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Proposed Amendments to RBMC Ordinance re Public Amenities Commission
Article 15
ORDINANCE NO. XXXX-XX
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 2,
CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 15, SECTIONS 2-9.1502 AND 2-
9.1503 PERTAINING TO THE PUBLIC AMENITIES
COMMISSION
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Title 2, Chapter 9, § 2-9.1501. Public Amenities Commission.
ThereArticle 15, Section 2-9.1502 is hereby
amendedcreated a Public Amenities
Commission. (Ord. 3272-24 c.s., eff. August 28,
2024)
§ 2-9.1502. Membership and shall read as follows:terms. “§ 2-9.1502 Appointment of members.
(a) (a) Membership. The Commission shall consist of seven members.
Unless otherwise authorized by the City Council, one member shall be appointed from each Council district and two members shall be appointed at large.
(1) (b) The Mayor, to the extent practicable, shall make reasonable efforts to reassign current commissioners from the former Historical, Library, Preservation, and Recreation & Parks Commissions with existing terms to a suitable Commission.
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(2) To the extent practicable, three members shall be appointed from among professionals in the disciplines of architecture, history, architectural history, urban planning, archeology, or other historic preservation or related disciplines, such as American Studies, American Civilization, cultural geography, or anthropology. All members of the Public Amenities Commission shall have a demonstrated interest, competence, experience, or knowledge in historic preservation, art and literature, and the cultural heritage of the City.”.
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Title 2, Chapter 9, Article 15, Section 2-
9.1503 is hereby amended and shall read as follows:
(b) Ҥ 2-9.1503Terms. The members of the Public Amenities Commission shall serve for terms commencing October 1 and ending September 30 or as soon thereafter as his or her successor is appointed. The term lengths shall be staggered as follows: three members' terms shall end two years from the date of appointment; four members' terms shall end four years from the date of appointment. The duration of each member's term shall be within the Mayor and City Council's discretion. (c) The members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City Council, within 60 days after the expiration of the four-year term or within 60 days after a vacancy occurs.
If the Mayor shall have failed to make an appointment within such period, any member of the Council may nominate an eligible person to fill such vacancy. Four affirmative votes of the Council to appoint such nominated person shall result in the appointment. Any appointment to fill an unexpired term shall be for such unexpired period.
(d) No person shall serve more than two full terms on the Commission, and no person shall serve simultaneously on more than one board or commission.
(Ord. 3272-24 c.s., eff. August 28, 2024)
§ 2-9.1503. Powers and duties.
The Public Amenities Commission shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) (a) Historical resource and amenities powers and duties:
(1) Provide recommendations related to public access to City of Redondo Beach, CA
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3. (1) Investigate, maintain, and catalog all historical information, documents, records and pictures of that would be of general interest to the City and its citizens;
(2) Compile records and recordings;
(3) Promote the keeping of a written historical record of the City in narrative form;
(4) Perform volunteer services at the Redondo Beach Historical Museum; (5) (2) RecommendParticipate in, promote, and conduct public information, educational, interpretive programs pertaining to historic resources; (3) Make recommendations on the content of public plaques, signs and similar displays at properties with documented historic resources in the City of Redondo Beach.
(4) Recommend historic sites, buildings, etc. for application of historic site designations and placards. Upon approval by the City Council, support the appropriate application documents and filings.
(b) (b) Preservation program and ordinance duties:
(1) (1) ConductStudy, review, conduct public hearings, and make decisions regarding proposed designations and removal of designations of landmarks and historic districts;
(2) (2) ) Review and advise the City Council on the currentness and completeness of the City’sMaintain a register of landmarks and historic districts within the City;
(3) (3) RecommendDetermine an appropriate system of markers for landmarks and historic districts;
(4) (4) AdoptAdopt application and submittal requirements for Certificates of Appropriateness to alter, restore, demolish, remove, or relocate any landmark or any improvement located within a historic district and adopt prescriptive standards to be used by the Commission in reviewing Certificates of Appropriatenesssuch applications;
(5) (5) Review and render decisions regarding significant alterationsall alteration, restoration, demolition, removal, and relocation proposals related to City of Redondo Beach, CA
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4. landmarks and properties within historic districts in conjunction with applications for Certificates of Appropriateness pursuant to Chapter 4 of Title 10 of this Code; (6) (6) Review and make recommendations onConduct, or cause to be conducted, a comprehensive survey of those properties within the boundaries of the City which have not been surveyed at the time the Commission is established;
(7) Prepare, or cause to be prepared, various preservation-related documents intended to assist the owners of historic resources and the Commission in their review of applications. These may include a general information booklet describing historic styles, a rehabilitation manual or design guidelines;
historic styles, a rehabilitation manualDevelop, or design guidelines; (8) (7) Recommendcause to be developed, and recommend to the City Council a program of incentives for preservation of historic resources; (9) (8) Investigate and report to the City Council on the use of various Federal, State, local or private funding resources and mechanisms available to promote historic resource preservation within the City; (10) (9) Review and comment upon proposed modifications in regulation regarding land use, housing and redevelopment, municipal improvement, and other types of planning and programs undertaken by any agency of the City, the County or State, which directly affect landmarks and historic districts; (10) Recommend
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5. (11) Retain consultants and conduct studies, as the Commission deems desirable or necessary to conduct its role, and pending City Councilsubject to prior approval to retain such consultants and studies,of expenditures of City funds by the Commission shall review the resulting work productCity Council;
(12) (11) Cooperate with other local, County, State and Federal Government in the pursuit of the objectives of historic preservation; (13) (12) Provide written responses to requests from Render advice and guidance, upon the request of the property owners seeking findings under the Preservation Ordinance related toowner or occupant, on the alteration, restoration, landscaping or maintenance of any historic resource within the City;
(c) (c) Recreation and Parks duties:
(1) (1) Act as adviser to the City Council in all matters pertaining to public recreation programs, including playgrounds and public recreation related entertainment;
(2) (2) Review and provide recommendations to the City Council onWith the assistance of the Community Services Director, prepare an annual estimate or budget related topurposes for the funds necessary to carry on an adequate recreational programming acrossprogram in the City throughand submit such estimate to the City Manager.;
(3) (3) Provide recommendations related toAssist in every way with the development of recreation in the City, help stimulate public interest in such recreation program, and collaboratecooperate with schools located in the City and all other agencies relative to securing and developing a full and complete recreational programsprogram;
(d) (d) Library duties:
(1) (1) Evaluate and provide recommendationsPlan a program for the development, extension, maintenance, and improvement of library facilities and library programspark facilities in the City.
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6. (e) Any other duties or responsibilities as directed by City Council, City Manager, or staff liaison with the approval and/or at the direction of the City Manager.”
SECTION 3. Any provisions of the Redondo Beach Municipal Code, or appendices thereto, or any other ordinances of the City inconsistent herewith, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be published by one insertion in the official newspaper of said city, and same shall go into effect and be in full force and operation from and after thirty (30) days after its final passage and adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this XXth day of XXXXX, 2025. ________________________
James A. Light, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
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(e) Joy A. Ford, City Attorney Eleanor Manzano, CMC, City Clerk. (Ord. 3272-24 c.s., eff. August 28, 2024)