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NEWTOWN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ADVISORY BOARD GUIDELINES
Courtesy of the City Auditor and Clerk

Establishment: Resolution No. 08R-2002

Board Membership - Qualifications and Other Requirements:

a) The members shall consist of the following:

One citizen who is a resident of the Newotwn Community Redevelopment area
An owner of land in the Newtown Community Redevelopment area
An individual involved in planning or design
A representative of the Economic Development Council
A citizen-at-large who is a resident of the City who may or may not also reside in the Newtown Community Redevelopment area
An individual who is a retailer or merchant in the Newtown Community Redevelopment area
An individual involved in finance or banking

b) Each member of the Board shall be a resident of the City; or engaged in a business or profession in the City.

c) The purpose and duties of the Board shall be to review proposed public-private redevelopment projects and recommend to the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) whether financial or other assistance should be provided; to review the proposed annual work program and make recommendation to the CRA concerning such program, recommend project priorities to the CRA, and recommend incentives to further the redevelopment efforts and carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of the Redevelopment Act; to develop, review and recommend request for proposals for redevelopment projects in the Community Redevelopment Area; to consider any matters referred to the Advisory Board by the CRA; and to receive comments from members of the public interested in redevelopment of the Redevelopment Area and to report such information to the CRA.

d) Financial Disclosure Forms are required by State law.

e) The Community Redevelopment Agency makes appointments from submitted applications to the City Auditor and Clerk.

f) An individual serving as a member of the Advisory Board cannot serve on any other City advisory board or committee at the same time; except that any individual serving as a member of the CRA (Downtown) Advisory Board may also serve as a member of the CRA (Newtown) Advisory Board.

g) Board members shall be appointed for a three year term. Terms of service shall be staggered. No person shall serve more than two full consecutive terms on any one Board. Members shall continue to serve until a replacement has been appointed. After a one year period of non-membership, a person shall become eligible for reappointment to a Board on which that person previously served. The term of a Board member appointed to fill a vacancy expires at the time the term of the original member would have expired.

h) Board members shall automatically be removed from membership for failure to attend three successive meetings, excluding workshop meetings, or at such time that the member's absences exceed 25% of all scheduled meetings (including workshop meetings), in a given year if the absence has not been approved by the Board, in advance, for good cause shown. Members failing to attend a meeting during at least 75% of the time the meeting is in session shall be considered not to have attended the meeting.

i) This board consists of seven members.

Contact Person: John Hawthorne (Newtown Redevelopment), phone number 373-7764.