DIVISION 10. COMMISSION ON HOMELESSNESS

SEC. 2-125. ESTABLISHED; QUALIFICATIONS.

   (A)   There is hereby established a commission on homelessness composed of seven members.

   (B)   A member shall serve without compensation and shall be at least 18 years of age.

(Ord. No. 2553, 2889, 2957)

SEC. 2-126. POWERS AND DUTIES.

   The powers and duties of the commission on homelessness shall be as follows:

   (A)   Advise the city council on all matters pertaining to homelessness in the city;

   (B)   Serve as a liaison between the city council and the community in matters related to homelessness issues;

   (C)   Review and evaluate programs, requests for homeless funds, and homeless services in the city;

   (D)   Recommend programs, strategies, and funding for preventing and reducing the incidence of homelessness in the city; and

   (E)   Prepare and submit an annual report of activities to the city council and make such other reports and recommendations to the city council from time to time as the commission on homelessness or city council may determine necessary to address homelessness issues.

(Ord. No. 2553, 2957)

DIVISION 11. CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION

SEC. 2-130. ESTABLISHED; QUALIFICATIONS.

   (A)   There is hereby established a cultural arts commission composed of seven members.

   (B)   A member shall serve without compensation, shall reside in the city, shall be at least 18 years of age, and shall have a special knowledge or interest in the arts.

(Ord. No. 2886, 2957)

SEC. 2-131. POWERS AND DUTIES.

   The powers and duties of the cultural arts commission shall be as follows:

   (A)   Advise the city council on all matters pertaining to the cultural arts in the community;

   (B)   Recommend to the city council the adoption, amendment or repeal of ordinances regarding public art, and/or art related projects and proposals;

   (C)   Assist the cultural arts community in raising funds through grants or other sources for the development, growth, incorporation, and expansion of the arts;

   (D)   Provide a local, state and national network of support and supporters of the local arts;

   (E)   Build a growth continuum of education, training and arts to develop an incubator for home grown evaluators and evaluation training tools so that congruity among mission, vision and requirements of requests for proposals matches skills assessed by evaluators in the review process;

   (F)   Develop public arts projects that include developing written materials for soliciting participation, appointing and training selection panels, and reviewing and recommending funding to ensure integrity of such processes;

   (G)   Receive recommendations from ad-hoc local panels to review art actions in conjunction with the commission;

   (H)   Recommend to the city council the distribution of revenues collected through fund raising, grants and public art funds consistent with the needs of the community, including solicitation and analysis of cultural arts grant proposals;

   (I)   Participate in the development of the strategic annual public art plan and longer-ranged strategic public art plans;

   (J)   Cooperate with other commissions and civic organizations in order to promote, market, and publicize the arts in order to increase and foster public interest in the arts; and

   (K)   Perform other art, cultural and arts education duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the city council.

(Ord. No. 2886, 2957)

ARTICLE III. DEPARTMENTS