92-042 - 06-02 Amend Resolution 91-102 Golden Valley FoundationResolution 92-42
June 2, 1992
Member Stockman introduced the following item and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 91-102
ESTABLISHING THE GOLDEN VALLEY FOUNDATION
AS AN ADVISORY BOARD TO THE GOLDEN VALLEY CITY COUNCIL
WHEREAS the City Council wishes to amend the membership provisions of
Resolution No. 91-102 Establishing the Golden Valley Foundation as an Advisory
Board to the Golden Valley City Council to provide for four (4) citizens -at -
large and a non-voting City Council liaison;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that provisions of Resolution No. 91-102
Establishing the Golden Valley Foundation as an Advisory Board to the Golden
Valley City Council are hereby adopted with amendments to Section IIA,
Membership, and Section IIIB2, Initial Appointments.
I. MISSION AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Golden Valley Foundation Board will study and recommend action to the
City Council:
A. Allocation of funds available to the Foundation for human service
needs in the community.
B. Establishing a definition of human service needs and developing a pro-
cess to recruit or react to funding requests.
C. Developing and periodically updating guidelines to evaluate human ser-
vice needs and the appropriate expenditure of funds to meet these
needs.
D. Evaluating funding available from charitable gambling and determine
whether additional revenue sources should be solicited to meet iden-
tified human service needs.
II. MEMBERSHIP AND MEETINGS
A. Membership
1. Membership shall consist of the following:
a. Three (3) members from the Human Rights Commission appointed by
the Commission and approved by the City Council.
b. Four (4) citizens -at -large appointed by the City Council.
Emphasis will be on knowledge of human service needs in the
community through participation in organizations such as the
Rotary, League of Women Voters, Optimists, churches or synago-
gues, park and recreation programs, charitable gambling spon-
sors, N.W. Hennepin Human Services Advisory Council, Crime
Prevention Board, or similar organizations, or on evidence of
a personal commitment to the delivery of human service needs.
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June 2, 1992
c. One (1) City Council member appointed by the Council who shall
be a non-voting member of the Foundation.
2. Persons involved with agencies or groups that anticipate soli-
citing funds from the Foundation should not seek appointment.
B. Meetings
"Golden Valley Foundation By -Laws" will be drafted by the Board and
approved by the City Council to identify regular meeting times and
procedures of the Board.
III. APPOINTMENT PROCESS, TERM AND VACANCIES
A. Term
Members will serve two-year staggered terms except for the Council
Member, who will be appointed annually. Terms extend until April 1 or
when a successor is appointed and confirmed.
B. Initial Appointments
Initial appointments shall be for terms extending through April 1,
1993 or 1994, and shall be made as follows:
1. Two-year terms (until April 1, 1994) shall be filled by: 1 HRC
member, 2 citizen -at -large members;
2. One-year terms (until April 1, 1993) shall be filled by: 2 HRC
members, 2 citizen -at -large members;
C. Appointment Process
1. At its March meeting, the HRC will recommend members for appoint-
ment by the City Council in April.
2. Appointment of citizen -at -large members will be made at the first
Council meeting in April, at which time HRC members will be
approved and the Council position filled. Staff will advertise
for citizen members no later than February of each year, with
names of applicants to be forwarded to the City Council at its
first meeting in March.
3. Initial appointments will occur as soon as possible following the
establishment of the Foundation and extend until April 1 of 1993
and 1994, respectively.
D. Vacancies
Interim appointments to complete an outstanding term will be made if a
vacancy occurs prior to the end of the term.
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IV. ANNUAL REPORTING
A. Annual Funding Report
The Foundation shall recommend funding for the upcoming year to the
City Council at its first meeting in October in an "Annual Funding
Report."
B. Special Reports
The Foundation can make special reports to the Council to consider
emergency requests or adjustments due to revenue shortfalls, but it
must justify the need for consideration outside the parameters of the
annual funding report.
C. Initial 1992 Reporting
To initiate the activities of the Foundation, the Board will prepare
for Council approval the following:
1. a definition of the scope of human service needs to be
reviewed and evaluated by the Foundation;
2. a process to recruit or react to funding requests;
3. guidelines to evaluate requests in terms of human service
needs and the appropriate level of funding to meet these
needs;
4. by-laws to establish operating procedures of the Board.
This report shall be submitted to the Council for consideration by
July of 1992.
D. 1992 Funding Levels
Funding for 1992 has been established in keeping with prior requests.
Initial funding recommendations made by the Board will be for the 1993
calendar year.
ATTEST:
S irley J.6Ntlsoln, City Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was seconded by Member
Thompson; and upon a vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor
thereof: Bakken, Johnson, Stockman and Thompson; the following was absent:
Russell; and the following voted against the same: none; whereupon said resolu-
tion was declared duly passed and adopted, signed by the Mayor and his signature
attested by the City Clerk.