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Councilwoman Dr. Adams
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Amending the Toledo Municipal Code (TMC) by enacting a new Section 953.21, entitled, "Youth Program Safety Requirements." This ordinance requires that: any youth organization or entity requesting the use of City Parks and Facilities and receiving funding from the City of Toledo is to provide proof of having met through any practical, verifiable means or appropriate affiliation, compliance with the applicable minimum safety requirements described in this ordinance; with privately funded youth sports organizations and those other organizations and entities providing youth programming in existence prior to December 31, 2021, exempted; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
Toledo City Council recognizes the need to inspire changes in youth programming to make the experience safe and positive for everyone involved. Our attention should also focus on how users of our City's facilities operate while utilizing them. This aspirational, forward-thinking goal is posited in order for the City of Toledo to realize the true value of youth programming, sports participation and providing a safe and positive environment for young people and their families.
This ordinance fills a glaringly conspicuous void in the TMC and verifies confirmation in public law that the safety of Toledo's youth matters, by creating a new section in the Toledo Municipal Code that specifically affirms the commitment and proactive stance of City government to the municipality's young people and is a positive legislative response to results of a 2021 community survey listing safety as a community priority.
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NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That a new Section 953.21 of the Toledo Municipal Code is enacted as follows:
953.21 Organizations and Entities Receiving City Funding and Requesting A Permit to Utilize
City Parks or Facilities for Youth Programs
(a) In terms of th...
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