The initial membership of the commission shall consist of all members of the former city of South San Francisco youth advisory council who choose to continue to serve. As the initial members of the commission age out, resign, or are not reappointed, the membership will decrease until it is less than the maximum established in Section
2.83.010(b) of this chapter. At that point, the maximum membership will apply going forward.
(Ord. 1625 § 2, 2021)
Except for initial members of the commission, the term of each
member of the commission shall be two years and until a successor
is appointed and qualified. The initial term of members of the commission
shall be one year. After initial members of the commission have served
for one year, they may each be reappointed for a term of two years.
(Ord. 1625 § 2, 2021)
If a vacancy occurs on the commission, the city council shall appoint an individual to serve the remaining unexpired term of the former incumbent. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the city council may choose not to fill a vacancy created by the resignation or disqualification of an initial member of the commission if the total membership of the commission is greater than the maximum set forth in Section
2.83.010(b) of this chapter.
(Ord. 1625 § 2, 2021)
Members of the commission shall receive compensation for their services as provided for in Chapter
2.84.
(Ord. 1625 § 2, 2021; Ord. 1626 § 2, 2021)
Commission members may be removed by a majority vote of the
city council following three excused or two unexcused absences during
the course of one fiscal year. An absence is considered excused when
a commission member notifies the secretary of the intended absence
at least twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled meeting time. All
other absences are considered unexcused.
(Ord. 1625 § 2, 2021)
The commission shall be an advisory body to the city council.
The fundamental responsibility of the commission shall be to advise
and make recommendations to the city council on issues affecting the
community through a youth focused lens. The commission’s role
includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(a) Identify
the concerns and needs of the children and youth of South San Francisco;
examine existing social, economic, educational, and recreational programs
for children and youth; develop and propose plans that support or
improve such programs; and make recommendations thereon to the city
council.
(b) Identify
the unmet needs of South San Francisco's children and youth through
personal contact with these young people, school officials, leaders
of religious organizations, and others; and hold public forums in
which both youth and adults are encouraged to participate.
(c) Elicit
the interest, support, and mutual cooperation of private groups (such
as fraternal orders, service clubs, associations, religious organizations,
businesses, and youth organizations) and city wide neighbor-hood planning
collaborative efforts for children, youth and families that initiate
and sponsor recommendations that address the social, economic, educational,
and recreational needs of children and youth in South San Francisco.
Advise the city council about how such recommendations could be coordinated
in the community to eliminate duplication in cost and effort.
(d) Hold
and conduct forums on such problems, activities, and concerns of youth
in which various governmental, and private groups, and other community
organizations, may be invited to participate to the extent the commission
deems such desirable.
(e) Advise
about available sources of governmental and private funding for youth
programs.
(f) Submit
recommendations to the city council about juvenile crime prevention,
job opportunities for youth, recreational activities for teenagers,
intergenerational programs, opportunities for effective participation
by youth in the governmental process, and changes in city ordinances
and regulations that are necessary to improve the social, economic,
educational, and recreational advantages of children and youth.
(g) Respond
to requests for comment and recommendation on matters referred to
the commission by officers, departments, agencies, boards, commissions,
and advisory committees of the city, as well as regional governmental
organizations seeking input from children and youth regarding their
projects and programs.
(h) Report
to the city council on the activities, goals, and accomplishments
of the commission at least once each fiscal year, beginning in fiscal
year 2021-2022.
(Ord. 1625 § 2, 2021)
The city council will receive and consider proposals, suggestions,
and ideas initiated by the commission, subject to scheduling on the
city council agenda to accommodate other city council business.
(Ord. 1625 § 2, 2021)
The city council encourages the commission and its members to
freely express their views, even when those views are not the same
as the views of the city council or individual members of the council.
Members of the commission may not always agree with each other or
the city council or members of the city council. Open and respectful
communication of ideas is important and valued. Members of the commission
do not speak for the commission as a whole unless authorized to do
so by a vote of the commission or when reflecting the consensus or
majority view of the commission. As an advisory body to the city council,
the commission and its members are expected to observe the city’s
rules of decorum and to deal with the public, city staff, and the
city’s elected and appointed officials in a manner that maintains
a working relationship that enables ongoing collaboration for the
public benefit.
(Ord. 1625 § 2, 2021)