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Creating a Citizens Advisory Com-
mittee on Community Conservation.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS-
SECTION le Chapter 2 of the Code of
the City of Evanston,
t 1957, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding Article XIV
to read.as follows:
"Article XIV. Citizens Advisory Committee on
Community Conservation.
Section 2-179. Creation.
There is hereby created a Citizens Advisory Com-
mittee on Community Conservation in and for the
City of Evanston.
Section 2-180. Composition.
The Citizens Advisory Committee on Community
Conservation shall be appointed by the City
Council. At least one member of such committee
shall be a member of the Land Use Committee of
the City Council; one member shall be a member
of the Plan Commission of the City of Evanston;
one member shall be a member of the Land Clear-
ance Commission of the City of Evanston; and
one member shall be a member of the Evanston
Community Relations Commission. The remainder
of the committee shall be composed of such other
members as may be appointed from time to time
by the City Council. All members of the com-
mittee shall serve at the pleasure of the City
Council, and shall serve without compensation.
Section 2-181. Officers, Quorum and Expenses.
As soon as possible after their appointments, the
members of the committee shall organize and elect
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a chairman and a secretary from the membership
of the committee, whose terms of office shall be
for one year or until their successors are elected
and qualified. The committee.may adopt its own
rules of procedure. A majority of the committee
shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of con-
ducting the affairs of the committee, provided,
however, that no binding determination or recom-
mendation of the committee shall be adopted without
the concurrence of a majority of the members of
the committee appointed.
The City Council may provide the committee with
such offices and facilities as may be required,
,and the expenses of the committee shall be paid
by appropriations made therefor by the City Coun-
cil or from such donations or contributions as
,may be received by the committee from other sources.
Section 2-182. Powers and Duties.
It shall be the responsibility of the Citizens
Advisory Committee on Community Conservation
,to promote, coordinate and encourage citizen
participation in the community conservation
• program of the City of Evanston. It shall have
the duty of developing a program of information
and public relations for the purpose of fully
informing the citizens of the City of Evanston
with respect to the community conservation
program, and coordinate the programs and ef-
forts of private and public organizations con-
cerned with the effectuation of a community
conservation program. It shall be charged
with the responsibility of providing, both in
the community generally and in select areas,
the understanding and support necessary to in-
sure success and community -wide participation
in the conservation program. It shall make
recommendations from time to time to various
city agencies charged with the operating
responsibilities for the various phases of the
program, respecting the effective implementation
of such program, and for this purpose may con-
duct such hearings and investigations as it may
deem necessary to fully carry out its responsi-
bilities."
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SECTION 2: This ordinance shall be
in full force and effect
from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided
by law.
INTRODUCED March 4 , 1963
ADOPTED March 11 , 1963
ATTEST:
/s/ Maurice F. Brown
City Clerk
Approved as to form°
/s/ Jack M. Siegel
Corporation Counsel
APPROVED March 11
/s/ John D. Emery
Mayor
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, 1963