The Community Improvement Commission is composed of at least seven (7) members appointed for one (1) year terms with the following duties:
    *    Advise the Council in all matters concerning the cemetery, tree planting and removal, public right-of-way flower boxes and visual              arts. 
    *    Review and recommend to the Council a budget for the operation and maintenance of the  cemetery, tree planting and removal,                public right-of-way flower boxes and visual arts. 
    *    Establish and maintain a five (5) year capital improvement program for the operation and maintenance of the cemetery and public            visual. 
    *    Solicit gifts and contributions to be made to the City for the Woodlawn Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund, flower planting, tree                        planting, public right-of-way flower boxes and public visual arts. 
    *    Receive recommendations and complaints from the public on the operation of the cemetery, public right-of-way flower boxes and              visual arts. 
    *    Study, investigate, counsel, develop and administer a written plan for the care, preservation, pruning, planting, replanting, removal 
          or disposition of trees and shrubs, in parks, along streets and in other public areas.
    *    To establish a process and procedures for submission of proposed public visual arts projects. The Commission should establish                and administer a method to evaluate proposed public visual arts projects for recommendation for approval or disapproval by                    Council. 
    *     Goal of the Commission shall be to support and encourage artistic development and civic participation in undeserved and                         underrepresented segments of the community and to promote cross-cultural exchange and dialogue. 

If you are interested in serving as a member of the Community Improvement Commission, please email the City Office.