The Grievance Committee shall be comprised of 13 members. Seats 1 through 12 shall be appointed by the Homelessness Oversight Commission (“Commission”), established under Charter Section 4.133, and Seat 13 shall be appointed by the Director of Health, as follows:
(a) Seats 1 through 4 shall each be held by a current or previous consumer of City temporary shelter services in one or more of the following temporary shelter service categories: family shelters, youth shelters, single adult shelters, navigation centers, transitional housing, or alternative shelter services (including, by way of example but not limitation, safe sleeping sites or recreational vehicle (RV) sites).
(b) Seats 5 through 8 shall each be held by persons who represent organizations or projects providing one or more of the following shelter services in the City: family shelters, youth shelters, single adult shelters, navigation centers, transitional housing, or alternative shelter services (including, by way of example but not limitation, safe sleeping sites, or recreational vehicle (RV) sites).
(c) Seat 9 shall be held by 1
person who represents an organization or project providing shelter client advocate services in the City.
(d) Seat 10 shall be held by a person serving as arbitrator of shelter grievances under the Shelter Grievance Policy, as described in Article XVIII of Chapter 20 of the Administrative Code.
(e) Seats 11 and 12 shall be held by any City resident with a demonstrated commitment to temporary shelter services.
(f) Seat 13 shall be held by an employee of the Department of Public Health.
(g) Members of the Grievance Committee may not serve on any other City body that advises on issues relating to homelessness, including but not limited to the Commission, Shelter Monitoring Committee, and Local Homeless Coordinating Board, during their term(s) on the Grievance Committee.
(h) Continuing Membership on the Grievance Committee.
(1) Members of the Grievance Committee seated as of the effective date of the ordinance in Board File No. 230125 shall by operation of law remain members of the Grievance Committee for one year from the effective date of said ordinance. New terms for members of the Grievance Committee shall commence on that date, and the Commission shall make appointments to the Grievance Committee for those terms in accordance with subsection (h)(2). Members of the Grievance Committee seated as of that date shall be eligible for reappointment to the Grievance Committee by the Commission, in accordance with this Section 5.36-2.
(2) To provide for staggered terms, the members appointed by the Commission to Seats 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 shall serve for an initial term of two years; thereafter the term for Seats 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 shall be a four-year term. The members appointed by the Commission to Seats 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13 shall serve for an initial term of four years.
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