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• within the community regarding services to persons with <br />physical and sensory disability and best practices in the <br />delivery of services. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that membership on the Board will be <br />appointed by the local governments up to a number not to <br />exceed fifteen, and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the membership shall include at least one <br />local official from each of the participating jurisdictions, <br />two representatives of the business community, and consumers. <br />At least thirty percent of the representatives will be either <br />individuals or family members of individuals with physical, <br />visual, or hearing disabilities, and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the members will indicate a willingness to <br />actively participate; an interest in and knowledge of <br />community service needs of persons with disabilities; an <br />ability and willingness to network, an interest in and <br />knowledge of government, business and community concerns; <br />expertise and/or experience in representing constituent <br />concerns; and a willingness to seek advice or more <br />information, if appropriate, when issues are presented, and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED Board members will be sought through contact <br />• with other community board members, local and business trade <br />association; advocacy groups, and through public notification, <br />and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED representation to the Board will be <br />allocated base on the locality's percentage of the regional <br />population with disabilities as defined by the 1990 Census and <br />which results in the following: Albemarle, three; <br />Charlottesville, three; Fluvanna, one; Greene, one; Louisa, <br />two; Nelson, two; and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED Board member terms of office will initially <br />be set forth by which one-third of the original appointees <br />serve for one year, one third for two years, and one third for <br />three years. Following the first appointment term, all terms <br />will be for a period of three years, and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Board shall report periodically to the <br />local governing bodies and the PDC concerning progress. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City reserves the right to <br />withdraw its membership in this joint Disability Services <br />Board and establish its own local Board. Such withdrawal <br />shall be accomplished by forwarding a Resolution of Withdrawal <br />within the first three months of any fiscal year (July - <br />September) to each of the other localities involved and to the <br />• Thomas Jefferson Planning District. Actual withdrawal will <br />then become effective at the beginning of the next fiscal <br />year. <br />Approved by Council <br />April 19, 1993 erk of CitytyCouhdil <br />