RESOLUTION
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP ROBINSON, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS, PINEDA -ISAAC, DIAZ AND MERANTE:
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WHEREAS, Mayor Mike Spano has appointed Carolina Neubern de Freitas Fonseca to be the Commissioner of Planning and Development for the City of Yonkers; and
WHEREAS, the Commissioner designee has vast experience in the area of project concept creation, architecture, urban planning and development having most recently served as the Head of the Building Department for the Village of Mamaroneck, is the founder and owner of CNF Design LLC where she consults with various municipalities on matters including but not limited to comprehensive planning, Code review and policy, projects for grants, and plan examination; and
WHEREAS, the Commissioner designee possesses all of the qualifications, experience and training to lead and guide this Department and the City in the continuing growth and development and prosperity of our City in challenging economic times; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section C3-7 of the Charter of the City of Yonkers, the appointment of the Commissioner of Planning and Development is subject to the advice and consent of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Charter requires for this appointment a waiver of Section C2-8 be granted; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City of Yonkers that the City Council give advice and consent to the appointment of Carolina Neubern de Freitas Fonseca, as Commissioner of Planning and Development.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Yonkers City Council hereby gives its advice and consent to the appointment of Carolina Neubern de Freitas Fonseca as Commissioner of Planning and Development and in doing so, the waiver required by Section C2-8 of the Yonkers City Charter be granted; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution shall be effective immediately.