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The purpose of the Sustainability Commission shall be to advise the City Council on policies and practices that relate to the sustainable use and management of environmental resources that include air, water, energy, land, and ecological resources, and waste. The Sustainability Commission will help to ensure that such resources will be sustained and continue to provide for a high quality of life for present and future generations of Bloomington.
(Ord. 2017-15, passed 5-22-2017)
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shall:
(a) Collaborate with city staff to review, evaluate, develop, and advise the City Council on policies and practices regarding the sustainable use and management of environmental resources that include air, water, energy, land and ecological resources, and waste;
(b) Act as change agent, coordinator and educator for policies, procedures and proposals that relate to environmental sustainability;
(c) Engage with the Bloomington community and serve as a community liaison for issues, ideas, and proposals and provide appropriate feedback;
(d) Cultivate relationships with residents, community groups, businesses, institutions of higher learning, faith based organizations, outside government bodies, and non-governmental institutions;
(e) Serve as a resource for other Bloomington commissions, boards, committees, and task forces on any issues related to sustainability;
(f) Adopt criteria and processes for making decisions about the use of resources and selection of sustainability projects;
(g) Review sustainability proposals and make recommendations; and
(h) Submit written annual work plans and progress reports to the City Council.
(Ord. 2017-15, passed 5-22-2017)
The Sustainability Commission shall consist of 11 members, including at least two young adults. The majority of the members shall be technical experts in one or more of the areas of sustainability and one seat shall be reserved for a City Council member.
The City Council hereby confers the power and authority to issue and serve a written printed notice, hereinafter referred to as a tag, (but also referred to under law as a citation or electronic citation) upon persons charged with ordinance violations, or to post such notice at the place of violation, upon the animal warden, the Fire Chief, Fire Marshal, Environmental Health Officer, Building Official, Police Chief, Director of Community Development and all duly appointed, qualified and acting inspectors, officers and employees of the several departments of the city charged with enforcing the city code. Such tag shall be served upon the person creating the violation, the owner, lessee or person in charge of the premises alleged to be in violation; or shall be posted as set forth in this city code.
(1958 Code, § 74.24) (Ord. 64-69, passed 9-2-1964)
All tags issued under this section shall be referred by the authorized city issuer to the Hennepin District Court Violations Bureau. The Violations Bureau shall be conducted and operated in accordance with rules adopted by the Hennepin County District Court in accordance with M.S. Chapter 484, as it may be amended from time to time and Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure 23, for violations of ordinances relating to building construction, operation or maintenance, fire and fire prevention; public health and sanitation and zoning, as amended from time to time.
The Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure are hereby incorporated by reference relating to the general provisions of the Ordinance Violations Bureau, including without limitation, the following:
(A) Head of Bureau. The Clerk of Court is designated as the head of the Violation Bureau established pursuant to law and by rule of this Court.
(B) Form of tag. The defendant shall be notified of an alleged violation of a law or ordinance by a tag in such form as prescribed by Rule 6 of the Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, as amended from time to time and which is served upon the defendant and filed with the Court as set forth in this section of city code and the Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure.
(C) Level of offense. The tag shall clearly identify the level of offense as either petty misdemeanor or misdemeanor as defined under Minnesota law.
(1958 Code, §§ 74.20—74.23, 74.25—74.28) (Ord. 64-69, passed 9-2-1964; Ord. 67-26, passed 6-5-1967; Ord. 68-53, passed 7-15-1968)
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