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• RESOLUTION AMENDMENTS TO RESOLUTION DATED JUNE 4, 1984 CONCERNING THE YOUTH COMMISSION WHEREAS, the Charlottesville City Council is committed to the identification, development and delivery to children and youth in the City of Charlottesville such services that will improve the quality of life, enhance wholesome personal development, and prevent juvenile delinquency; and WHEREAS, the citizens of the City of Charlottesville have a vested interest in the development of positive attributes in their children and youth, and citizen participation is acknowledged as beneficial to the planning, development, and coordination of services for children and youth; and WHEREAS, the Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act passed by the Virginia General Assembly in 1979 endorses the establishment of a Children and Youth Services Board; and WHEREAS, representatives of the Charlottesville City Council and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors are recommending that the City of Charlottesville expand its Youth Commission to include representation of and service to Albemarle County; now, therefore, • BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that a resolution dated June 4, 1984 concerning the Youth Commission of the City of Charlottesville is hereby amended as follows: 1. The Youth Commission shall be expanded to include citizen representation from Albemarle County and the name of the Youth Commission shall be changed to the Charlottesville/Albemarle Children and Youth Commission. 2. The membership of the Commission shall be increased to thirteen citizens, six of whom are to be appointed by the City Council and seven of whom are to be appointed by the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors according to a separate agreement attached hereto. The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute said agreement in the same or substantially same form as approved by the City Attorney. A majority of the members are not to be elected officials of either government nor employed by either government nor by any service agency; and at least one member and preferably two members from each jurisdiction shall be below eighteen years of age. No person, title, or agency shall be appointed to a permanent position on the Commission. Adult members of the commission shall be appointed for terms of three years and eligible to serve two consecutive terms; initial appointments shall be staggered for continuity. Youth members of the Commission shall be appointed to • a one year term and subject to reappointment.