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ATTACHMENT C Summary of Council Policies adopted during the Neighborhood Redesign Mission Statement for Neighborhood Associations (May 1999) Our mission is to build community at the neighborhood level and improve the livability of the City's neighborhoods. Neighborhood Associations do this by: · Sponsoring neighborhood improvement projects and social events; · Providing a forum to identify, discuss, and resolve neighborhood issues; · Establishing a two-way communication between neighborhoods and the City, and between neighborhoods and other external agencies; · Educating neighbors on issues, public process, City services, and elections; and, · Identifying and Advocating the Neighborhood Association's position on issues such as land use, transportation, public safety, and social services. Our neighbors are those who live, work, or own property within our boundaries Definition of an Active Neighborhood (February 2000) An "Active" neighborhood association must: · Conduct a minimum of four general meetings annually. Three of the four meetings must have a minimum often members in attendance, not including members of the Board. · Conduct at least four executive committee meetings annually; · Hold elections in accordance with the association' s charter or by another method sanctioned by the City, recognizing that the timing of resignations or organizing activities may not coincide with election dates specified in the charter; and, · Provide an annual report to the City on Neighborhood Associations' status, activities and neighborhood needs. Neighborhood Association Boundaries and Borders (March 2000) · Optimum Size: no less than 300 unites and no more than 8% of the total residential addresses. · Borders: not divided by a major natural or manmade barrier; not be defined by a sole private-sector collective; all parts of the city included in an association. · When borders redrawn: by vote of members or by organizing committee's recommendation (which may be established because of not meeting size/border parameters or by petition).