File #: O-636-23    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 11/22/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/5/2023 Final action: 12/5/2023
Title: Amending the Toledo Municipal Code by repealing Toledo Municipal Code Chapter 181, International Park Advisory Board; and declaring an emergency.
Sponsors: Vanice Williams, Theresa Morris, Theresa Gadus
Attachments: 1. Video: City Council 12/5/2023, 2. Video: Agenda Review 11/28/2023
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Council Members Williams, Morris and Gadus

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Amending the Toledo Municipal Code by repealing Toledo Municipal Code Chapter 181, International Park Advisory Board; and declaring an emergency.

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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
Ordinance 351-85 enacted a new Municipal Code Chapter 181, creating an International Park Advisory Board. Ordinance # 431-13 added the International Park Advisory Board to the group of representatives that the Mayor shall appoint to the Toledo Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. The area referred to is under the control of the Metroparks and has not operated as a board with valid members since 2010.

Summary
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo;

SECTION 1. That existing Toledo Municipal Code Chapter 181 which reads as follows:

181.01 Board created.
181.02 Membership.
181.03 Duties of the Board.
181.04 Organization and meetings.
181.05 Donations, gifts and membership fees.

181.01. Board created.
There is hereby created the International Park Advisory Board which shall consist of twenty-one members who shall serve without compensation.
(Ord. 351-85. Passed 5-14-85.)

181.02. Membership.
The membership of this Board shall be appointed by the Mayor subject to the confirmation by majority vote of Council and such appointments shall be made from, but not limited to, the various interested groups in the City as recommended by the Director of Parks, Recreation and Forestry. The members of this Board are to be appointed for three-year terms and seven members shall be appointed, annually. Vacancies in unexpired terms shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.
(Ord. 351-85. Passed 5-14-85.)

181.03. Duties of the Board.
The International Park Advisory Board is formed to perform the following duties:
To guide the development of an international park on the east side of the Maumee River in the area of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge and to...

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