Agenda Item
City Council
Item #: 6.2. 2/14/2023 File #: 23-0088
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Tom Kisela, Interim City Manager
FROM: Mary E. Binning, City Attorney
1. SUBJECT
Adoption of Resolution No. 11432 setting the membership number, qualifications and related information for City boards, committees and commissions.
2. SUMMARY
The proposed Resolution would increase the number of members of each specified board, committee and commission to seven members, and set the qualifications for membership, compensation and meeting dates for all City Council-created boards, committees and commissions.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Adopt Resolution No. 11432. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Orange rescinding Resolution Nos. 10229, 11387, 11388, 11355 and 11409 and establishing the number of members, qualifications for membership, purpose, compensation and meetings for specified City boards, committees and commissions.
2. Direct the City Clerk to post a Notice of Vacancy of any newly-created positions pursuant to the Maddy Act.
3. Direct the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance amending the Orange Municipal Code to delete the requirement for a school district representative on the Traffic Commission, along with other applicable revisions.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
The two new Design Review Committee positions would be paid $50 per meeting and the two new Planning Commission positions would be paid $60 per meeting, potentially costing an additional total of $220 per month.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Goal 4: Provide outstanding public service
a: Obtain, implement, and evaluate public input into our services and programs.
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
The boards, committees and commissions created by the City Council have historically consisted of five members. With the increase in City Council membership to seven, the City Council has expressed a desire to effect a commensurate increase in all board, committee and commission membership to seven. The Park Planning and Community Events Commission was created recently City of Orange Printed on 2/9/2023Page 1 of 2
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Item #: 6.2. 2/14/2023 File #: 23-0088
membership to seven. The Park Planning and Community Events Commission was created recently and provides for seven members.
Over the years, the board, committee and commission qualifications, meeting dates, and other descriptions have been adopted by separate Resolutions of the City Council. The proposed Resolution consolidates all information regarding Council-created boards, committees and commissions into one Resolution. The Library Board of Trustees is not a Council-created board and its membership is governed by Education Code section 18910. Membership on the Library Board is set by statute at five members and may not be increased. The proposed Resolution covers only those bodies created by the City Council.
One item of note is the current requirement in Orange Municipal Code (OMC) section 10.06.010 that one member of the City Traffic Commission be a “schooldistrict representative.” In recent memory, this qualification has not been applied and no school district representative has served on the Traffic Commission. It is the recommendation of staff that this requirement be deleted from the OMC. It remains the prerogative of the City Council to appoint a school district representative; however, it will no longer be a requirement.
The City Attorney’sOffice has prepared a separate “cleanup”ordinance amending those provisions in the OMC relating to the number of members on the Traffic Commission, DRC and Planning Commission. The proposed ordinance will, at the direction of the City Council, also delete the requirement that one member of the Traffic Commission be a school district representative. Because that ordinance contains amendments to Title 17 (Zoning Code), a recommendation from the Planning Commission to the City Council is required. That recommendation is expected to come before the City Council at the March 14 meeting.
7. ATTACHMENTS
· Resolution No. 11432
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