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CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY COMMISSION
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY COMMISSION CHARGE
The mission of this Commission is to:
1) Provide a public forum to facilitate discussion of issues of common interest to the
City of Ames, Iowa State University, and Iowa State University Student
Government;
2) Offer an opinion/recommendation to the Council regarding issues brought
forward to the Commission by the Council that are of common interest to the City
of Ames, Iowa State University, and Iowa State University Student Government;
3) Subject to City Council approval, investigate issues of common interest to the
City of Ames, Iowa State University, and Iowa State University Student
Government which are brought forward to the Commission and currently not
being considered by the Council; and
4) Subject to City Council approval, appoint and take input from appointed task
forces on issues of common interest to the City of Ames, Iowa State University,
and Iowa State University Student Government that are not being dealt with by
City staff or another City Commission.
a.) Task forces shall be comprised of representatives from the Ames and Iowa
State University communities appointed by the Campus and Community
Commission. Task force membership shall be as large as necessary to
address the task force's charge. Each task force shall be chaired by a
member selected by the Campus and Community Commission. A member
of City staff shall be assigned to each task force by the City Manager to
provide advice and to ensure that task force activities comply with the
charge given by the Commission and with Chapter 21 of the Code of Iowa
(Iowa Open Meetings Law).
b.) Each task force may adopt such rules of procedure and conduct for its
meetings and other activities as it shall deem useful and appropriate, within
the limits of the charge from the Commission. Task force meetings shall be
open to the public and shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 21 of
the Code of Iowa"(Iowa Open Meetings Law). Meetings of each task force
shall typically be held at City Hall or on the Iowa State University campus,
but meetings may be held in alternate locations to provide more convenient
access for special public forums.
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c.) Upon completion of its charge, each task force shall submit copies of its
final report to the Campus and Community Commission. The Commission
will present the report results to Council and gain Council approval if further
action is necessary. If either Council or the Commission decides that no
further action is required, the task force shall dissolve.
As created, the commission is to have 8 voting members comprised as follows:
Business Community Representative.(1)*
Neighborhood Association Representative (1)*
City-at-Large Representative (1)*
Iowa State University Administration Appointees (2)
Campustown Action Association Appointee (1)
Student Government Appointees (2) (if the City Council Student Liaison is not one
of these appointees, s/he may serve as a non-voting ninth member of the
Commission, ex officio)
*Appointed by the Mayor with approval of the City Council