When you go to the polls on Saturday, October 2nd, please make sure you know what to look for. The language on the ballot for NORD reform will read as follows:
City Charter Amendment – New Orleans recreation DEVELOPMENT commission
SUMMARY: THIS PROPOSITION AMENDS ARTICLE IV AND ARTICLE V OF THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS RELATIVE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION. The amendments make substantive changes, including the following: CREATING THE NEW ORLEANS RECREATION DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION; REDEFINING THE functions OF the department of parks and parkways; ELIMINATING THE DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND TRANSFERRING ITS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE NEW ORLEANS RECREATION DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION; AND PROVIDING FOR THE COMPOSITION, POWERS, DUTIES, FUNCTIONS AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMMISSION.
For more information about the proposed reform, visit www.nordcap.org.
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Contact:
Danielle Viguerie
Communications Director
City Council President Arnie Fielkow
daviguerie@cityofno.com
(504)658-1063
