Interested in how to become a board member of the Normal Heights Community Planning Group? It’s simple!
Attend a Meeting
Join the first Tuesday of the month.
- Show up in person at the Normal Heights Community Center
- Join online via Zoom
- Be respectful as other’s are speaking
Actively Engage
Show up and listen during our monthly meetings.
- Continue to attend meetings regularly
- Participate in discussions
- Read the agendas
- Review the minutes
Run for a Seat
Take your participation to the next level.
- Express your interest to the Chair
- Attend at least two meetings
- Fill out an application form for upcoming April elections
Details From the Bylaws
On the Normal Heights Community Planning Group, elected seats are filled by any eligible member identified below. There is no further restriction on the distribution of seats among interests in the community.
Any member of the public may attend a Normal Heights Community Planning Group meeting, however, there are several situations where an individual may choose to sign into a meeting and demonstrate to the NHCPG their qualifications to become an eligible member of the community. An eligible member of the community must meet qualifications in the paragraphs following this one. To vote in a Normal Heights Community Planning Group election, an eligible member must have documented attendance at two planning group meetings in the 12 months prior to the March election. To become a candidate in the March election, an eligible member of the community must also have documented attendance at two planning group meetings in the 12 months prior to the regular February meeting.
Normal Heights Community Planning Group members shall be elected by and from eligible members of the Normal Heights community. . To become an eligible member of the community, an individual must be at least 18 years of age and shall be affiliated with the community as a:
(1) Property owner, who is an individual identified as the sole or partial owner of record, or their designee, of a real property (either developed or undeveloped), within the community’s planning area, or
(2) Resident, who is an individual whose primary address of residence is an address in the community’s planning area, or
(3) Local businessperson, who is a local business or not-for-profit owner, operator, or designee at a non-residential real property address in the community’s planning area: only one representative of a particular establishment may hold a seat on the community planning group at one time.
An individual may become an eligible member of the community by attending two meetings of the Normal Heights Community Planning Group and submitting an application form to the planning group Secretary demonstrating qualifications to be an eligible member of the community prior to the March election.
Member application forms are available at the regular monthly meetings of the Normal Heights Community Planning Group, or they may be completed online at the NHCPG’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/NHCPG or emailed to: chair@normalheightscpg.org.
Once the eligibility to vote is established, an individual remains an eligible member of the community until a determination is made that the individual does not meet the planning group’s criteria and the planning group takes formal action. However, the Normal Heights Community Planning Group shall require proof of eligibility during elections.