[Adopted 12-18-2018 by Ord. No. 18-1976]
The Mayor and Council hereby create and reconstitute as a part of this Code the Sustainable Highland Park Committee.
The Sustainable Highland Park Committee shall consist of 11 Borough of Highland Park residents or employees as appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council annually.
The Sustainable Highland Park Committee shall have the following responsibilities:
A. 
To research and recommend advancing sustainable practices and actions included in the Sustainable Jersey Municipal Certification program; and
B. 
Make recommendations to the Mayor and Council which shall strive to save tax dollars, assure clean air and water, and improve working and living environments to build a community that is sustainable economically, environmentally and socially so that the community of the Borough of Highland Park will thrive well into the new century; and
C. 
Recommend a model of government which benefits Borough of Highland Park residents now and far into the future with green and sustainable community initiatives which are easy to replicate and affordable to implement; and
D. 
Focus on all sustainability issues which the Committee deems appropriate for the Borough of Highland Park as well as serve as the Borough's Green Team, the agents for the Sustainable Jersey Municipal Certification process; and
E. 
Lead and coordinate sustainability activity for the Borough of Highland Park, including achieving a certification from Sustainable Jersey Municipal Certification program.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Art. XXIV, Highland Park Equity Commission, adopted 12-18-2018 by Ord. No. 18-1976, as amended, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 9-15-2020 by Ord. No. 20-2012.