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Home My WebLink About08-217 Ch. 32 parks commissions CITY OF LAKE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LAKE ELMO CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER REDUCE r OF COMMISSIONERSAND SIMPLIFY THE CHAPTER. SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo hereby amends Title 111, Chapter 32, City Organizations, Sections 32.080-32.097, Parks Commission by amending the following language: 32.080 ESTABLISHMENT. A Parks Commission of the city is hereby continued. (1997 Code; § 225.01) 32.081 PURPOSE. The Parks Cornrnission is established to review and make recommendations to the Council on the future development of city parks, including the establishment of and improvements to the parks, and to make recommendations to the Council on policies governing the maintenance and public use of the parks within the city. (1997 Code, § 225.02) (Arn. Ord. 08-092, passed 10-15-2013) 32.082 COMPOSITION. The Parks Commission shall consist of votirr members - 1 r, The' members shall be appointed by the City Council for a 3-year terra. of : f, -h ry a, , ey 4 ry' a .,e;b, 4ve te-r ti . Appointment to an additional term(s) will be considered with the available applicant pool, its discretion, the City Council may adjust the lengths of tetras of office for Parks Commission members so that no more than one-half of the tertus expire in any given year. (1997 Code, § 225.03) (Am. Ord. 97-148, passed 2-15-2005; Am. Ord. 08-038, passed 1-25-2011) § 32.083 QUALIFICATIONS. Each member shall be a resident of the CiLy and Wwherever possible, Commission members should represent all geographical areas of the city and a cross-section of the population of the city at the time of appointments (1997 Code, § 225.04) § 32.084 REMOVAL. Any member ^f ak-e to r= may be removed by a Mgjorijy vote of the Council, for cause; Cause shall include but not be limited to having more than 3 consecutive unexcused absences or being absent from more than 1/3 of the meetings in any 1 calendar year. The Council may consider exceptional circumstances when applying this rule: (1997 Code, § 225.05) § 32.085 OFFICERS. The Commission shall elect a Chairperson; and a -Vice Chairperson, e _^¢ , . _ �from among its appointed members at the l e h r beginniqig of the New Year, for a terra of 1 year. The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Commission, if present; and shall perform all other duties and functions assigned by the Commission or the Council. The Vice Chairperson shall perform these duties in the absence of the Chairperson. If a vacancy occurs in the Chairperson's office, the Vice Chairperson shall ass -Lime the Chairperson's duties for the remainder of the year; and a new Vice Chairperson shall be elected by the Commission at a special election to be held at the next regularly scheduled Commission meeting. i c t=l g, ,,,- s r•a, tare . , o o s4 6*7 (1997 Code, § 225.06) 7 lie . , . . 'htdk-7 ., . =�s-c :a a-zrrrcrv' E�--'t - `. 7$ x-szz- :rsxrs �-r€z�y- � ". -- Rec,a-z � a-=� (1997 Code, § 225.07) O N ,A e � ^'�r. ,,>-r�n;ncr', , r t ca.zi-�,,„r,�r„ rro n s- -�-, s^e,4 a'�, �.�, ', Th-w " ' ' 'Off rA-ca-s c 'n a e 4k4 w— H- "H-4 Reet4. . a*nua _v ,,.-l.tg 1.,K, x. 1,3f7x; .,w-g r-, iac�t x-,4»,,•.r;Ye Cede; 48 32.0 ETINGS. W-The first available meetid to the election of officers and other business as scheduled, (AB) Th r e7 }lr RegLilar Commission meetings shall be held monthly, or more often as re aired. The time and lace of all Tree ular ineetin s shall be posted in the Citfoilowin three> days' posted notice at the City Hall. (BC) No action shall be taken in the absence of a quorum, except to adjourn the meeting to a subsequent date. A regular meeting may be canceled or rescheduled by the Ch�ail ifthere are no scheduled agenda items on the Thursday prior to the meeting. All action taken by the Commission shall be by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present, (1997 Code, § 225.09) a -i��-e� a-��cn y z rrrrgr-s. ys p yss e., 5 t y i ai lair t4 r,4a ,i a l+T[Y'`s" 7) SiiAs'TTCJIT`kA""a'+`"'CI .7Peeta�y n� tis cn s-rh u�-r'e^ars § 32,087 E r g rn r n r r f' U�-y J r r JORUNI A meeting can be conducted if members of the Commission are present- (1997 Code, § 225.11) (Atn. Ord. 97-114, passed 9-17-2002) 32.088-94 VOTING. Each member attending any meeting shall be entitled to cast 1 vote. Voting shall be by voice vote. if any member has a personal interest of any kind in the matter then before the Commission, the member shall disclose this interest and be disqualified from voting upon the matter. T m . it shall be record in the minutes that no vote was cast by the member. „„�,• ,,�r ° hitic +r r°°t 1 =vt ffm ffi4e%s. (1997 Code, § 225.12) P Lam' i 4;6fflffiU WFIKI&Rd-....... nffwntz 32.089 RULES OF PROCEDURE. All meetings of the Commission shall be conducted in accordance with the Revised Robert's Rules of Order. (1997 Code, § 225.14) .s� .g„r=+-0n#,„A '!-'1,� t`";ta, A.� rn,:.t,-x;f„- a.1-.,11 :i,a�.r, +l, "� , ;,� .,,,r „-,ntt�,•�E �, t'' . of § 32.090 RECORDS. _ Each fonnal action of the Commission shall be embodied in full upon the minute book as a formal motion or resolution after an affirmative vote as provided in this section. The minutes of each meeting shall be - approved at a future meeting. The recommendations and findings of the Commission shall be presented to the Council at the next regularly scheduled Council meeting. The records of meetings and actions and recommendations shall be transmitted to the City A 4 n,g,,istfaer Clerk for keeping and distribution. (1997 Code, § 225.16) § 32.0916 TRAINING. Commission members shall be encouraged to avail themselves of training courses offered by the city, the state, and other government and public training agencies and the Council shall budget for the reimbursement of expenses incurred in training each year. (1997 Code, § 5.17) § 3 .092-7 POWERS AND DUTIES. (A) The Commission shall prepare, hold hearings on, and recommend to the Council the plans, programs, and policies as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of § § 32.080 et seq. (B) The powers shall include but not necessarily be limited to studying and recommending to the Council on the following: (1) Land acquisition for park trails and recreation purposes; (2) Plans for major improvements in city parks and trails, (3) Rules and requirements for conduct of and in parks and recreation facilities; (4) Plans and programs relating to the design and programming of city parks; 6`-Development of a Capital Improvement flan for the City's parks and recreation s sten�g f 7) - Annual Work Plan; and {) The other plans and programs as may be assigned from time to time. (C) The Commission shall not be considered a park board under Minnesota Statutes and shall have no powers to acquire or lease land, employ personnel, enter into contracts or leases, or any similar powers authorized a park board by Minnesota Statutes. (1997 Code; § 225.18) SECTION 2. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon adoption and publication in the official newspaper of the City of Lake Elmo. SECTION 3; adoption Date. This Ordinance 08- 217 was adopted on this day of 2018, by a vote of Ayes and Mays. LAI' COUNCIL Mike Pear ,Mayor TEST° Julie t/Son, Cit,cikr This Ordinance 08 was published on the ledayof 92018.