Item A: Listening Session with Human Rights Commission

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2.275 Human Rights Commission - Officers, Meetings, Rules and Procedures. (1) The officers of the commission shall be a chairperson and a vice-chair elected by the commission from among the citizen members of the commission. The chairperson shall preside over meetings of the commission and shall have the right to vote. The vice-chair shall perform the duties of the chairperson in the absence or disability of the chairperson. The officers shall serve for terms of one year. (2) The commission shall meet at least six times a year, with such additional meetings as it deems necessary to properly perform its duties. (3) The commission may make and alter rules for its conduct and procedure, providing they are consistent with state law and applicable pro- visions of the city charter, ordinances and policies. (4) Fifty percent plus one of the current membership shall constitute a quorum. (5) The city manager may, within his or her discretion, furnish staff assistance to the commission or to the commission's committees. (Section 2.275 added by Ordinance No. 17748, enacted September 13, 1976; amended by Ordinance No. 19732, enacted November 5, 1990; and administratively amended by Ordinance No. 20113, enacted April 6, 1998, effective May 6, 1998.) 2.280 Human Rights Commission - Committees. (1) The Agenda Committee of the Human Rights Commission is hereby created. (a) The members of the agenda committee shall be the elected chairperson and vice-chair of the commission, the chair of the committee on education and outreach, the chair of the committee on accessibility, and the designated representative of the advocate response team. (b) The agenda committee shall be responsible for the preparation of the agenda and for planning the meetings of the commission. The agenda committee shall also provide membership services by the orientation of new members of the commission and the commission's committees, by assisting all members and the council concerning member's attendance and responsibilities, and by providing a link among the commission and the committees when these are not meeting. The agenda committee may take other actions, at the request of the commission, including preparing recommendations on commission bylaws and other administrative matters. (2) The Advocate Response Team, the Committee on Education and Outreach, and the Committee on Accessibility, hereinafter referred to as the "standing committees," are hereby created. (a) The committee on accessibility and the committee on education and outreach shall have ten members each who shall serve three year terms. The commission shall appoint members of each committee according to the criteria specified in section 2.013 of this code. These