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Ordinance No. 2012-16-196, adopted November 26, 2012

COMPOSITION

The commission shall be composed of 15 members appointed by City Council.   Eight (8) members shall be nominated by council and seven (7) members nominated by the mayor.  

Voting Members:
The members of the commission, at least eight of whom shall be residents of the city, shall be representatives from any combination of the following categories, provided that no member shall be an employee of any correctional facility:

1.	Resident of a community within the city where correctional resident-based services, establishments providing alternatives to incarceration or correctional facilities are located
2.	At-large resident of the city
3.	Richmond Public Schools
4.	Workforce development agency
5.	Small minority business development organization
6.	Technical educational institution
7.	Higher educational institution
8.	Law enforcement
9.	State or local department of social services
10.	Administrator of a community-based corrections program
11.	Faith-based community organization
12.	Business community
13.	Council member representing the district in which the Justice Center is located

Non-voting Members:
Chief Administrative Officer or his designee. 	

The commission may elect from its membership a chairman and other officers it deems necessary in accordance with its rules of procedure or bylaws.

(Assigned to the Education and Human Services Standing Committee)

TERM OF OFFICE

The members of the Commission shall serve for terms of two (2) years from the date of appointment. Upon the expiration of a member’s term of office, that member shall continue to hold office until the successor thereof is appointed and qualified.  Any vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as provided in this subsection.  All other aspects of the Commission and its membership not addressed in this division shall be governed by Chapter 2, Article V, Div

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OBLIGATION

(A)	The Commission shall: (1)  work with residents of communities within the city, the City Administration, administrators of the Justice Center and organizations providing community-based services or alternatives to incarceration to address how correctional facilities, community-based service facilities and other establishments providing alternatives to incarceration within communities affect property values, real estate taxes, police and fire services and public safety;    (2) monitor and assess performance indicators that measure the long-term benefits of alternatives to incarceration to the community and determine the effectiveness of correctional facilities, alternatives to incarceration and community-based service centers and programs.  

(B)	The Commission shall make recommendations to City Council and the Mayor concerning the following:

1.	Solutions to any problems within communities of the city related to property values, real estate taxes, police and fire services and public safety resulting from the presence of the Justice Center and community-based service facilities and other establishments providing alternatives to incarceration.
2.	The ways to establish inclusive, affordable housing that enhances the city’s real property values, supports the public safety of the city and offers quality housing for all residents, including formerly incarcerated and vulnerable populations.
3.	Strategies to make the Justice Center an economic engine for the immediate and surrounding community and the city as a whole.
4.	Strategies to generate public support for alternatives to incarceration.
5.	The impact of the policies and practices of the city’s criminal justice system on the incarceration rate at the Justice Center.
6.	Ways to communicate the mission and goals of the city’s correctional services system to the public.
7.	Mechanisms to identify community service projects that are designed to reduce incarceration at the Justice Center and ensure the public safety of communities within the city.
8.	Community-based services and programs that are designed to improve public safety for the general public and reduce crime in communities of the city and reduce incarceration at the Justice Center.
9.	Ways to ensure effective communication and dissemination of information among the commission, the City Council, the mayor and the general public.
10.	The development of resources that are designed to benefit residents of the Justice Center and persons reentering the community after incarceration.
11.	The development of private business enterprises to provide employment to residents of the Justice Center and persons reentering the community after incarceration.
12.	Policies of the city’s criminal justice system that affect the community.
13.	Interagency planning to avoid a disparity of community-based services facilities and alternative sentencing programs between communities.
14.	The funding necessary to implement and maintain the appropriate level of alternative incarceration services designed to meet the city’s objective not to expand the Justice Center beyond 1,032 beds.
15.	The feasibility of creating a reserve fund to purchase and resell homes, which have not sold at fair market value due to the proximity of such homes to the Justice Center, in communities where resident-based services are provided and the communities surrounding the Justice Center.
16	Methods to ensure that space within the Justice Center is reserved for perso

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