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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5867 RESOLUTION NO. 5867 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING AN ADVISORY CITY CHARTER REVISION COMMITTEE WHEREAS, the City Charter of the City of Arcadia should be reviewed on a periodic basis; and WHEREAS, the City staff and City Council have identified areas of concern that should be addressed to assure an updated City Charter; and WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City Council to consider the possible submittal of Charter revisions to the electorate at the regularly scheduled general municipal election of April 1996; and WHEREAS, the City Council has expressed interest in the benefits of Citizen Committee review and recommendations regarding potential Charter revisions. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF A CHARTER REVISION COMMITTEE - By this resolution an advisory committee entitled the Charter Revision Committee of 1996 (Committee) is hereby established, SECTION 2. COMPOSITION AND SELECTION OF COMMITTEE: CHAIRPERSON AND RULES: TENURE - The Committee shall be made up of eight (8) members. Five (5) voting members shall be appointees of the City Council. Each Councilperson shall make one (I) appointment. Accordingly, the Committee shall be made 1 5867 up of five (5) persons individually appointed by one (1) Councilperson. Each such person shall be a resident of Arcadia and a registered voter. In addition to the five (5) Council appointed voting members, the Committee shall include three (3) non-voting members (ex- officio) comprised of the City Manager or his designee, the Superintendent of the Arcadia Unified School District or his designee and the Arcadia City Attorney. The Committee shall select one (1) of its voting members as Chairperson and may promulgate such procedural rules as deemed necessary to accomplish their purpose and role. Three (3) unexcused absences from Committee meetings shall be deemed a vacation of membership and a new appointment shall be made to fill the vacancy by the Councilmember appointing that member. SECTION 3. PURPOSE AND ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE - The goal of the Committee is to function as an advisory body to the City Council with regard to potential revisions to the Arcadia City Charter. The Committee's role is to prepare a final report of recommendations to the City Council with regard to possible revisions to the City Charter. SECTION 4. FUNCTION OF THE COMMITTEE - The non-voting (ex-officio) members of the Committee shall be responsible for providing City Charter infonnation and recommendations to the Committee. The Committee shall be proVided with necessary background infonnation by the City stafIthrough the City Attorney and City Manager. The School Superintendent shall also provided District recommendations applicable to those portions of Charter that pertain to the School District. The Committee, after review of the Charter and background material may consider revisions that are not submitted as part of the 2 5867 reconunendations presented by the ex-officio members. The fmal report of the Committee shall be drafted by the City Attorney and City Manager pursuant to direction of the Conunittee and shall be reviewed and approved by the Committee before submittal in final form to the City COlmcil as recommendations of the Committee. SECTION 5. SCHEDULE - Subject to requirements of the Brown Act (Open Meeting Law), the Committee shall commence to meet and commence business as soon as possible after their establishment by appointment ,and shall meet thereafter on a regular and as needed basis in order to deliver their final advisory report to the City Council no later than October 15, 1995. Passed, approved and adopted this 11th day of July, 1995. ATTEST: cadi a APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~~If J'1~ City Attorney of the City of Arcadia 3 5867 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS: CITY OF ARCADIA ) I, JUNE D. ALFORD, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 5867 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the city Clerk at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 11th day of July, 1995 and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: councilmember Chang, Kuhn, Young, Ulrich and Lojeski NOES: None ABSENT: None ci 5867