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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4348 RESOLUTION NO. ~ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA APPROVING A REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT AREA COMMITTEE IN THE CENTRAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND ADOPTING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THAT PROJECT AREA COMMITTEE . .* WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Arcadia has designated a survey area for purposes of redevelopment pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sections 33310 through 33312; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission under the direction of the City Council has selected the bounda_ri_es for the Redevelop- ment Project area from within the designated survey area; and WHEREAS, the California Community Redevelopment Law / requires that the City Council call upon the residents and existing organizations in the Redevelopment Project Area to form / a project area committee; and WHEREAS, the California. Community Redevelopment La\-l requires such a committee to includ~, when applicable, residential owner occupants, residential tenants, businessmen und members of existing organizations within the project area; and WHEREAS, a meeting for the purpose of fonuing such a committee \-Ias called by the City Council and notice of the meeting \-Ias distributed to each place of residence and business ~ithin the Project Area and was published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City; and \vllEREAS, such a meeting was held at the place and time noticed and the residential o\vner occupants, residential tenants, businessmen and members of existing organizations within the Project Area in attendance selected ten persons to be members of the Project Area committee; and \'IHEREAS, the Committee members s_elected one of their number to be chairman; and WHEREAS, that chairman has presented information to the City Council establishing the qualifications of each person and -1- . . of. the Committee; and WHEREAS, the Committee includes persons who are residen- tial owner occupants, residential tenants, businessmen and members of existing organizations within the Project Area; and WHEREAS, the City Council is required to approve a representative committee within 60 days after the project area is selected; and WHEREAS, .the Redevelopment Agency desires to submit a proposed redevelopment plan to such a committee so that said committee may, if it chooses, prepare a report and recommendation to the City Council; and WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency is required, upon the direction of the City Council, to consult with and obtain the advice of said committee concerning matters of policy which affect the residents of the project area for a minimum period of three years after the apoption of the redevelopment plan; and WHEREAS, rules and regulations are appropriate by which the Project Area Committee will orderly operate as an advisory and consulting body to The Redevelopment Agency as to those ma.tters which deal with the planning and provision of residential facilities or replacement housing for those persons to be displaced by project activities and as to those other policy matters which affect the residents of the Project area. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The Redevelo~nent Project Area Committee is a representative project area committee and is approved as presently constituted. SECTION 2. The Redevelopment Agency and its staff are directed to consult with and obtain the advice of the Project 4348 -2- RESOLUTION 4348....... ,. , \ SECTION 4. Subject to such amendments as , ,I . shall be made from time to time by the City Council, the Rules and Regulations, attached to this Resolution as Exhibit "A", are hereby adopted as the rules and regulations by which the Project Area Committee shall faithfully perform its functions and duties. !k ~ . . . -. Area Committee concerning.matters which affect the residents of the project area while preparing a redevelopment plan and for .a period of three years after adoption of the plan. SECTION 3. The City Manager shall determine the appropriate amount of funds or equivalent resources to be made . available for the operation of the committee, including equip- ment and supplies and adequate staffing for purposes of consult- ing with and giving advice to the Redevelopment Agency. SECTION 4. The Rules and Regulations, attached to this Resolution as Exhibit "A", are hereby adopted as the rules and regulations by which the Project Area Committee shall faithfully perform its functions and duties. SECTION S. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution. ,_'II' f . I HEREoY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was _~ adopted at an adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held on the 24th day of AUGUST , 1973, by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: AYES: COUNCILMEN ARTH, HAGE, HELMS, SCOTI. , NOES: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMAN BUTIERWORTH ~~?z-~ _ SIGNED AND APPROVED this 24th day of AUGUST , 1973. G.- { 1e.-lc0- ~ Mayor of the City of Arcadia ~~.~ l.ty ert; - (SEAL) , o 4348 " -" CITY OF ARCADIA ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CENTRAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA COMMITTEE RULES AND REGULATIONS Section I. GENERAL These Rules and Regulations are promulgated to provide for and promote the orderly participation of the Central Redevelopment Project Area COl1UUittee ("Project Area COl1UUittee") in consulting with and advising the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") members, staff, and consultants on:(l) those matters which deal with the planning and provision of residential facilities or replacement hous- ing for those to be displaced by project activities, (2) other policy matters which affect the residents of the project area, and (3) any other matters regarding the project area which may be submitted to the Project Area COl1UUitteeby the City Councilor the Redevelopment Agency. The provisions of this Section I shall apply throughout the period of preparation. and adoption of the Redevelopment plan ("Plan") .for the Central Redevelopment Project ("Project") and for a three- year period after the adoption of the Plan, subject to one-year extensions by the City Council of the City of Arcadia ("City"). Section II. ELECTION The Project Area COl1UUittee shall be elected at an annual meet- ing hel~ on the second Tuesday in July of each year at 7:30 p.m. -1- Notice of this annual meeting shall be given to all the following . located within the Project area boundaries: (1) residential owner- occupants, (2) residential tenants, (3) .businessmen~ and (4) members of existing organizations at least one (1) week prior to the date of the annual meeting. Notices shall be personally delivered or mailed and shall be published in the Arcadia Tribune on each of the two Tuesdays immediately preceding the second Tuesday in July of each year. Section III. MEMBERSHIP A. Composition The Project Area Committee. shall consist of ten (10) members and shall be composed of the number of representatives elected from the following groups from within the Project area as follows: 1. Residential owner-occupants: 5 members 2. Residential tenants: 1 member '3. Businessmen: 3 members 4. Members of Existing Organizations: 1 member B. Qualifications Only those persons within the Project area boundaries who are residential owner-occupants, residential tenants, businessmen, and/or members of existing organizations shall be eligible to be members of the Project Area Committee and only during the time they are located within the Project area. Any Project Area Committee member who is not or is no longer a member of that group of residential owner-occupants, residential tenants, businessmen, or members of existing organizations within the Project from which he or she was -2- elected shall resign or be subject to removal from the Project Area -~ Committee as provided in subsection B of Section VI of these Rules and Regulations. However, nothing in this subsection B or in these Rules and Regulations shall prevent a person who is a member of two or more such groups from being eligible to be elected and to serve on this Project Area Committee, provided that he or she is and remains a member of that group from which he or she was elected. C. Project Area Boundaries The Project area boundaries are those which have been adopted as the official boundaries of the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency's Central Redevelopment Project, and are more specifically described as follows in the description attached as Exhibit "A." The boun- daries are illustrated on the map attached, as Exhibit "B." If the Project area boundaries are amended, then the Project Area Committee shall be reconstituted by procedures established by the City Council to reflect the circumsta~ces. Section IV. HEMBERSllIP TERH The terms of the members of the Project Area Corrmittee are for one (1) calendar year commencing on the second Tuesday in July, and ending on the second Tuesday of the ne>;t year if successors are elected or re-elected and in office by then. The term for any member elected for less than a one-year term is until the next second Tuesday in July if a successor is elected and in office by then. The members' terms continue until successors are elected and in office. -3- Section V. OFFICERS . -. A. Chairman and Vice-Chairman The officers of the Project Area Committee shall be the Chairman and Vice-Chairman. The officers shall be elected by a majority vote of the Project Area Committee immediately after the annual July election of the Project Area Committee's membership. B. Duties of the Officers The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Project Area Committee. The Vice-Chairman shall perform all duties and assume all res- ponsibilities of the Chairman in his absence. Should the office of the Chairman become vacant, the Vice-Chairman shall perform the duties of the Chairman until the Project Area Committee elects a nelo{ Ch<lirman. Section VI. VACANCY, REMOVAL, AND RESIGNATION A. Vacancy In the event a vaca~cy occurs on the Project Area Committee, by reason of death, resignation, moving from the Project area, or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the Chairman to call a special meeting for the purpose of electing a person to represent that group of residential owner-occupants, residentia~ tenants, businessmen, or members of existing organizations which lacks the representation required by Section III of these Rules and Regulations. Notice of this special meeting shall be given by the Project Area COTImlittee to members of that group from which the former project Area -4- Committee member was elected within one (1) week prior to the da~e .~ of the special meeting. Notices shall be personally delivered or mailed and shall be published weekly in the Arcadia Tribune. B. Removal A member of the Project Area Committee may be removed by at least seven (7) votes of the Project Area Co~ittee after a public hearing, if it is found that: 1. The member is not within the Project area, a residential owner-occupant, a residential tenant, a businessman, nor a member of an existing organization. 2. The member is not a member or no longer a m~~ber of that group of residential owner-occupants, residential tenants, businessmen, or ,members of existing organizations within the Project area from which .he or she was elected. 3. The member has been absent an unreasonable number of times from Project Area Committee meetings or has acted in violation of Sections VIII or IX o~ these Rules and Regulations. Any such removal is subject to appeal by such member to the City Council in writing filed within 10 days of receiving written notice of such removal. The City Council must act on such appeal within 30 days or the appeal is denied. Such a member retains member- ship until the 10-day appeal expires or until the appeal is denied. C. Resignation Any Project Area Committee member may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Chairman. Any such resignation will take effect upon receipt or upon any date specified therein. The -5- acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it- ,~ effective. Section VII. MEETINGS A. Regular and Special Meetings The Project Area Committee shall meet regularly at such time and place as decided upon by its members by resolution. Special meetings may beheld upon call of the Chairman after notification of all members of the Project Area Committee, by written notice, either personally delivered or by mail, at least 24 hours before the time specified in the notice for a special meeting. Additionally, the Chairman shall be responsible for the posting of said notice publicly in the Arcadia City Hall at least 24 hours prior to the time spec i- fied in the notice for the meeting. B. Annual Meetings ,Annual meetings shall be held on the second Tuesday in July of each year at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers. C. Heetings to be Open and Public All meetings of the Project Area Committee shall be open and public to the extent required by la...... All persons shall be per- mitted to attend any such meetings except as otherwise provided by 'law. Nothing contained in these Rules and -Regulations shall be construed to prevent the proj ect Area Conuni ttee from holding execu- tive sessions during a regular meeting concerning any matter regard- ing City personnel designated by the City Council to aid the Project Area Committee, 'any matter pertaining to present, future, or -6- potential litigation, and any other matter permitted by law to be ~ considered in executive session. D. Quorum six (6) members of the Project Area Committee shall constitute a quorum, and a quorum shall be necessary for the Project Area Committee to conduct its business, exercise its powers, and for all other purposes. A smaller number of Project Area Committee members may adjourn a meeting from time-to-time until a quorum is present. E. Voting Voting shall be by roll call for all official Project Area Con~ittee transactions, and actions may be taken only upon a favor- able vote of at least six (6) members of the Project Area Committee. F. Agenda & Order of Business All items and matters of business to be acted upon by the Project Area Committee shall be listed in an agenda prepared by the Chairman prior to the meeting at which these items and matters of business are scheduled to be acted upon. The order of business at all meetings shall be as follows: 1. Roll call 2. Specified items and matters of business 3. General 4. Project area citizen complaints 5, Adjournment G. Rules of Order Except as provided in these Rules and Regulations, all business and matters before the Project Area Committee shall be transacted in -7- , , conformance with Robert's Rules of Order (Newly Revised). - ,~ Section VIII. DISCLOSURES AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The members of the Project Area Committee shall make written disclosures to the Agency, City Council, and the Project Area Committee of the facts and location, but not the amount, of all direct or indirect interests in property presently owned or here- after acquired in the Project area. Failure to make such written disclosure shall be grounds for removal from the Project Area Committee. No member of the Project Area Committee shall participate or vote on any matter which involves the purchase, lease, or development of property within the Project area in which the member has a direct or indirect interest. Any such participation by the member shall constitute grounds for removal from the Project Area Committee. ,For the purposes of this Section VIII, the term "direct or indirect interest" shall be defined to include, but not be limited to, any monetary interest ,in property, or benefit arising from the sale, lease, mortgage, or disposition of property, owned by, in trust for, or subject to inheritance by a member of the Project Area Co~~ittee, his or her spouse, his or her children, and his or her parents. Section IX. REPRESENTATION BEFORE PUBLIC BODIES Any official representations on the behalf of the Project Area Co~ittee before, the Agency, the City Council, or any other public body shall be made by the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman in the -8- . . Chairman's absence, or a member of the Project Area Committee - ~ specifically so designated by the Project Area Committee. Any other member of the Project Area Committee who appears before the Agency, the Council, and any other public body claiming to be or apparently claiming to be the official representative shall be subject to removal from the Project Area Committee. -9- ller.inning at the interscctlon or [(Ie h'C~L J...lllL: v.... u............... ..y.........- feet wjde nnd the ",esterly prolon;;<>tion of the southerly line of~Traet No. 2828 as shO~l on m<>p recorded in Dook 33 page 63 of ~~?s in the of- fice of the i~ecorder o~ the Los .'\:lgclcs Connty; thence continuing ".'est- erly alonG Sl1id pro]onf.ntion to the southeast corner of Lot 11, Tr.1c:t..}~o. 2M.99 as sho"',, on map r"corded in ;look 61,7, par,es 10 and 11 of mnps in the office of said recorder; thence northerly and easterly alonn the houndary of last said tract to the southe<>st torner of Lot 1 of said Tract Ko. 24499; thence northerly along the easterly line of last said lot and its northerly prolongation to the southerly line of Huntini',ton Drive; thence easterly along last said line to the westerly line of Bald,,:in Avenue; thence northerly to the inter section of the north line of said Drive and the westerly line of Baldwin Avenue 80 feet wide; thence northerly along the Inst said ,..esterly I ine to the Hesterly pro- lonr,ation of the southerly line of Traet 1\0. 15318 as sho,m on map re- corded in Dook 427 page 25 of said map records; thence easterly along last said line and along the southerly and southeasterly line of last said tract and the northeasterly prolongation thereof to the northenst- erly line of Colorado Boulevard 80 feet wide; thence southeasterly along said Boulevard to the cast right of \-~ay of the Enst brnilch of the Arc.:1di.1- Si e:rrB :'iaclre Flood Control Channel; thence sOllth nlong said right of "lay to the southerly I ine of that parcel of land descri!>ed in elced to ~iaude L~phA.m and Nnric Van Horn and ~ccorclcd as DOCUl'i:.ent 1~0. 1~7 on June 8, 1956, in the officc of said recorder; thence eastcrly along the last ~cllrioncd line and its easterly pro10n;ation to t11C cast line of Santa nO~[t Jt0~di thenc.e soutl1(~rly along the last said line to the northerly line of San Juan Drive; thence easterly along last said line to the westerly li.ne of Tract No. 13154 as sl10~n on mal) recorded in l~ook 2G~ pagcs 3 and II of said map records; thence southcrlv "nd casrerly along the boul1(lary. of the last O1e:nti oned tr.:ict to. the ,south-..-lcst: corner of Tract ~o. 147~4 as s110wn on map recorded in nook 305 pag~s 4 and 5 of s:d.d iilap records; thence easterly 2nd northe<lr.terl~' a1.on8. the southerly , ,and northcastel'ly houndary of said Tract 11171, II to' the most southerly sOllth- east corner of Tract 1\0, 15337 as sho,," on map rccorcled in Boof 31.6 pascs 1.2 nnd 13 of said iTlap records; thence nort:ll c::1stcrly and r~arthcrly alcng tile hO\lnd.1ry of last s,aid tract to the southerly line of: pre\'iously 1::cn- tioned Colol"r!do }-~oulevHrd; thence northerly aloll~.~ the prolongat:i 0:.... of Inst mcntiolled course to the nortllcastcrly lillC of tIle Atcilison} Topeka and Santa Fe Railrond right of ,my; thence nor.tln-:cf,terly aiong last said li.ne to the ~o\ltll\:estcrly line of the fooLili 11 (Interstat" 210) Free>.."y; th0nc.r: r.outhc[;f,tcrly ..,long s:d.d free-,.:ay ri~,ht of \-;<1)' to t-hc: kfcndin City B(l\mdnry; thence southerly along said bOllnd:lry to the southerly line of: Dlla1:tc j~o.'1r.1 8!. 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'\-.ride; thence soutln,.'c!1tcr1y along Inst sai.d line to the cast 1 i:le of First: Avenue; thence south alan:_?, said CCtst line to the c:.l~tc,.ly prolong~tion of tile :~o\lth line of: 't"hc fil'st alley south of !;:d.d }Juarte I~(lad; tl1cncc ~cst alonG snid prolon~ntjon nnd alley to tIle cast line of S"nra ^ni.t" Avenue 100 [cct wide; thence "ollth'alonc said e,,"t line to the eastc;rly prolon2-ation of the south line of Tri'!ct 1\0. 607/~ ;IS ::;hm-:n On m.1p recorded ill };ook 67 pag~ 83 at S.1id i::3P records; thC:ICC ,.:,cst .,lO.lg roaid prolongation nnd south tr[\ct bO\lnd<1ry 687 feet; thc'nee due nortll to the southerly line or said llunrt:c: l~c.1d; thcr~cc soutln.,'cst:- crly .flong fii1id rOod to the easterly line of the ArC'.'1tlin \!.:1Hh; tlH:~l1ce. nOl"I'herly ;l1on& ,;aid wash to the southerly I ine of C"r.\ptlS Drive '/5 fer.t: wide; thcllca westerly an~l 11ortl1~c~tcrly nlon~ said Drive to ti,e cnst line of 1Iol1y A\'~nl1c 60 (eet ,d~e; thence sC\lIt:h nlon~ .s;Iid C;lSt line to f'llc southerly line. of nbove. mentioned Tract ~:o. 2323; then.ce \'~cstcrlv .:llon~ Inst oald tract line to the point of heGinninG. 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