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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE XXIII, OF THE DULUTH CITY CODE CHANGING THE TITLE OF THE URBAN FOREST COMMISSION TO NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION AND EXPANDING THE ROLE OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION TO INCLUDE STEWARDSHIP OF ALL NATURAL RESOURCES ON CITY OWNED AND CITY MANAGED LAND.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That the title of Chapter 2, Article XXIII, of the Duluth City Code be amended to read as follows:
Article XXIII. Urban Forest Commission Natural Resources Commission
Section 2. That Section 2-124 of the Duluth City Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-124. Commission created.
There is hereby created an urban forest natural resources commission.
Section 3 That Section 2-125 of the Duluth City Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-125. Members; appointment; terms; vacancies.
The commission shall consist of nine members who shall be appointed by the mayor subject to confirmation by the city council. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner. Of the initial members, three shall be appointed for three years, three shall be appointed for two years and three shall be appointed for one year; thereafter all appointments, other than those to fill unexpired terms, shall be for three years. The terms of members shall expire on August 31 of the appropriate year. Members shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. The commission members shall be residents of the city of Duluth and should broadly represent all geographic areas of the city. Collectively, commission members should have broad experience and expertise in areas such as natural resources management, ecology, forestry, botany, water quality, invasive species and wildlife. Two members of the commission shall be professionally engaged in an occupation relating to forestry, landscaping, tree or plant nursery, architecture or an allied or related profession, and seven shall be intereste...
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