RESOLUTION NO. 7279

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 6951, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF THE TASK FORCE ON HOMELESS SERVICES, ITS JUNE, 2005, FINAL PLAN, THE SUBSEQUENT ADOPTION OF  RESOLUTION NO. 6608, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION ON HOMELESSNESS; RENEWING ITS PURPOSE, RESTATING ITS DUTIES, AND RENAMING IT THE “HOMELESS ISSUES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

WHEREAS, in 2003, the Mayor of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, with the consent of the Governing Body, appointed eighteen (18) Lawrence residents, each having an interest in homeless issues within the community, to the Task Force on Homeless Services and charged them with confronting the issues experienced both by homeless persons and individuals within the community and with reaching a consensus regarding the means by which those issues could best be addressed;

WHEREAS, through the adoption of City of Lawrence, Kan., Res. No. 6608 (Aug. 23, 2005), the City formally recognized and adopted the June, 2005, Final Plan of the Task Force on Homeless Services and, in so doing, established the “Community Commission on Homelessness,” the express purpose of which was to encourage additional work on homeless issues within the community and to advise the City regarding those issues;

WHEREAS, through the formal adoption of City of Lawrence, Kan., Res. No. 6951 (Oct. 25, 2011) the Governing Body renewed the purpose of the Community Commission on Homelessness, restated its duties, and renamed it the “Homeless Issues Advisory Committee”;

WHEREAS, Section 10 of Res. No. 6951 states that “[t]he Governing Body shall, from time to time, review whether the continued existence of the Homeless Issues Advisory Committee is necessary or desirable and, if so, whether any amendments should be made to this Resolution, to the purpose of the Homeless Issues Advisory Committee, or to its duties. If the City takes no formal action to terminate the Homeless Issues Advisory Committee, to alter its purpose or duties, or to amend this Resolution, then the Homeless Issues Advisory Committee shall continue to operate in accordance with the terms of this Resolution and its bylaws”;

WHEREAS, on June 20, 2017, the Governing Body adopted a Strategic Plan;

WHEREAS, one of the priority initiatives of the adopted Strategic Plan is to “Inventory and evaluate the role of existing advisory boards and commissions, identify opportunities to consolidate or sunset as appropriate, and adopt consistent operating guidelines”; and

WHEREAS, at its regular November 20, 2018, meeting, the Governing Body determined that the Homeless Issues Advisory Committee was duplicating the efforts of other City advisory boards and that it was in the best interests of the City to repeal resolution 6951 and to dissolve the Homeless Issues Advisory Committee.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS:

SECTION 1: City of Lawrence, Kan., Resolution No. 6951 (Oct. 25, 2011) is hereby repealed and the Homeless Issues Advisory Committee is hereby officially dissolved.

SECTION 2. This Resolution shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Governing Body.

ADOPTED by the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, this ____ day of February, 2019.

 APPROVED:

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Lisa Larsen

Mayor

ATTEST:

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Sherri Riedemann

City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:                   

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Toni R. Wheeler

City Attorney