HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-2316 CREATING A COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING ADVISORY COMMITTEE & DEFINING ITS MEMBERSHIP, ORGANIZATION & DUTIES. ORDINANCE NO.
, 410 AN ORDINANCE relating to City government administration; creating
a Community Programming Advisory Committee and
defining its membership, organization and duties;
and enacting Chapter 1.32 "Community Programming
Advisory Committee" as a new chapter of the City of
Yakima Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: .
Section 1. Chapter 1.32 "Community Programming Advisory Committee"
and the following various sections thereof are hereby enacted as a new
chapter and new sections of the City of Yakima Municipal Code to read as
follows:
"CHAPTER 1.32
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COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
1.32.010 Community Programming Advisory Committee created-
duties
A Community Programming Advisory Committee is hereby created
as an advisory body to make recommendations to the City Council on
issues affecting the, operation of the access channel capacity of
the cable television communications system franchised by. City of
Yakima Ordinance No. 2209 and hereinafter called access channel
capacity.
1.32.020 Appointment and term of members.
A. The City Council in consultation with the grantee of
the franchised cable television communications system shall
appoint ten residents of the City of Yakima as members of the
Committee.
B. Each member shall serve for five years and shall be
III eligible for reappointment; provided, that original terms
shall be designated by the City Council as follows: two
members shall serve one year, two members shall serve for two
years, two members shall serve for three years, two members
shall serve for four years, and two members shall serve for
five years. Any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired
term in the same manner as original appointments.
C. Members shall be selected from various backgrounds
and the overall committee composition shall reflect the
• diversity of population of the City of Yakima, including its
racial, sexual, ethnic, cultural, educational and work force
segments as well as other aspects of the community; provided,
no member of the Board of Regents of Yakima Community College
nor the boards of the local public television and radio
AP , broadcasting licensees shall be eligible for membership on the
committee.
1.32.020 Appointment Of the chairperson, vice-chairperson,
and secretary.
III A. At the first meeting of the Committee after January
1 of each year the members of the Committee shall appoint one
• of their number as the chairperson, one as vice-chairperson,
and one as secretary, which persons shall hold office for one
year and until their successors are appointed.
1.32.040 Meetings -- Removal of members.
A. The Committee shall hold a regular meeting at least
once each calendar month. If a member of the Committee does
not attend two consecutive regular monthly meetings, unless
excused by vote of the Committee his or her membership shall
automatically terminate. Special meetings may be called at
any time by the chairperson, vice-chairperson or by three
members requesting a special meeting. Minutes of each meeting
shall be kept by the secretary and sent to the City Manager
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and City Council.
B. Any member of the Committee may be removed from
office by a vote of the majority of the members of the City
Council.
1.32.050 Duties.
The Committee shall:
1. Meet together with the Board of Regents of
Yakima Community College, the boards of the local public
television and radio broadcasting licensees, and the
grantee to develop a plan for maximum community
involvement and utilization of the access channel. Said !II
plan shall include appropriate safeguards against direct
and indirect program censorship and governmental
interference with, or control of, program content and
shall be presented to the City Council for approval
within 12 months of the effective date of this chapter.
2. Submit annually a written advisory report to
the City Council reviewing said plan, recommending
changes in it, and describing fully the actions of the
Committee for the preceeding year.
3. Assure that the operation of the access channel
capacity remains free from direct or indirect program,
censorship, and governmental interference with, or
control of, program content.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty
(30) days after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law
and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this a29' 64 '
day of July, 1979.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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