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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1035 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1968/05/20• • • , Original ORDINANCE NO. 1035 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. The St. Louis Park Human Rights Commission is hereby established. Section 1:180. Purpose. The purpose of the Commission shall be to advise the City Council in its efforts to assure all citizens the opportunity for full and equal opportunity and participation in the affairs of this community. The City of St. Louis Park declares as a matter of public policy that it is interested in securing for all of its citizens equal opportunity in housing, em- ployment, public services, public accommodations and education, and that it is the public policy of the City to assist the State of Minnesota, Department of Human Rights in implementing the Minnesota State Act Against Discrimination by the Commission's investigation of complaints, development and implementation of a program of education, and compliance review, and through advising the City Council on long range programs to improve human relations in the City of St. Louis Park. Section 1:182. Membership of Commission and Terms. Subd. 1. The Commission shall consist of 15 members who shall serve without compensation and one of whom shall be an attorney-at-law, who shall be appointed by the City Council and who shall be appointed initially for the following terms of office, which term shall commence on the date of their appointment: 5 members for a term of three years, 5 members for a term of two years and 5 members for a term of one year. Subd. 2. All of the members of the Commission shall be citizens and residents of the City of St. Louis Park. At the expiation of the terms of office of the original appointive members, their successors shall be appointed for a term of three years each and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualify for office. Any vacancies in the membership of the Commission shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of an original appointment for the unexpired term of a member whose office shall be vacant. Subd. 3. Any member of the Commission may be removed therefrom for cause by the City Council by a majority vote. Subd. 4. The Commission shall consist of members who have demon- strated an interest in and who have had previous experience in civil and human rights organizations on the national, state and local level, due regard being given to the adequate representation of racial, religious and ethnic minorities. Section 1:184. Organization. Subd. 1. There shall be an Executive Director who shall act as secretary to the Commission. He shall be appointed by the City Manager with the consent and approval of the City Council and be removed only for cause. The Executive Director shall be under the administrative rules and regulations of the City of St. Louis Park. Subd. 2. The Commission shall elect its own chairman by vote of its members. It shall provide its own rules and procedure for the conduct of its affairs for the election, assumption of duties and definition of responsibilities of officers and committees, shall determine date and time of its meetings, and upon whatever notice it deems best shall call public hearings when necessary or desirable. Subd. 3. The Commission shall keep proper records of its proceedings, and properly account for its receipts and expenditures of moneys in accordance with established city procedures. Section 1:186. Power and duties. The human Rights Commission shall have the following powers and duties: Subd. 1. The Commission shall immediately study and review programs and policies and advise and aid the City Council in enlisting the cooperation of agencies, organizations and individuals in the City in an active program directed to create equal opportunity and eliminate discrimination and in- equalities. Subd. 2. The Commission shall at the earliest opportunity advise and aid the City Council in drafting a memorandum of agreement with the State Department of Human Rights to fulfill the purposes set out in Section 1:180 of this Ordinance. Subd. 3. Recommend a human rights program to the City Council so it may immediately formulate and implement a program for the City of St. Louis Park by broad planning and policy making to give increased effectiveness and direction to the work of all individuals and agencies, specifically recognizing planning, policy making and educational programming in the area of civil and human rights. Subd. 4. Advise the City Council, the Mayor, and other agencies of the government on human relations and civil rights problems, act in an ad- visory capacity with respect to city plans or on the operation of any city department where questions of discriminations, civil rights and human rights are concerned, and recommend the adoption of such specific policies or actions as are needed to provide an equitable basis of civil and human rights in govern- ment. Subd. 5. Advise and recommend to the City Council a comprehensive program for the removal of inequalities of opportunity, with respect to all individuals and groups in relation to civil and human rights. -2- Subd. 6. Publish and distribute to the public at large materials ® deemed necessary. Subd. 7. Make studies, surveys, and investigations which will provide a solid foundation of research and fact beneath the Commission's advice and recommendations for policies and actions by itself and the City Council. Subd. 8. Sponsor such meetings, institutes, forums and other educational activities as will lead to a clearer understanding of -the City's problems in this field, and contribute to their proper solution. Section 2. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its publication. Adopted by City Council May 20, 1968. Attest: 4J4 City Clerk • Reviewed ad stration: City Manager 01414 0._< -4---/ct,‘._ o -,a ,ems a,c„c, _______4,e-fAAA7 e -_,0)z;#4,7 • -3- r SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION St. Louis Park Sun 12 Suburban Square Hopkins, Minnesota State of Minnesota 1 County of Hennepin t SS. W JOHN BERTRAM, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the vice president and printer of the newspaper known as The St Louis Park Sun and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once each week (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75% of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-class matter in its local post -office (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the City of St Louis Park in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of +.ie in the City of Hopkins in said county, established and open during its regular business us for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and main- ined by the managing officer or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and con- trol during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regular business hours to the business of the newspaper and business related thereto. (6) Said news- paper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said news- paper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for at least two years preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below. (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1. 1966 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the publisher of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper He further states on oath that the printed ORDINANCE NO. 1035 Hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein m the English language, once each week, for 1 successive weeks, that it was first so published on Thum • the 23 and was thereafter printed and published on every day of May 19 68 Thurs. to and including the 23 day of May 19 6Etind that the following 1s a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to wit: a b cdefghilklm nopgrstuvwxyz Subscribed and (Notarial Seal) - sworn to before me this day of Barbara Samuelson, Notary Public, Ramsey County, Minn. My Commission Expires November 8, 1971 (Official Publication) ORDINANCE NO 1035 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMIS- SION, DEFINING POWERS DUTIES AND THE CITY OF ST LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN Section 1 The St Louis Park Human Rights Commission is hereby established Section 1 180 Purpose The pur- pose of the Commission shall be to advise the City Council in its efforts to assure all citizens the opportunity for full and e q u -a 1 opportunity and participation n the affairs of this community The City of St Louis Park declares as a matter of public policy that ,it is interested in securing for all of its citizens equal opportunity in housing, employment, public serv- ices, public accommodations and education, and that it is the public policy of the City to assist the State of Minnesota, Department of Human }fights in implementing the Minnesota State Act Against Discrimination by the Commis- sion's investigation of complaints, development and implementation of a program of education, and compliance review, and through advising the City Council on long range programs to improve hu- man relations in the City of St Louis Park. ' Section 1.182 Membership of Commission and Terms. 1 Subd 1 The Commission shall consist of 15 members who shall serve without compensation and one of whom shall be an attorney- at-law, who shall be appointed by the City Council and who shall be appointed initially for the follow- ing terms of office, which term shall commence on the date of their appointment 5 members for a term of three years, 5 members for a term of two years and 5 members for a term of one year Subd. 2 All of the members of the Commission shall be citizens and residents of the City of St Louis Park At the expiration of the terms of office of the original appointive members, their succet- sors shall be appointed for a term of three years each and until their successors shall have been ap- pointed and qualify for office' Any vacancies in the membership of the Commission shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of an original appointment for t h e unexpired term of a member whose office shall be -+acant Subd 3 Any member of the Commission m a y be removed therefrom for cause by the City Council by a ma3ority vote Subd 4 /The Commission shall consist of members who have demonstrated an interest in and who have had previous experience in civil and human rights organi- zations on the national, state and local level, due regard being given to the adequate representation of racial, religious and ethnic minor- ities Section 1-184 Organization. Subd 1 There shall be an Ex - as secretary oc ve Director the Commission t He shall be bthe Ci Manager withointed the co sent and ap- proval of the City Council and be removed only for cause The Ex- thder e tadministrative ruirector les all nd regu- lations of the City of St Louis Park Subd 2 The Commission shall elect ownbvote of its its tmembers h It shall airman provide its own rules and procedure for the conduct of its affairs for the election, assumption of duties and definition of responsibilities of of- ficers and committees, shall de- meeetings, e Band upon whatever te and time of ino- tice it deems best shall call public hearings when necessary or de- s S bd 3 The Commission shall -N., keep proper records of its pro- ceedings and properly account for its receipts and expenditures of moneys in accordance with estab- lished city procedures Section 1:186 Power and duties. The Human Rights Commission shall have the following powers and duties: Subd 1 The Commission shall immediately study and re v 1 ew d advise aprograms nd npoliciesd n aid theCityC Council in enlist - mg the cooperation of agencies. organizations and individuals in the City in an active program di- rected to create equal opportunity and eliminate discrimination and u e ommiss on s at the earliest opportunity advise and aid the City Council in draft- ing a memorandum of agreement with the State Department of Hu- man Rights to fulfill the purposes set out in Section 1 180 of this Ordinance, Subd 3 Recommend a human rights program to the City Council so it may immediately formulate and implement a program for the City of St Louis Park by broad planning and pohcy making to give increased effectiveness and direction to the work of all individuals and agencies, specifically recognizing planning, policy making and edu- cational programming in the area of civil and human rights Subd 4 Advise the City Council, the Mayor, and other agencies of the government on human rela- tions and civil rights problems, act in an advisory capacity with respect to city plans or on the operation of any city department where questions of discriminations, civil rights and human rights are concerned, and recommend the adoption of such specific policies or actions as are needed to pro- vide an equitable basis of civil and human rights in government Subd 5 Advise and recommend to the City Council a comprehen- sive program for the removal of inequalibes of opportunity, with re- spect to all individuals and groups in relation to civil and human rights Subd 6 Publish and distribute to the public at large materials deemed necessary Subd 7, Make studies, surveys, and investigations which will pro- vide a solid foundation of research and fact beneath the Commission's advice and recommendations for policies and actions by itself and the City Council Subd 8 Sponsor such meetings institutes, forums and other edu- cational activities as will lead to a clearer understanding of the City's problems in this field, and contribute to their proper solution. Section 2 Effective Date This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its publication Adopted by City Council May , 1968 (S) LEONARD J THIEL, WESTMayor S) EARL E HANSON ity Clerk Reviewed for administration (S) C D ANDRE, City Manager (May 23, 1968)—D ORDINANCE N0. 1035 Entitled:' AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING IEE HUNAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, DEFINING ITS ' POWERS AND DUTIES Mtroduced by Firzt Readirg-Date S?cond Reading -Date Date 4-22-609aivecj 5-20-68 Waived crctc : Aye 4 1y u,b? :she:'. Date 5-23-68 Effective Date 6-7-68 "-cdReference 2 File No. Affidavit of Publication ST. LOUIS PARK SUN St. Louis Park, Minnesota In The Matter Of l