2.75.110 Office of Neighborhoods.
a. The Office of Neighborhoods shall consist of professional staff that provide technical assistance on a variety of issues, including, but not limited to, neighborhood action planning, grant opportunities, outreach and communication, city liaison program, leadership training, and other ongoing programs.
b. Functions. In order to facilitate community participation and improve communication, the Office of Neighborhoods may assist neighborhood associations and citizens within the Urban Growth Boundary and city departments in the following ways:
1. Notify interested persons of meetings, hearings, and other community events;
2. Provide for the sharing of information and maintain reports, studies, data sources and other neighborhood related information;
3. Provide referral services;
4. Maintain an up-to-date list of neighborhood associations and their principal officers;
5. Assist neighborhood associations to become officially recognized by the City Council and help rejuvenate activity in less active neighborhoods when appropriate;
6. Assist in reproducing neighborhood newsletters when written material is supplied by the neighborhood association;
7. Act as liaison between neighborhood associations and city departments, and help facilitate processes for citizen involvement;
8. Assist in contacts with other public agencies;
9. Assist in educational efforts relating to citizen participation;
10. Assist neighborhood associations in securing funding resources when appropriate.
11. Provide information to assist neighborhood associations with the development, implementation and maintenance of their Neighborhood Action Plans.
12. Coordinate the Neighborhood City Liaison program and serve as a resource to the city staff person appointed and the individual neighborhood association in maintaining a strong, effective partnership.
13. Provide and implement a review process for compliance of all neighborhood associations as set forth in this chapter.
14. Provide reference material to neighborhood associations related to compliance with this ordinance, including but not limited to, Washington State laws regulating public meetings and public disclosure. (Ord. M-3696 §1, 2005)