Chapter 2.23
STREETS, TRAILS AND UTILITIES COMMISSION
Sections:
2.23.010 Established—Number of members.
2.23.030 Appointment of members.
2.23.040 Requirements for membership.
2.23.090 Duties—Limitations on authority.
2.23.010 Established—Number of members.
There is established for the City a Streets, Trails and Utilities Commission of five members appointed from the community. (Ord. 973 Sec. 1, 2014; Ord. 893 Sec. 2, 2008; Ord. 731, 1998)
2.23.020 Terms of office.
Each member of the Commission shall be appointed for a four-year term beginning July 1st or until a qualified successor is appointed. The City Clerk shall keep a record of dates of appointments and the terms of office of the members. Terms will be staggered every two years to provide continuity on the Commission. (Ord. 893 Sec. 2, 2008)
2.23.030 Appointment of members.
The City Council shall appoint Commission members. The process for making appointments to the Commission shall be included in an administrative policy. (Ord. 893 Sec. 2, 2008)
2.23.040 Requirements for membership.
All members of the Streets, Trails and Utilities Commission shall meet the following requirements:
A. Be a citizen of the United States.
B. Be at least 18 years of age.
C. Be a permanent resident of the City.
D. Have taken and filed with the City Clerk the oath required by Section 36507 of the Government Code.
E. Have never been convicted of a felony. (Ord. 928 Sec. 1, 2011; Ord. 893 Sec. 2, 2008; Ord. 783, 2001)
2.23.050 Vacancies.
Persons appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired term of the member whose vacancy they fill. (Ord. 893 Sec. 2, 2008)
2.23.060 Removal from office.
Members of the Commission shall be removed from office or their office declared vacant in the following manner and for any one of the following reasons:
(1) Failure to meet any one of the requirements for membership in Section 2.23.040, at which time the removal shall be automatic and no action by the City Council shall be necessary.
(2) By a majority vote of the entire City Council.
(3) The office of any member of the Commission, who misses three successive regular meetings without cause, or five meetings in a 12-month period, including adjourned and special meetings, shall be deemed to be vacant. The Secretary of the Commission shall immediately inform the City Council of such vacancy. A written notice to the Secretary of the Commission on or before the day of the meeting stating there was an unavoidable absence or an absence due to illness shall be deemed absence for cause.
(4) At the end of the member’s term of office, in which event the removal shall be automatic and no action of the City Council is necessary. At the end of a member’s term of office, the Commission member shall continue to serve until the successor’s appointment. (Ord. 893 Sec. 2, 2008)
2.23.070 Organization.
The Commission shall elect a Chairman and Vice Chairman at their first meeting in July of each year. (Ord. 893 Sec. 2, 2008)
2.23.080 Conduct of meetings.
The Commission shall hold not less than one regular meeting each calendar month, such meeting schedules and times to be established by the Commission. Adjourned and special meetings may be called, noticed and held in the manner established by Section 54956 of the California Government Code.
All meetings of the Commission shall be open and public and a majority of the membership shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. A public record (minutes) shall be prepared indicating all actions, findings and determinations of the Commission. A written agenda shall be prepared and distributed to Commission members in advance of all regular meetings. Rules of conduct of the meetings shall be determined by the Commission but shall be in accordance with those rules adopted for the conduct of City Council meetings. The Commission constitutes a “legislative body” as described in the California Government Code. (Ord. 893 Sec. 2, 2008; Ord. 783, 2001)
2.23.090 Duties—Limitations on authority.
The duties of the Commission shall be to review and make recommendations to the City Council and professional staff, including the City Manager, Public Works Director, Engineer, and Planning Director concerning plans for the future development of the City’s street system, and those day-to-day matters involving the City’s street system, including but not limited to capital improvement programs, construction standards, portions of streets requiring maintenance and repair, street safety devices and signals, crosswalks, stop intersections, school crossing guards, speed limits, parking regulations, and establishment of portions for streets and trails for equestrian or pedestrian or bicycle use.
The Commission shall review and make recommendations to the City Council on the development and planning of equestrian riding trails within the City. The Commission shall provide the Council with proposals on new concepts, improvements, maintenance, priorities and creation of new trails within the trail system throughout the City.
Lastly, the Commission shall review and make recommendations to the City Council on matters relating to the City-operated water, sewer and storm drain system, including but not limited to rate structures, and on matters involving the collection and disposal of solid waste of the City of Norco and any other matters directed to it for review by the City’s Council. (Ord. 893 Sec. 2, 2008)
2.23.100 Compensation.
All members of a Commission shall be compensated as provided by resolution. (Ord. 893 Sec. 2, 2008)
2.23.110 Records.
The Streets, Trails and Utilities Commission shall keep complete minutes, books and accounts of their meetings on file in the office of the Public Works Department. (Ord. 893 Sec. 2, 2008)