CITY COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM

Department:	Community Development (PDS)		Commission Meeting Date:  02/05/2019
Staff Contact:	Danelle Walters, Community Development Manager
Recommendations/Options/Action Requested:
Adopt Resolution 7279, a resolution of the City of Lawrence, Kansas repealing resolution 6951, thereby dissolving the Homeless Issues Advisory Committee (HIAC).
Executive Summary:		In 2003, the Mayor of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, with the consent of the Governing Body, appointed 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. 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.  Subsequently 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.” 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 the 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.” On June 20, 2017, the Governing Body adopted a Strategic Plan and 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.” 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. Staff recommends adoption of Resolution 7279.
Strategic Plan Critical Success Factor		Safe, Healthy, and Welcoming Neighborhoods
Fiscal Impact (Amount/Source):		The fiscal impact to the City is $___0_____.
Attachments:		Resolution No. 7279

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