City Council

'o,e" ^a @ H.4 {*#zre hrnlr : , ,:jf$ Council Agenda Item No. Vlll D H- t 7-70 C9UNCtL MEMO No. 167\-10 November 6, 1970 TO: Mayor and City Council FRO},I: C i ty Hanager SUBJ ECT : COHCERT 0n November 3, 1970 the City Council requested the Administration redraft the resolution deal ing with the composition of the Committee on Concerted Commun i ty Serv i ces (COMCgnf) . By Counc i I suggest ion COHCERT was to have a membership of nine, one member coming from each ward and named by the wardrs Councilman and one member named to the committee by the MaYor. Attached is a resolution prescribing the duties and membership composition of the Committee on. Concerted Community Services. The need for C0MCERT has grown acute in recent months as residents of public housing projects have grown to some 8,000 at Present. Within six months it is anticipated that some 12,000 people will reside in Housing Authority projects. Because the need for COMCERT I is so great , and in keeping with the spirit of the Cityrs cooperative agreement w ith the Housing Authonity and the Community Council, it is requested that the Mayor and each Councilman submit a name for membersh i p to COi4CERT wi th i n two weeks. i:, pectfu I I Y i tted, y'. , : Robert . 0ldland City Manager Attachment d,e, /1 fr- nusotFtrou A RESOLUTION EXPANDING THE ME}tsERSH IP OF TTIE COMMITTEE ON CONCERTED COMMI.]NITY SERVICES II'ROM rI\rE MEMBERS TO NINE I"qIAERS AND ESTABLISHING TER}6 oF oFFICE ENn METHoD OF APPOINTMENT. I{HEREAS, there are numerous and varied service organizations in Oklahoma City which provide health, welfare, rehabilicative, vocati.onal, and social services to 1ow-income residents of Oklahorna City; and I'IHBEAS, there is a critical, need to coordinate Ehose services for Ehe citizens of Oklahoma City residing in public housing projects; and I,ilIERIAST oD l'trarch 17, L970, the City Council passed a resoluEion creating the CormitEee on Concerted'Corunrnity Services (C0MCERT). This Corcnittee is charged wiEh Ehe responsibility of: (a) Goordinating city and qocial services at public housing projecEs. (b) Investigate and make recoumendaEions on funding of Cormnr.nity service prograrns aE housing projecEs; and (c) Appoint a Eechnical advisory council- for planning and guidance of service progranso . WHEREAST s€id cormnitEee was originally creaced with five members but, in order to achieve the intended objecEives of COMCERT, it is deemed advisable that the merbership of said corrnittee be expanded from five members to nine mernberg. No!f,, ITIIREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of The City of Oklahoma City EhaE the Corruittee on Concerted Conurunity Services sha1l consist of nine (9) menbers who shal1 be residents of The Cicy of Oklahoma City, one meder to be appoinEed from each ward by Ehe counciLmen from the respecEive vrards and one uember-aE-large Eo be appointed by the Mayor. A11 nempers of rhe Cournitree sha1l serve I as such without corpensation. The term of each menber shal1 be Ehree il (3) years or unEil his successorl takes office except EhaE of the first nine (9) members appoinEed, Ehrep (3) sha1l serve a Eerm of one (1) year, three (3) for a term of trb Q) years and Ehree (3) for a term +- ,h //16 of three (3) years. AppoinLmenE$ to fill a vacancy ln any unexpired term shalI be for Lhe balance of such unexpired term. ADOPTED by Ehe Councll and APPROVED by the Mayor of The Ciry of oklahorna City this t 'l day of @ Lg7o. I MAYOR ATTEST: ciE Clerk APPRO\ED as to form and legality this 12th day of Noven$er, L970, Tom B a e Assistant }funicipaL CounseLor i \ -2-