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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-07-14 - AGENDA REPORTS - ADDING ARTS CMSN TO MUNICODE (2)CONSENT CALENDAR DATE: SUBJECT: DEPARTMENT Agenda Item: CITY OF SANTA CLARITA AGENDA REPORT City Manager Approval Item to be presented by: July 14, 2009 Rick Gould INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 2.29 TO TITLE 2 (ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL) OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ARTS COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA Parks, Recreation, and Community Services RECOMMENDED ACTION 1. City Council approve and pass to second reading an ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 2.29 TO TITLE 2 (ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL) OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ARTS COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA." 2. Appropriate $8,020 from Council Contingency Account 19300-5401.001 to Expenditure Account 15000-5161.002 for the payment of Commission stipends. BACKGROUND At the June 23, 2009, City Council meeting, the City Council received a report from the Arts Advisory Committee regarding the mission, goals, and structure for an Arts Commission for the City of Santa Clarita. City Council received the report and directed staff to develop an Ordinance to establish an Arts Commission. The Ordinance was developed by staff, based on the direction of the City Council, with the following as its organizing principles: The Arts Commission's mission and goals shall be based on those developed by the Arts Advisory Committee, but shall be reviewed and formalized by the Arts Commission, once it has been established. Ordinance passed to Second reading • The Commission shall be equal to the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission in terms of number of members (5), amount of stipend (currently $133.67 per Commissioner, per meeting), and selection process. • All Commission members will be residents of the City of Santa Clarita. • The backgrounds and qualifications of the Commission members shall be unrestricted and at the discretion of the City Council. • The Commission shall meet once a month, on the third Thursday of the month, and shall, when needed, hold an additional meeting, with a maximum of two meetings per month. • The public will be encouraged to utilize the Arts Commission as another opportunity to participate in their local government. • The Arts Advisory Committee will disband once the Arts Commission has been established. The proposed new ordinance language to be included under Title 2 (ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL) is underlined and as follows: Chapter 2.29 ARTS COMMISSION Sections: 2.29.010 Arts Commission Established. 2.29.015 Definitions. 2.29.020 Members. 2.29.030 Regular Meetings. 2.29.040 Absence from Meetings. 2.29.050 Removal of Members. 2.29.060 Duties. 2.29.070 Records. 2.29.080 Organization. 2.29.090 Compensation and Expenses. 2.29.010 Arts Commission Established. There shall be and there is hereby established a commission to be known and designated as the Arts Commission. This Commission shall formulate, subject to City Council direction and approval, an arts program for the City of Santa Clarita. 2.29.015 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the language of the provision clearly indicates some other meaning: "City" means the City of Santa Clarita. "City Manager" means the City Manager or Interim City Manager of the City of Santa Clarita. "Commission" means the Arts Commission of the City of Santa Clarita. "Council" or "City Council" means the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita. "Department" means the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department of the City of Santa Clarita. "Shall" signifies a mandatoKy term. M 2.29.020 Members. The Arts Commission shall consist of five (5) members, each of whom shall be a resident of the City of Santa Clarita and shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the City Council, pursuant to the procedure and terms set forth by resolution of the City Council. 2.29.030 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Arts Commission shall be held on the third Thursday of each calendar month at an hour set by the Commission. 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 City Council. 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. 2.29.040 Absence from Meetings. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any Commissioner who absents himself from any three (3) consecutive regular 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) month 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 (6) month period, as the case may be, at which the Commissioner has not appeared. The Chair of the Commission shall promptly notify both the City Council and the person so ceasing to be a Commissioner, of the action and of the fact of the vacancy. Upon such notification, the City Council shall, within a reasonable time, appoint a successor for the remainder of the term of such member. 2.29.050 Removal of Members. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, member of the Commission may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of at least three (3) members of the City Council. 2.29.060 Duties. The Commission shall have the power and duty, xcept as otherwise provided by law to: A. Advise the City Council and the Director of Parks, Recreation, and Community Services, or City Manager, in all matters pertaining to arts programming and public art, and to cooperate with other governmental agencies and civic groups in the advancement of sound arts development and arts planning and programming_ B. Formulateeg neral policies on the arts for approval by the City Council. C. Advise the City Council, with the Director of Parks, Recreation, and Community Services, or City Manager, on development of arts events, facilities, programs, and improvement of arts services. D. Make periodic inventories of arts services that exist or may be needed, interpret and convey the needs of the public to the City Council, and to the Director of Parks, Recreation and 3 Community Services, or City Manager. E. Aid in coordinating arts services with programs and revenue enhancement of other governmental agencies and voluntaryorganizations. F. Interpret the policies and functions of the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department for the public. G. Advise the Director of Parks, Recreation, and Community Services, or the City Manager, in the preparation of the annual budget of the Department and the preparation of a long-range arts program plan. 2.29.070 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. 2.29.080 Organization. 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 July 31 of each year. The Commission may appoint such other officers as may be necessary for the administration of its business, at the same time and for one-year terms. The additional officers shall enter in the duties of their office at their first regular meeting after appointment. 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. 2.29.090 Compensation and Expenses. Each member of the Arts Commission shall receive compensation, at a rate established from time -to -time by resolution of the City Council. Each meeting of the Arts Commission attended by such member is not to exceed a total compensation amount, established from time -to -time by resolution of the City Council, in any one month. Such compensation shall be paid on the first payrroll payment date following the end of each calendar month. The Chair, Vice -Chair, or other appointed officer of the Arts Commission shall submit to the City Clerk at the end of each calendar month a statement showing the number of meetings of the Arts Commission attended by each member during such month. No additional compensation shall be paid for expenses incurred by the members of the Arts Commission in the performance of their duties, except that City Council may from time -to -time authorize, in advance, expenditures for attendance at seminars, institutes, or other meetings which the City Council finds to be beneficial to the Commissioners in the performance of their duties, and in the best interest of the City. Claims for such expenses shall be filed with the City Manager and shall be subject to audit and approval by the City Council. ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS Other actions as determined by the City Council. FISCAL IMPACT At City Council's direction, the Arts Commission should receive stipend amounts equal to the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission, which is currently $133.67 per Commissioner, per meeting. Appropriate $8,020 from Council Contingency Account 19300-5401.001 to Expenditure Account 15000-5161.002 for the payment of Commission stipends. ATTACHMENTS Ordinance - Chapter 2.29 of Administration and Personnel (Arts Commission) ORDINANCE NO. 09 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 2.29 OF TITLE 2 (ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL), OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ARTS COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That Chapter 2.29 is hereby added to Title 2 (ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL) to read as follows: Chapter 2.29 ARTS COMMISSION Sections: 2.29.010 Arts Commission Established. 2.29.015 Definitions. 2.29.020 Members. 2.29.030 Regular Meetings. 2.29.040 Absence from Meetings. 2.29.050 Removal of Members. 2.29.060 Duties. 2.29.070 Records. 2.29.080 Organization. 2.29.090 Compensation and Expenses. 2.29.010 Arts Commission Established. There shall be and there is hereby established a commission to be known and designated as the Arts Commission. This Commission shall formulate, subject to City Council direction and approval, an arts program for the City of Santa Clarita. 2.29.015 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the language of the provision clearly indicates some other meaning: "City" means the City of Santa Clarita. "City Manager" means the City Manager or Interim City Manager of the City of Santa Clarita. "Commission" means the Arts Commission of the City of Santa Clarita. "Council" or "City Council" means the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita. "Department" means the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department of the City of Santa Clanta. "Shall" signifies a mandatory tern. I 2.29.020 Members. The Arts Commission shall consist of five (5) members, each of whom shall be a resident of the City of Santa Clanta and shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the City Council, pursuant to the procedure and terns set forth by resolution of the City Council. 2.29.030 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Arts Commission shall be held on the third Thursday of each calendar month at an hour set by the Commission. 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 City Council. 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. 2.29.040 Absence from Meetings. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any Commissioner who absents himself from any three (3) consecutive regular 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) month 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 (6) month period, as the case may be, at which the Commissioner has not appeared. The Chair of the Commission shall promptly notify both the City Council and the person so ceasing to be a Commissioner, of the action and of the fact of the vacancy. Upon such notification, the City Council shall, within a reasonable time, appoint a successor for the remainder of the term of such member. 2.29.050 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 (3) members of the City Council. 2.29.060 Duties. The Commission shall have the power and duty, except as otherwise provided by law to: A. Advise the City Council and the Director of Parks, Recreation, and Community Services, or City Manager, in all matters pertaining to arts programming and public art, and to cooperate with other governmental agencies and civic groups in the advancement of sound arts development and arts planning and programming. B. Formulate general policies on the arts for approval by the City Council. C. Advise the City Council, with the Director of Parks, Recreation, and Community Services, or City Manager, on development of arts events, facilities, programs, and improvement of arts services. D. Make periodic inventories of arts services that exist or may be needed; interpret and convey the needs of the public to the City Council, and to the Director of Parks, Recreation, and Community Services, or City Manager. E. Aid in coordinating arts services with programs and revenue enhancement of other governmental agencies and voluntary organizations. F. Interpret the policies and functions of the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department for the public. G. Advise the Director of Parks, Recreation, and Community Services, or the City Manager, in the preparation of the annual budget of the Department and the preparation of a long-range arts program plan. 2.29.070 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. 2.29.080 Organization. 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 July 31 of each year. The Commission may appoint such other officers as may be necessary for the administration of its business, at the same time and for one-year terms. The additional officers shall enter in the duties of their office at their first regular meeting after appointment. 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. 2.29.090 Compensation and Expenses. Each member of the Arts Commission shall receive compensation, at a rate established from time -to -time by resolution of the City Council. Each meeting of the Arts Commission attended by such member is not to exceed a total compensation amount, established from time -to -time by resolution of the City Council, in any one month. Such compensation shall be paid on the first payroll payment date following the end of each calendar month. The Chair, Vice -Chair, or other appointed officer of the Arts Commission shall submit to the City Clerk at the end of each calendar month a statement showing the number of meetings of the Arts Commission attended by each member during such month. No additional compensation shall be paid for expenses incurred by the members of the Arts Commission in the performance of their duties, except that City Council may from time -to -time authorize, in advance, expenditures for attendance at seminars, institutes, or other meetings which the City Council finds to be beneficial to the Commissioners in the performance of their duties, and in the best interest of the City. Claims for such expenses shall be filed with the City Manager and shall be subject to audit and approval by the City Council. SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from its passage and adoption. SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by law. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of )2009. ATTEST: CITY CLERK MAYOR STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss. CITY OF SANTA CLARITA ) I, Sharon L. Dawson, CMC, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance 09- was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the day of, 2009. That thereafter, said Ordinance was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the day of , 2009, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the foregoing is the original of Ordinance and was published in The Signal newspaper in accordance with State Law (G.C. 40806). CITY CLERK 5 /v STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss. CITY OF SANTA CLARITA ) CERTIFICATION OF CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE I, Sharon L. Dawson, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clanta, do hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of the original Ordinance 09- , adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, CA on , 2009, which is now on file in my office. Witness my hand and seal of the City of Santa Clarita, California, this day of 52009. Sharon L. Dawson, MMC City Clerk By Susan L. Caputo, CMC Deputy City Clerk 6 /�