Ord 2023-013 Section 1-3-100 to Modify the Community Police Review Board’s Membership Structure

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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ORDINANCE NO. 2023-013 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL TO AMEND SAN LEANDRO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 1-3-110 RELATED TO THE APPOINTMENT OF STUDENT MEMBERS TO THE COMMUNITY POLICE REVIEW BOARD The City of San Leandro City Council does ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. San Leandro Municipal Code section 1-3-110 is amended in its entirety to read as follows: One elector from each Council Member District shall be appointed to each of the following Boards and Commissions: (a) Board of Zoning Adjustments; and (b) Human Services Commission; and (c) Arts, Culture and Library Commission; and (d) Planning Commission; and (e) Recreation and Parks Commission; and (f) Senior Commission; and (g) Community Police Review Board. Except as provided in this Code, all other members of each such Board and Commission shall be an elector of the City and appointed at large. Two (2) residents who are between the ages of fourteen (14) and twenty- two (22) ("Youth Member") who are able to attend in -person meetings of the Community Police Review Board shall be appointed to the Community Police Review Board. These two youth members shall serve in an "ex-officio" capacity and therefore their votes shall not count towards Board action, their attendance shall not count for achieving quorum nor shall their attendance or lack of attendance at meetings of the Board have any impact on the Board's ability to meet quorum or majority vote requirements. Once these members reach the age of twenty-three (23), they are no longer eligible to serve or eligible for reappointment to these designated seats. Residents who are interested in appointment to the Youth Member designated seats shall complete an application that will be submitted to the City Clerk, who shall schedule a City Council Rules Committee meeting for the Committee to review the applications and, at the Council Rules Committee's discretion, interview the applicants for recommendation to the City Council for appointment. Any vacancy in these designated seats must be addressed by the Council in accordance with San Leandro Municipal Code Section 1-3-115. Three (3) residents selected at large shall be appointed to the Youth Advisory Commission by each Council Member, at least one resident selected from each Council Member District, and the remainder may be selected at large. No change in Council Member District boundaries shall operate to disqualify an incumbent from office before the expiration of the term for which such member was appointed.