult shall be appointed for a term of one
year, and two adults for a term of two years. Thereafter, successors to
the first members shall be appointed for two years.
SECTION 3: The powers of the Youth Commission are advisory only and it
shall render all reports and recommendations directly to the City Council,
unless otherwise directed by the Council. The Commission does not consti-
tute a planning agency with the terms and meaning of Government Code Section
65100 of the State of California. The Commissioners' powers and duties,
in such advisory capacity to the City Council, shall include the following:
(a) To develop and recommend guidelines involving the concerns of
youth, and the programming and implementation thereof, to the
Council;
(b) Advise the Council generally on matters which concern youth andi=
specifically on the various aspects of city matters related to
youth as may be requested by the Council.
SECTION 4: The Youth Commission shall meet twice a month on a regular~
scheduled basis, the weekday designation to be determinedlbythe Commission.
The Commission shall also meet at such other times as the Commission de-
sires, and establish its own rules of order, conduct of business and pro-
cedure. Roberts' Rules of Order shall be followed on all matters pertaining
to parliamentary procedure~ unless otherwise established by the Commission.
The above and foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced
and passed by the City Council of the City of Saratoga at a regular meet-
ing held on the tl~day of J~ly ..... , 1970, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Robbins, Smith, Dwyer, Bridges
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilman Sanders
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK