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MINUTES OF. THE MEETING OF THE URBAN COALITION EX£CUTIVE COMMITTEE I. Minority Contractor Institute Proposal. After the history, current status and details of the Minority Contractors Institute proposal were presented and discuss ed, the Exe cutive Committee approved the proposal with the understanding that an advisory committee made up of all e leme nts of the Coalition will be formed and consulted. Attached is the proposal. II. Dates of Future Steering and Exe cutive Committee Meetings. The attached list of dates was app~oved. III. Terms of Office f or Steering and Executive Committee Members . At the present time Steering Committee members do not serve any fixed term. The proposal was for two-ye ar terms to be e stablished for all Steering Committee members and that they be eligible for reelection. · · · The only exc ep tions to the two-year rule would be for those members who hold public office or are of ficers o f private organizations. Their term o f o ffice would b e limite d to the term of their non-coalition position. In order to initiate this system, ·it was pioposed that the Chairman be empowered to assign terms of office to all current Steering Committee members. · The proposal was approved by the Executive Commi ttee. copy is attached. A IV. Nominating Committee Report. Three categories were prese nted Mayors, Businessmen, a nd Mexican-Americans. A. Mayors - Nine names representing a range o f g e ography and party were presented. The entire l ist was approve d with the autho rity to approach individuals as vacanc ies occur until the li s t is exhausted. B. Businessmen - The list was accepted with one addition from the floor. It was also sugge ste d that some a d ditiona l n a me s r e p~e s e nting the financial community b e adde d. This was agreed to a nd addit i ona l n a mes will be circulated. It was also propos e d to enlarge busine ss repre s e ntation on the Exe cutive Committe e by three and on the St eering Committee b y s ~v e n. The li s t o f n a mes a nd the enlarg ement o f the Steer i ng and Exec ut ive Committee was approved. f �Minutes - Urban Coalition Executive Committee Page 2 In addition, the Executive Committee authorized the Chairman to approach individuals on the list as vacancies occur until the list is exhausted. Care will be exercised in assuring that geography and types of industry are fairly represented in the complexion of the committees. C. Mexican-American - Two candidates were submitted and approved by the Executive Committee. D. Announcements - An announcement of the nominees for the Steering Committee will be made after they have been contacted and have accepted. V. Housing. A report of the Housing Task Force was presented which outlined the principal effort the Task Force wished to take in the housing field. The report was approved by the Executive Committee, a copy of which is attached . Whereupon, at 5:25 p.m. the meeting was adjourned. �