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(a) The Board shall consist of five members appointed by the City Council.
(b) All members shall have experience as an appraiser, realtor, real estate attorney or property manager, or be otherwise familiar with real estate valuation in the city. Effective July 1, 2023, at least one of the members shall have experience in commercial, industrial, or apartment valuation, or any combination thereof.
The purpose of the Creative Placemaking Commission shall be to advise the City Council in the use of arts, design, culture, and creativity to help accomplish the city's goals for change, growth and transformation in a way that also builds character and quality of place in Bloomington.
(Ord. 2017-15, passed 5-22-2017)
The
shall:
(a) Establish strategies and approve work plans for the city's creative placemaking initiatives;
(b) Promote and market placemaking activities in the city to residents, visitors, employers, developers, and the media;
(c) Adopt criteria and processes for making decisions about the use of resources and selection of placemaking projects;
(d) Cultivate relationships with project hosts and placemaking partner organizations;
(e) Review placemaking proposals and make recommendations; and
(f) Submit written annual work plans and progress reports to the City Council.
(Ord. 2017-15, passed 5-22-2017)
The purpose of the Human Rights Commission shall be to advise the City Council in ensuring for all citizens of the city equal opportunity in those areas protected by law and in such other affairs as may affect the social standards of the city.
The
shall:
(a) Study and review programs and policies and advise the City Council on enlisting the cooperation of agencies, organizations and individuals in the city in an active program directed to create equal opportunity and eliminate discrimination and inequalities;
(b) Advise the City Council on implementing such recommendations as may be appropriate to the city, including, but not limited to, such things as:
(1) Specific programs of public information regarding the statutory requirements of the Minnesota Human Rights Act (M.S. Chapter 363A);
(2) Comprehensive studies and surveys of practices in the community;
(3) Programs of affirmative action to be developed with employers, the housing industry, the educational institutions and governmental agencies;
(4) Programs of review to give and gain information regarding compliance with state requirements concerning equal opportunity;
(5) Programs designed to alleviate community tension; and
(6) Programs designed to create a genuine climate of community readiness to accept orderly and demonstrable change in eliminating barriers of equal opportunity.
(c) Refer all grievances received involving discrimination occurring within the city to the appropriate state or federal enforcement departments or agencies and make all appropriate reports to the City Council;
(d) Advise the Bloomington Independent School District No. 271 on matters relating to human rights, in accordance with the resolution of the City Council adopted May 4, 1970;
(e) Establish committees, as the
finds it to be necessary, in the following areas:
(1) The various areas of concern under the Minnesota Human Rights Act;
(2) Public information;
(3) Legislation; and
(4) Liaison with other organizations including other city commissions and agencies; and
(f) Perform such other functions concerning human rights as the City Council may from time to time direct.
(a) The
shall be composed of nine members. Two of the nine members shall be young adults.
(b) The members of the
shall be appointed by the City Council after due consideration has been given the interest and commitment of such individuals to civil and human rights principles; to their knowledge in the fields of employment, housing, public accommodations, public services, education and other areas affected by the Minnesota Human Rights Act; to their ability to serve in a genuine leadership role in the community by virtue of their positions of responsibility in business and civic affairs; to adequate representation of the classes of persons protected under the Minnesota Human Rights Act; and to recommendations obtained from various sources including any local human rights committee.
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