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Newark council agrees to pursue code change to let nonresident expert join Conservation Advisory Committee
Summary
Council members discussed whether to waive a residency rule so an associate professor who works in District 2 but does not live there can join the Conservation Advisory Committee as the city updates its comprehensive development plan; staff was directed to prepare a code amendment for a future agenda.
Deputy Mayor Colin Ford said the council will pursue a code change to allow an associate professor who works in District 2 but does not live there to be nominated to the Conservation Advisory Committee as the city updates its comprehensive development plan.
Ford told the council the Conservation Advisory Committee had asked to be included in the planning process and said, “It’s very important that that conservation advisory committee be allowed to advise us.” He asked members whether they would be receptive to an exception or a change to the committee’s residency requirement so he could nominate the candidate.
The request matters because the council is preparing an update to the comprehensive…
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