Item 2C - Adoption of Revised Neighborhood Association Charters

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ATTACHMENT A Cal Young Neighborhood Association Charter Recognized September 6, 1978 - Resolution No. 2994 Amended, February 26, 1981 Revision Adopted April 9, 1990 - Resolution No. 4174 ARTICLE I. NAME The name of this organization is the Cal Young Neighborhood Association (The Association) ARTICLE II. GEOGRAPIDC BOUNDARIES The Cal Young Neighborhood Association encompasses that portion of the territory of the city of Eugene bounded by the Willamette River, Coburg Road, Beltline Road, and the north Eugene city limits. The neighborhood shall be divided into the numbered areas shown on the attached map, which is hereby incorporated by reference. The Executive Committee may from time to time consolidate, subdivide, or alter the area boundaries. ARTICLE III. PURPOSE Section 1. Advisory to City. The Association is advisory to the City Council, Planning Commission, and other City boards, commissions, and officials on matters affecting the growth and development of the neighborhood. The Association may develop proposals with respect to land use, zoning, parks, op[ en space and recreation, annexation, housing, community facilities, transportation and traffic, public safety, sanitation, and other activities and public services which affect the neighborhood. Section 2. Neighborhood Focus. The Association shall address all matters which affect the neighborhood in accordance with the City of Eugene's Neighborhood Organization Recognition Policy, Resolution No. 2554, as amended by Resolution No. 3746, including problems of public safety and economic development. Section 3. Educational. The Association shall serve in an educational capacity to inform the citizens of the neighborhood. The Association shall encourage and facilitate communication among citizens on matters of common concern. ARTICLE IV. POWERS The Association may do whatever is necessary and appropriate to enable it to exercise the powers granted or allowed to it by the Eugene Neighborhood Organization Recognition Policy, Resolution No. 2554, as amended by Resolution No. 3746. ARTICLE V. PARTICIPATION Section 1. Entitlement. Participation in the affairs of the Association is open to any l6-year-old or older resident and/or representative of a property owner or business located within the boundaries described in ARTICLE II. Section 2. Voice and Voting. a.) Each person entitled to participate as defined in Section 1 ofthis ARTICLE is entitled to speak at any General or Executive Committee meeting and is entitled to one participant vote whenever votes are taken, at an Executive Committee-meeting, as provided in ARTICLE VII, Section 7 of this charter. All participants are entitled to one vote on any motion brought before the membership at any General Meeting. b.) No absentee voting or voting by proxy shall be allowed. ARTICLE VI. OFFICERS Section 1.. The officers are a President, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, and a Newsletter Editor and shall reside within the Association boundaries. Section 2. Duties of President. The President shall coordinate and supervise the business and activities of the Executive Committee and The Association. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Executive Committee and all general meetings, serve as an ex-officio member of all committees, and be the primary contact person for and liaison with the City of Eugene. Section 3. Duties of Vice President. The Vice President shall assist the President upon request. In the absence of the President, or in the President's inability or refusal to act, the Vice President shall execute the duties and powers of the President. Cal Young Neighborhood Association Charter Approved January 26, 2006 Page 1