Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, October 04, 2016
Discussion
SUBJECT:
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CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF AN ADVISORY BODY ON ISSUES CONCERNING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
At the September 20, 2016 City Council meeting, Council considered a request from staff to provide direction regarding an advisory body on issues concerning persons with disabilities. Staff's recommendation was to assign the subject to the Human Relations Commission (HRC) and to create positions on that Commission for persons with disabilities, but staff also presented as a possible alternative the creation of a separate body comprised of residents with disabilities to serve that particular purpose. Council directed staff to return with the necessary changes to the Carson Municipal Code to assign the subject of issues concerning persons with disabilities to the Human Relations Commission and to revise the composition of the HRC to create positions on it for persons with disabilities. This action brings forward those changes.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
ADOPT the changes to the Carson Municipal Code described herein.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
1. ASSIGN the subject of issues concerning persons with disabilities to the Community Civic Engagement Board.
2. TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate.
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IV. BACKGROUND
As a result of a civil rights compliance review by the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) conducted in 2014 (a follow-up to a review initially conducted in 2011), the City of Carson was found to be out of compliance in several areas related to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. As a consequence, HUD has placed the City under a Voluntary Compliance Agreement dated June 30, 2014. One major area of noncompliance cited was t...
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