Community Civic Engagement Board
Meets: 6:30 p.m.; 2nd Monday of every month Community Center, Carson-Dominguez Room Staff Name: Dani Cook, x1480
Consists of five members (general, CSUDH representative, youth member, senior member, special needs advocate or with certain disabilities)
The Community Civic Engagement Board shall have the following duties and responsibilities: a) To advise and recommend to the City Council, City Manager, and the commissions, boards and officers of the city on all matters involving programs, projects or activities that will showcase the active participation of the people who live and work in Carson in pursuing specific, measurable, attainable and time-bound social, economic, political and cultural objectives for the benefit of the people of Carson; b) To advise and recommend to the City Council, City Manager, and the commissions, boards, and officers of the City on all programs, policies, procedures, and issues affecting residents with physical, developmental, and visual disabilities; c) To recommend such corrective or legislative action as may be appropriate to effectuate the policy of the City Council which is declared in this Part; d) To invite and enlist the cooperation of stakeholders who live and work in the city of Carson in carrying on its community-oriented work; e) To foster harmony and collective spirit within and among various groups in the community, most especially in undertaking projects, discussing and resolving issues and problems affecting the community; f) To make such studies in any area of civic engagement in the community to aid in effectuating its general purpose; g) To cooperate with the city, county, state and federal agencies whenever it deems such action appropriate in effectuating the policy of this Part; h) To initiate, conduct or recommend such educational programs, will promote and enhance good will and cooperative spirit among stakeholders of the community and open new opportunities into all phases of community life and society for all stakeholders of the city; i) To issue such publications and such special reports concerning its work and investigations it may consider desirable and in the public interest, subject to the approval of the City Council; j) To continue to evaluate and respond to the ongoing needs of the Community, and in turn, submit an annual report that will provide recommendations to possibly adjust to these changes and present this report to the City Council and such other reports as may be requested by the City Council.
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