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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-03-28 - AGENDA REPORTS - CREATING CMTE REDEVELOPMENT (2)AGENDA REPORT Executive CONSENT CALENDAR DATE: March 28, 1995 ted by: R. Duckworth SUBJECT: Adoption of Resolution No. RDA 95-4, Creating the Community Redevelopment Commission. DEPARTMENT: Community Recovery Agency Background The Community Recovery Agency Board provided staff direction on the formation of a Community Redevelopment Corrunission at their March 14, 1995 meeting which is incorporated in the attached Resolution creating that entity. Changes to the previous draft document incorporated by the City Attorney's office included the following: 1) Section 2 has been amended to define redevelopment projects as being any capital project or program or project employing a disposition and development agreement or owner participation agreement_ This ,language - provides for the broad definition of commission duties requested by the. Redevelopment Agency Board.. 2) Section 3 has been amended to provide for a nine -member commission. Each City Council/Agency member would nominate one member for appointment to the commission and four would be nominated from the Council/Agency Board at large. The City Attorney has advised that this procedure is most appropriately incorporated as a modification to Resolution 91-194 regarding commission application, nomination, and appointment procedures generally; and, consequently, it has not been delineated within the attached Resolution at this time. Staff is preparing for Agency Board review at the next meeting, a complete selection package for commission members. Also added to this Section 3 is a sentence mandating reconsideration of the Adopted,3 -eQ Q - 9-9' Agenda Item: CR,A I question of whether or not the conunission should be expanded to eleven members within one year. 3) Section 7 has been amended to provide for an expansion of commission duties to the effect that all redevelopment projects shall be first considered by the commission except in cases of emergency as determined by the City Council. 4) Section 11 has been amended to provide compensation for corrunission members of $105.00 per meeting with a monthly maximum of $420.00. Separately, the Parks Recreation and Community Services Department is preparing a compensation analysis for City Council review. As staff may provide any additional assistance or information, please let me know. Recoirunendation The Agency Board of Directors should adopt the attached resolution creating a Community Redevelopment Commission. Attachment Resolution No. RDA 95-4 DRD:lp com .,ov 32 95.1 RESOLUTION NO. RDA 95-4 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CLARITA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA TO ESTABLISH THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Santa Clarita Redevelopment Agency desires to obtain ongoing citizen participation in the redevelopment and recovery process; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Directors of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clarita as follows: Retablished. There shall be, and there is hereby established a Commission to be known and designated as the Community Redevelopment Commission. This Commission shall assist the Agency Board by providing advice and recommendations relating to redevelopment agency policies, projects and plane to be implemented by staff. SECTION 2. pef4"iti n., For the purposes of this Resolution, the following terms shall have, the following meanings, unless the language of the provision clearly indicates some other meaning: TAx2:natna A. "Agency" means the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clarita also known as the Santa Clarita Community Recovery Agency and the Santa Clarita Redevelopment Agency. B. "Agency Board" means the Board of Directors of the Santa Clarita Redevelopment Agency. C. "Agency Secretary" is the Secretary to the Agency. D. "Commission" means the Community Redevelopment Commission of the Santa Clarita Redevelopment Agency. E. "Commissioner" means a member of the Community Redevelopment Commission. F. "Council" or "City Council" means the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita. G. "City Manager" means the City Manager or Interim City Manager of the City of Santa Clarita and the Executive Director or Interim Executive Director of the Agency. H. "Agency Treasurer" is the Treasurer to the Agency. rAx2--11"?AA -2- I. "Redevelopment Director" means the Redevelopment Director of the Agency and the City. J. "Shall" signifies a mandatory term. K. "Redevelopment Project" shall mean a project for which a Development Disposition Agreement or Owner Participation Agreement is utilized or a capital improvement project or program of the Agency. SECTION 3, Members. The Commission shall consist of nine (9) members, each of whom shall be a resident of, property owner in or business owner in the City of Santa Clarita and shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Agency Board. Subject to the provisions of this Resolution, five (5) appointments to the Commission shall be made for initial terms of two (2) years, and four (4) appointments shall be made for initial terms of one (1) year. The length of the initial terms shall be determined by lot. The initial one year terms shall expire on the last day of July 1996, or until a successor is appointed. The initial two year terms shall expire on the last day of July 1997, or until a successor is appointed. Following the initial appointments, all terms of office shall run for a period of two (2) years. Except for initial terms, the term of office for each Commissioner shall continue to and include the TAX2.1 i sena -3- last day of July of the second year following appointment, or until a successor is appointed. Should any vacancy exist on the Commission, an appointment shall be made for the unexpired portion of the term pursuant to the terms of this Resolution. At the conclusion of the first year of Commission existence the issue of increasing the size of the Commission to eleven (11) members shall be reconsidered by the Agency Board. SECTION 4. Meetinae. The Commission shall hold at least one regular meeting in each calendar month at such date as designated by the Commission by resolution and approved by the Agency Board, or on the next succeeding day which is not a holiday. Regular meetings may be adjourned by public announcement to a specific date, and any such adjourned meeting shall be deemed a regular meeting. Meeting dates may be changed by resolution adopted by the Commission and approved by the Agency Board. The Commission shall further determine and provide in its rules and regulations for any special meetings which shall be noticed and an agenda provided as required by State law and local ordinance. The Redevelopment Director and/or the City Manager may attend all meetings of the Commission. SECTION 5. Absence from Meetings. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Resolution, any Commissioner who absents himself or herself from any three (3) consecutive regular TAn: t 1 w70A -4- meetings of the Commission, unless excused from attendance by consent of such Commission expressed by action recorded in its minutes, or who is absent without such absence being excused of record, from a total of five (5) regular meetings of the Commission in any six (6) months period, shall thereby automatically forfeit his or her position as a member of the Commission. In such case the name of such Commissioner shall be automatically removed from the membership of said Commission immediately after the adjournment of any such third consecutive meeting or„of any such fifth meeting in a six months period, as the case may be, at which the Commissioner has not appeared. The Chair of the Commission shall promptly notify both the Agency Board and the person so ceasing to be a Commissioner, of the action and of the fact of the vacancy. Upon such notification, the Agency Board shall, within a reasonable time, appoint a successor for the remainder of the term of such member. SECTION 6. Removal of Members. Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter to the contrary, any member of the Commission may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of at least three members of the Agency's Board. SECTION 7. des. The Commission shall have the power and duty, except as otherwise provided by law, to advise the City rwxxn iwTru -5- Council, the Agency Board, the City Manager and the Redevelopment Director in all matters -pertaining to redevelopment or recovery, except for emergency matters and except for matters which the Agency Board excludes from Commission purview. All redevelopment projects shall be considered by and subject to recommendation of the Commission prior to action taken by the Agency Board, except for emergency matters. Commission shall report to the Agency Board separately or in consensus with staff. It shall be recognized by the Commission that Agency staff report to the City Manager, and the City Manager then, in turn, reports to the Agency Board. The Commission and its members shall deal with the administrative services of the Agency and/or City only through the Redevelopment Director and/or the City Manager except for the purpose of inquiry, and neither the Commission nor any member thereof shall direct any administrative staff member. Administrative staff shall give all information reasonably requested by the Commission as a body. SECTION 9. Records. The Commission shall cause proper records to be kept of all its official acts and proceedings and shall make reports to the City Council. tN(]:11947tH -6- SECTION 10. Orcranization. The Commission shall elect a Chair and a Vice -Chair from among its members, each for a term of one year, at its first: regular meeting after appointment and annually each year thereafter at the first meeting in August elect a Chair and Vice -Chair. The Commission shall adopt rules and regulations for the transaction of its business and shall keep a record of all its minutes, resolutions, actions, findings and determinations. Minutes, resolutions, and official records shall be filed with the Agency Secretary. SECTION 11. CCO g+eneation and Msm ares. Each member of the Commission shall receive compensation at the rate of one Hundred Five Dollars ($105.00) for each meeting of the Commission attended by such member, not to exceed a total compensation of Four Hundred Twenty Dollars ($420.00) in any one month. Such compensation shall be paid on the first payroll payment date following the end of the calendar month. The Redevelopment Director shall submit to the City Manager at the and of each calendar month, a statement showing the number of meetings of the Commission attended by each member during such month. No additional compensation shall be paid for expenses incurred by members of the Commission in the performance of their duties except as authorized in advance by the Agency Board. The Agency Board may from time to time authorize in advance expenditures for attendance at seminars, institutes, or other meetings which the i.AX11191711A -7- Agency 'Board finds to be beneficial to the Commissioners in the performance of their duties, and in the beet interest of the City. Claims for such expenees shall be filed with the Redevelopment Director on forms prescribed by the City Manager; and shall be subject to audit and approval by the Agency 'Board. SECTION 12. Broom Act and Political Reform Act..The commissioners must comply with the Ralph M. Brown Act (Government Code 5 54950 ateaa.), the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Government Code § 81700 jj sea.) and the Regulations of the Fair Political Practices Commission (2 C.C.R. 5 18700 fit, g=.) SECTION 13. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage and adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting held on the day of r 19—• CHAIR i.AXv I4/1nA -8-