The Mayor's Office of Complete Communities requests Council approve creating the Houston Complete Communities Advisory Board ("Board"). The Board shall serve as a communication conduit between the residents and community stakeholders in Houston’s most under-resourced and under-served neighborhoods included in the City of Houston Complete Communities Program and shall assist the Mayor’s Office of Complete Communities, Department of Neighborhoods, and the Planning & Development Department to create and maintain effective and transparent dialog concerning projects, programs, and access to services for residents and businesses in neighborhoods in the city’s Complete Communities Initiative.
The Board's duties shall include:
- Assisting the Mayor’s Office of Complete Communities, Department of Neighborhoods, and the Planning & Development Department in developing and implementing Complete Communities Action Plans
- Identifying and recommending projects, programs, and services that address the needs of residents and businesses in neighborhoods included in the city’s Complete Communities Initiative; and
- Applying resident-representatives’ lived experiences to the development of recommendations and suggestions that address historic inequities in Houston that contribute to present-day disparities.
The board will include 8 board members – one nominee per Councilmember District with any part of a Complete Community within its boundaries.
The Mayor's Office of Complete Communities recommends approval of this ordinance.
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Shannon Buggs, Director
Mayor's Office of Complete Communities.