3 PANELS COULD AFFECT POLICY.Byline: KERRY Kerry, county (1991 pop. 121,894), 1,815 sq mi (4,701 sq km), SW Republic of Ireland. The county town is Tralee. Kerry consists of a series of mountainous peninsulas that extend into the Atlantic. CAVANAUGH Staff Writer Neighborhood councils Neighborhood councils are governmental or non-governmental bodies composed of local people who handle neighborhood problems. They can be found in many cities throughout the world. would be able to submit their own initiatives and motions for the City Council to consider, under a plan approved Wednesday Wednesday: see week. by a City Council panel. The proposal OK'd by the Rules and Elections Committee would give neighborhood councils more power to affect city policy, although the City Council and mayor would still have the final say on any initiative. Currently, neighborhood councils can comment on city initiatives, but have to rely on a City Council member to introduce proposed policy for them. Under the proposal, a neighborhood council could introduce an initiative -- such as traffic-control measures or a temporary ban on condo conversions Generally stated, a condo conversion is a process of entitling an income property or other lands currently held under one title to convert from sole ownership of the entire property (which often already is a multi unit property) into individual for sale units. -- if two additional neighborhood councils approve. ``Neighborhood councils are new and have a long way to go to be effective. We want the opportunity to share responsibilities,'' said Edwin Edwin or Eadwin (both: ĕd`wĭn), 585?–632, king of Northumbria (616–32), The son and heir of Ælla, king of Deira, he was kept from his inheritance by Æthelfrith. Ramirez Ramirez may refer to:
The Chief Legislative Analyst's Office had suggested that the city require approval from 11 neighborhood councils to introduce an initiative, which some community leaders said would essentially squelch squelch v. squelched, squelch·ing, squelch·es v.tr. 1. To crush by or as if by trampling; squash. 2. the plan. It can take two months just to get an item on a neighborhood council agenda. ``We've created so much bureaucracy and red tape with neighborhood councils. What I want with this is to bring things forward in a smooth fashion and noncombative process,'' said Councilman Dennis Zine, who sits on the Rules and Elections Committee, which ultimately agreed to require three neighborhood council approvals to move an initiative to the City Council level. ``There should be an easy flow from neighborhood councils to the City Council, but there isn't now. If the City Council was being responsive to neighborhood councils, this wouldn't have happened,'' said Jim Alger, president of the Northridge West Neighborhood Council. The proposal will now go to the City Council for consideration. kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 |
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