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RESOLUTION NO. 2025 — 2 INTRODUCED BY: Mosley, Pucci, Coyle, Celcherts, Tanski, Grodek CITY OF BROOKLYN, OHIO ESTABLISHING AN AD HOC BROOKLYN YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND SUCCESSION COMMITTEE AS THE BASIS OF A PILOT PROGRAM IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A FORUM FOR PURPOSEFUL PLANNING, GUIDANCE TO COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION ON MATTERS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ADDRESSING YOUTH CONCERNS AND PERSPECTIVES, ASSISTING IN SECURITY AND DEVELOPING PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CITY, AND PROVIDING PROGRAMMING IN THE COMMUNITY FOR YOUTH TO OBTAIN LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND TO PARTICIPATE IN CIVIC AFFAIRS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY WHEREAS, Brooklyn desires to involve young people in with the community to discuss issues that are important to the youth of our City and advise Council and the Administration on such issues; and WHEREAS, an ad hoc advisory committee comprising Brooklyn youth, formed as part of a pilot program, will facilitate involvement of young people in the government process and allow Council and the Administration to receive youth perspectives on issued affecting the City, and to evaluate the effectiveness of such a program before any permanent legislation might be created; and WHEREAS, the City also seeks to enable youth to participate in improving the quality of life in the community by planning and promoting programs and services for youth, educate and raise awareness of youth issues, inspire positive action in the community, act as advocates for youth and teens; and WHEREAS, a limited, temporary pilot program establishing a Youth Engagement and Succession (YES) Committee under certain regulations stands to be created that will enable the City to evaluate the effectiveness of the program and determine whether the Codified Ordinances should be amended; and WHEREAS, the Council finds, determines and declares that this Resolution is promulgated under the general police power of the City under the Ohio Constitution, for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare and that it is in the best interests of the City, its inhabitants and visitors, and that it is an emergency in order to permit the pilot program to be planned for and the application materials created immediately; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CliY OF BROOKLYN, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1. The City hereby establishes an ad hoc Youth Engagement and Succession (YES) Committee under the following conditions: A. A Youth Engagement and Succession (YES) Committee is established on an ad hoc basis as part of a pilot program. The purpose of the committee is to facilitate involvement of young people in the government process and allow Council and the Administration to receive youth perspectives on issued affecting the City, and to permit Council and the Administration an opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of such a program before any permanent legislation might be created. B. The goals of the Youth Engagement and Succession (YES) Committee are to give the Mayor and Council ideas on how to better communicate, engage and recognize the different perspective of the city’s youth population; to create avenues and opportunities when possible for the youth of Brooklyn to serve on established committees and boards; and to consider recommendations from the Mayor and Council on possible projects or events where the youth of the City would be participants.
C. The Youth Engagement and Succession (YES) Committee must have at least five and not more than 10 members, all of whom shall be Brooklyn residents between the ages of 14 and 19 at the time of appointment. The Mayor shall appoint up to three members of the committee by written notification to Council, and Council shall appoint up to seven members. The committee shall be considered formed once at least five members are appointed. , D. A quorum at any meeting shall be met when a majority of the committee’s appointed members are in attendance. At its first meeting, the Youth Engagement and Succession (YES) Committee shall choose its own chair, who shall be responsible to run meetings with the assistance of a nonvoting Council liaison appointed by Council; its own vice chair, who shall assume the chair’s duties in the chair’s absence; and its own secretary, who shall be responsible for taking notes of the discussions and outcomes of each meeting. At this first meeting, the committee will set goals that the committee would like to work towards during its term, and set forth a plan to advise the administration on ways to achieve these goals. Subsequent meetings will be used to foster ideas towards the committee’s initiatives, as well as any other current items that either Council or the Mayor refer to the committee. The committee shall establish its own meeting schedule but shall meet not less frequently than every two months, E. The Youth Engagement and Succession (YES) Committee is expected to give recommendations to the administration and council on how to better incorporate the youth and their ideas; engage fellow youth to become leaders of their community by becoming active participants in the committee’s activities; and draft a report to the Mayor and Council on the committee’s activities and ideas not later than nine months after its first meeting. F, The Youth Engagement and Succession (YES) Committee shall be a body subject to Chapter 105 of the Codified Ordinances. The Administration, under the direction of the Mayor, shall assist the committee in fulfilling its open meeting obligations, including by publishing meeting notices and publishing meeting minutes in accordance with law. SECTION 2. The pilot program established in this resolution shall cease and the ad hoc Youth Engagement and Succession (YES) Committee created hereby shall be disbanded 12 months after the effective date of this resolution, or otherwise on a date fixed by Council. SECTION 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements. SECTION 4. This Resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in its preamble; and provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all members elected to Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor; otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law. ADOPTED: £| 1 o/ AS ATTESTED: APPROVED: Clerk of Council MAYOR Approved as s7al form / , pp EB ; as ypxeea UW Law Director 413| 25 PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL ist Reading: é oad Reading: {27 | 26 md Reading: 2))0| 45 Filed with the Mayor: