Sentences with phrase «committee of city residents»

Now, nine months after Hunter took charge, the Citizen Review Board is about to be reborn, strengthened by legislation that Hunter and a committee of city residents crafted during hours of meetings over the summer and fall.

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Interested youth are encouraged to download an application and apply to serve a one - year term on 2017 - 2018 commission, which consists of 30 members from grades 9 - 12 chosen by a selection committee composed of the City staff members, peers and Durham residents.

The Park District and the city also disregarded long - standing rulings by the Illinois and U.S. Supreme Courts that public property can not be used for a private interest, said Herbert Caplan, one of the attorneys for the residents committee.

Several residents volunteered to serve on the committee, and Park District director Kirk Reimer said he has received commitments from city and school district officials asking to be part of the group.

The committee unanimously approved the Chicago Park District plan over the objections of residents who fear the tot lot will alter the square's 19th Century character and set a precedent for carving up the city's boulevard system.

Committee Members work with community groups, residents, and city agencies to monitor public safety and quality of life issues.

Sharon Owens, the director of the Southwest Community Center and a resident of Syracuse, made a statement to the audience saying that the Consensus committee — which she was a member of — could not make decisions about the schools until foundational problems in the city were addressed.

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The City Council's governmental operations committee will vote on Tuesday, November 14 to approve a bill allowing online voter registration for city residents, Council Member Ben Kallos, chair of the committee, told Gotham Gazette on ThursCity Council's governmental operations committee will vote on Tuesday, November 14 to approve a bill allowing online voter registration for city residents, Council Member Ben Kallos, chair of the committee, told Gotham Gazette on Thurscity residents, Council Member Ben Kallos, chair of the committee, told Gotham Gazette on Thursday.

10:30 a.m. the Committee on Rules, Privileges and Elections will submits the names of three people to the City Council: Shampa Chanda, a resident of Queens, for appointment as a member of the New York City Board of Standards and Appeals, Helen Arteaga as a Council candidate for designation and subsequent appointment by the Mayor to the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Board of Directors, and Arva R. Rice, candidate for re-appointment by the Council to the New York City Equal Employment Practices Commission.

On Wednesday, three of its committees held a hearing on nine bills aimed at expanding protections for the city's undocumented immigrants, as well as Muslims and residents who are gay, bisexual or transgender.

In her recommendations, the former Chair of the New York City Council Land Use Committee (2002 - 09) cited several concerns with the proposals, namely the impermanence of senior affordable housing, the effect of eliminating parking for residents in a transit desert like Queens, the scores of extensive contextual rezonings previously issued throughout the five boroughs, and the insufficiencies in skilled labor commitments.

Ms. Cumbo told Shola Olatoye, Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of the New York City Housing Authority, at a hearing of the council's public housing committee that residents in her district are perplexed that so many non-English speaking immigrants are moving into certain developments.

Linda Belfer, a longtime Gateway Plaza resident and chairwoman of CB1's Battery Park City Committee, said she likes that the Authority gives the community a say in decisions about the neighborhood, like the selection of an operator for the new community center on North End Avenue.

City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, chair of the Council's Committee on Transportation, says residents are a key resource for planning transportation projects and must be treated as such.

Lavine, 61, a lifelong Syracuse resident, met Wednesday night with members of the Republican city committee to inform them of her candidacy and ask for their support, said Bob Andrews, a committee member.

The Department of City Planning presented its plan to Community Board 6's housing committee on Tuesday, as part of an ongoing review process, sparking concerns from residents that it would give preference to low - income residents and leave those making middle incomes out in the cold.

The task force is made up representatives of more than a dozen nonprofits, including the Bowery Residents Committee, Supportive Housing network of New York, Catholic Charities and HELP USA, well - regarded operators and providers among the city's shelter, supportive housing and homeless services professionals.

The report, prepared by the Council's Oversight and Investigations Committee, found that by withdrawing $ 43.5 million in financing from the Durst Organization project in Halletts Point, the city «did a demonstrable disservice to the more than 3,000 residents of Astoria Houses, who will have no assurance of reliable heat and hot water.»

This month, State Senator Jeffrey D. Klein, a Democrat who represents parts of the Bronx and Westchester County, and Ritchie Torres, a Democrat from the Bronx who is chairman of the City Council's Public Housing Committee, released the results of a door - to - door survey their offices conducted among more than 200 Nycha residents, with 63 percent of those surveyed reporting something damaged or broken in their unit.

A Milwaukee committee wants to increase the appeal of City Hall as a destination for residents and visitors.

Melissa Haeffner, a PSU environmental science professor and the study's principal investigator, said that residents who received communications from their local water bureaus or served on a city water system advisory board or committee had perspectives and concerns that were more aligned with those of political leaders and professional water managers.

Miami residents interested in elevation can face a lot of resistance from contractors, neighbors, and members of the city's sea level rise committee, but the city has been clarifying its building codes to make it simpler for residents to explore options for making their homes more resilient to sea level rise.

The city of Cambridge works hard to provide accessible bicycling routes for its residents and has an official bicycling committee with the city government.

Sampled households were approached with the help of local government officials, with three community residents» committees being selected in each city.

The Sunshine DreamLift — a one - day, whirlwind adventure to the Magic Kingdom that is organized by The Sunshine Foundation of Canada — has been made possible through the efforts of a group of residents led by Re / Max Twin Cities Realty salesperson Ted Ward - Griffin, who formed the Dream Tree committee.