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AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Title 2, Chapter 12, Section 1,
Adding a Term of Appointment for ADA Advisory Board Members
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: Title 2, Chapter 12, Section 1 of the Evanston City Code of
2012, as amended (the "City Code"), is hereby further amended to read as follows:
2-12-1: ESTABLISHMENT:
There is hereby established the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") Advisory Board,
hereafter called the ADA Advisory Board. Said Board shall consist of nine (9) members
appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council, provided that
four (4) members shall be appointed from the community at large, and one (1) member
or representative from each of the following five (5) commissions or boards shall be
appointed: Commission on Aging; Human Relations Commission; Plan Commission;
Parks and Recreation Board; and Library Board. Board members shall serve terms of
four (4) years or until their respective successors are appointed and qualified, and
members may be reappointed for an additional term. In making such appointments, the
Mayor shall consider knowledge and familiarity with needs and issues concerning
people with disabilities, practical experience in Evanston and elsewhere serving or
assisting people with disabilities, practical experience in dealing with the sources of
assistance for and resources available to people with disabilities, and knowledge and
familiarity with the ADA and similar laws and regulations. Associate members may be
added to the Board as necessary.
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to
any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity
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shall not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance that can be given effect
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application of this ordinance is severable.
SECTION 4: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage, approval and publication in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 5: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to
be prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as
provided by the Illinois Compiled Statutes and the courts of the State of Illinois.
Introduced: WD►vu'1 / 1 , 2013
Adopted:__jA aA&, 2013
Attest:
R ney Gr ne, City Clerk
Approved:
2013
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Elite eth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Approved as to form:
W. Grant Farrar, Corporation Counsel
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