Chapter 16.56
LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Sections:
16.56.020 Functions of the committee.
16.56.030 Membership qualifications—Appointment and terms.
16.56.040 Vacancies and replacement of membership.
16.56.070 Agendas—Order of business—Voting.
16.56.010 Purpose.
The purpose of the city of Folsom landscaping and lighting district advisory committee (“the committee”) is to help establish lines of communication between city staff and elected/appointed city bodies. The citizens’ committee may also make recommendations to the landscaping and lighting district manager, public works director and the neighborhood services director concerning the maintenance and associated costs to maintain and improve landscaping and lighting districts. (Ord. 1030 § 2 (part), 2005)
16.56.020 Functions of the committee.
The committee shall have the following functions:
A. To inform and educate landscaping and lighting district residents as to the necessity and functions of landscaping and lighting districts, and the associated costs to maintain and improve such districts.
B. To study and make recommendations to the landscaping and lighting district manager, public works director and neighborhood services director on matters related to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972. (Ord. 1030 § 2 (part), 2005)
16.56.030 Membership qualifications—Appointment and terms.
A. The committee shall be comprised of one person from each landscaping and lighting district. The members shall be registered voters and residents or owners with their respective landscaping and lighting district. The members shall serve for a period of four years.
B. The mayor shall appoint each of the members, subject to the approval of the city council.
C. The committee shall be divided into two groups: Group 1 and Group 2.
D. Four-year appointments will be alternated between Group 1 and Group 2, except for appointments made in 2005, in which appointments will be made in both groups and terms of those representatives will have shortened terms.
E. The terms of the members for landscaping and lighting districts described as Group 1 shall expire on the date of the first regularly scheduled meeting of the city council in December of 2006 and the terms of the members for landscaping and lighting districts described in Group 2 shall expire on the date of the first regularly scheduled meeting of the city council in December of 2008. All appointments made in subsequent years will be in accordance to this section.
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Group 1 will consist of: |
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• Briggs Ranch |
• Hannaford Cross |
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• Broadstone |
• Lake Natoma Shores |
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• Broadstone Unit 3 |
• Los Cerros |
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• Cobble Ridge |
• Natoma Station |
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• Cobble Hills Ridge II/Reflections |
• Prairie Oaks |
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• Folsom Heights/California Hills |
• Silverbrook |
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Group 2 will consist of: |
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• American River Canyon |
• Sierra Estates |
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• American River Canyon No. 2 |
• Steeplechase |
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• Blue Ravine Oaks |
• The residences at American River Canyon |
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• Fieldstone Meadows |
• Willow Creek East |
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• Natoma Valley |
• Willow Creek South |
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• La Collina dal Lago |
• Willow Springs |
F. New districts will be added to a group in an alternate manner beginning with Group 1. (Ord. 1030 § 2 (part), 2005)
16.56.040 Vacancies and replacement of membership.
A. The mayor may remove any member of the committee at any time, subject to the approval of the city council. No public hearing shall be required prior to removal of any member of the committee and no cause for removal need be shown.
B. A vacancy in office resulting from death, resignation, removal, disqualification, or any other cause shall be filled by an appointment from the mayor, subject to the approval of the city council.
C. A committee member is subject to disqualification and removal from the committee if he or she has three unexcused absences from any regularly scheduled meetings. (Ord. 1030 § 2 (part), 2005)
16.56.050 Officers.
A. The officers of the committee shall be chairperson and vice chairperson.
B. The chairperson and the vice chairperson shall be elected by the committee every year by the first meeting in February by majority vote of the committee members. An officer can be replaced by majority vote of the committee at any time. No public hearing shall be required prior to removal of the officer and no cause for removal need be shown.
C. The chairperson and vice chairperson of the committee, or such other members as may be presiding in the aforementioned positions, shall not be deprived of any of the rights or privileges of any member by reason of his/her occupying the chair and may move, second, and debate from the chair, subject only to such limitations of debate as are by these rules imposed on all members.
D. The chairperson shall preside and preserve order at all regular and special meetings of the committee.
E. In the absence of the chairperson, the vice chairperson shall perform the duties and obligations of the office of the chairperson.
F. Staff support to the committee shall be provided as designated by the city manager or his or her designee. The clerk/secretary of the committee shall serve as clerical support to the committee. Staff designated to support the committee shall not be an officer or member of the committee. (Ord. 1030 § 2 (part), 2005)
16.56.060 Meetings.
A. Regular meetings of the committee shall be held at City Hall, 50 Natoma Street, Folsom, California. Regular meetings shall be held on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. The committee shall not meet during the months of July and August. A regularly scheduled meeting may be canceled at any time.
B. Special meetings may be called in the manner specified by applicable state law.
C. A quorum shall consist of a simple majority of currently appointed landscaping and lighting representatives. Districts lacking an appointed representative shall not be counted against a valid quorum. When there is no quorum present at a meeting, the chairperson or any member of the committee shall adjourn the meeting until the next regularly scheduled meeting.
D. The chairperson or, in the absence of the chairperson, the vice chairperson shall take the chair at the hour appointed for the meeting and shall call the committee to order. In the absence of the chairperson and vice chairperson, the neighborhood director or his/her representative shall call the committee to order whereupon a temporary chairperson will be elected from among the representatives present. Upon the arrival of the chairperson or vice chairperson, the temporary chairperson shall relinquish the chair upon the conclusion of the item before the committee. (Ord. 1030 § 2 (part), 2005)
16.56.070 Agendas—Order of business—Voting.
A. Committee members may place items on an agenda by contacting the chairperson, neighborhood services director or his/her representative. Citizens or interested parties may address the committee during public comment on agenda items or during the business from the floor portion of the meeting. Agendas shall be published as required by state law.
B. At the regular meetings of the committee, the following shall be the order of business:
1. Roll call;
2. Review of summary/minutes (if applicable);
3. Business from the floor/good of the order;
4. Agenda items of the landscaping and lighting district advisory committee;
5. Adjournment.
C. On all matters acted upon by the committee, the voting shall be a roll-call vote of the representatives present. The “ayes” and “noes” of the members shall be recorded upon the summary of the meeting. All actions of the committee shall require an affirmative vote of the majority of the committee present and eligible to vote at the particular meeting where action is to take place.
D. All rules of order not provided in this chapter shall be determined in accordance with Robert’s Rules of Order, Revised.
E. The committee may adjourn any regular or special meeting to a time and place specified in the order of adjournment, whether or not a quorum has been established. If a quorum is not established, no business other than adjournment may be transacted. (Ord. 1030 § 2 (part), 2005)