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HomeMy WebLinkAbout294 - Ordinances OP~INANC~ NO. 294 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONCA, CALIFORNIA, CREATING AN ADVISORY COMMISSION TO ACT IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, does ordain as SECTION 1: Repealin$ of Ordinances 87, 87-A, and 87-B. SECTION 2: There is and shall remain in the city goverement an Advisory Commission. Role of Advisory Cmission SECTION 3: The Rancho Cucamonga Advisory Commission shall act in an advisory capacity to the City Council and Planning Commission on community issues and perform such other advisory functions as may be delegated to the Advisory Commission fro~ time to time by the Planning Commission or City Council. The Rancho Cucamonga Advisory Commission shall also bring forth and study issues perceived by it to be of interest to the citizens of the City. Citizen issues, when recognized by the Advisory Commission, shall be developed and presented to the City Council or Planning Commission or both in such a manner as will effectively encourage timely and proper consideration of any action upon such issues. Mmabers of the Advisory Commission are encouraged to work with individual citizens and citizen groups and to communicate their interests to the City Council and Planning Commission. Their goal in this capacity shall be the advancement of citizen issues according to methods described above. A purpose of the Advisory Commission is to enhance communication between citizens and the City Council, increase involvement of the community in decision mak/ng. The Advisory Commission is encouraged to adopt a formal procedure for co~unity interaction. Advisory C~isaign Membership SECTION 4: The Advisory Commission shall consist of a total of fifteen (15) members with five (5) appointed from each of the three (3) geographic areas, desisnated by zip code in the City of Rancho Cucamonga, namely Alta Loma (91701), Cucamonga (91730), and Etiwanda (91739). Members of the Advisory Commission shall be residents of Rancho Cucamoaga and shall be appointed by the City Council. The Mayor shall submit to the Council the name of any person proposed for appointment to the Advisory Commission and upon such appointment by the Council, the name of the appointee shall he recorded in the minutes of the Council meeting. SECTION 5: The fifteen (15) members of the Advisory Conmission shall each serve three (3) year terms. One-third of the Commission shall be considered annually by the City Council as set forth belo~. Either one or two members from each of the three subcommittees (Alta Loma, Cucamonga, and Etiwanda) shall complete their three (3) year term each year but each shall continue in office until their respective successors are appointed as set forth belo~ unless sooner removed as provided in this Ordinance. The staggered terms shall provide that two (2) members from two (2) of the three (3) subcommittees and one (1) member from one (1) of the three (3) subcommittees will be considered annually for appointment and shall continue in office until their respective successors are appointed unless sooner removed as provided in this ordinance. If a vacancy shall occur, other than by expiration Ordinance No. 294 Page 2 of the term of office, it shall be filled by appointment of the City Council for the remainder of the unexpired term. All regularly expiring terms shall terminate on December thirty-first of each year, but members whose terms expire shall serve until their successor is appointed. Removal of Hembers SECTION 6: Nembers of the Advisory Commission may be removed at any regularly scheduled City Council meeting, upon ten (10) working days* prior written notice to the member. Removal shall be by majority vote of the entire City Council. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the expressions of Advisory Commission members save and except the guidelines established by the Advisory Commission. Regular Meetings SECTION 7: Regular meetings of the Advisory Commission shall be established by Resolutiou of the Advisory Commissiou. Officers SECTION 8: The Advisory Commission shall select a chairperson to preside at all meetings of the Advisory Commission. The term of the chairperson shall be one (1) year, commencing ou January first of each year. The chairperson may be removed by majority vote of the Advisory Commission, taken at any regular meeting at which the removal is on the published agenda. In the event a chairperson is unable to cemplete his/her term prior to the expiration of his or her term, the Advisory Commission shall forthwith appoint a successor to serve the balance of the unexpired term. The successor shall be selected from the same subcommittee as the person vacating the unexpired term. The position of chair shall rotate aunually among the subcommittees in the order Alta Loma, Etiwanda, Cucamonga. Each subcommittee of the Advisory Commission shall select a chairperson to preside at regular Subcommittee meetings and a vice-chairperson to preside in the absence of the chairperson. A chair-designate position will also serve for one year commencing ou January first of each year, from the subcommittee which will provide the next chair. The chair-designate will be confirmed as chair upon a majority vote of the Advisory Commission taken at the regular meeting at which the Chair is selected. In the event the chair-designate is unable to complete his/her term prior to the expiratiou of his or her term, the Advisory Commission shall forthwith appoint a successor to serve the balance of the unexpired term. The successor shall be from the same subcommittee which will provide the next chair. The purpose of these provisions is to establish a procedure by which annually the chair-designate shall be confirmed as the Chair, to provide continuity while allowing each subcommittee to have its equal share of the Chair positions. When the Advisory Commission chair is unable to preside over a meetiug, the vice-chair from that subcommittee shall act as chair in the absence of the chair. If the vice-chair of the subcommittee is unable to serve then the chair-designate shall act as chair. Joint Subcommittee Meetings SECTION 9: City Council Subcommittee and Advisory Commission Subcommittee (chair, chair-designate, and immediate past chair) joint meetings shall be held quarterly on the first Tuesday of each calendar quarter which is not a legal holiday. In the event this is a holiday, the meeting will take place on the next regular working day. Special meetings may be called as needed by either subcommittee. Ordinance No. 294 Page 3 The joint quarterly subcommittee meetings shall be for the purpose of establishing an Advisory Commission work program and review of matters studied by the Advisory Commission. ~ECTIO~ 10: The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk shall cause the same to be published within fifteen (15) days after its passage at least once in The Daily Renort, a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Ontario, California, and circulated in the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California. PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 17th day of September, 1986. AYES: Mikels, Buquet, King, Dahl, Wright NOES: None ABS~T: None / ATTEST: Beverly ~. Authelet, City Clerk I, B~VgRLY A. AUTN~LET, CITY CLEI~ of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 16th day of July, 1986, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 17th day of September, 1986. Executed this 18th day of September, 1986 at Rancho Cucamonga, California. A. ~thelet, City Clerk Beverly