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Becoming a Recognized Neighborhood Organization

If you are interested in becoming an Officially Recognized Neighborhood Organization, the City requires that you:

1. Hold an organizational meeting where the purpose of being organized is discussed, bylaws are approved, members join, officers are elected, and a petition to be certified is signed by at least 20 property owners within the proposed neighborhood’s boundaries.
2. Provide written notice, by first class mail, of the meeting to all eligible property owners. The Office of Neighborhood Involvement will help you identify those entitled to notice and provide postage for mailing.
3. Submit your completed application, the signed petition, bylaws and a list of current officers and your designated representatives to the Neighborhood Involvement Committee to Lee Husfeldt, ONI staff liason, who will forward your packet to the City Manager for recommendation for approval by City Council.