RESOLUTION NO. RES- 2019- 062
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA REVISING THE
COMPOSITION OF THE WATERWAYS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO A SEVEN -
MEMBER COMMITTEE COMPRISING OF ONE MEMBER EACH FROM THE PLANNING
COMMISSION, DESIGN REVIEW BOARD AND BOARD OF COMMUNITY SERVICES,
AND FOUR AT -LARGE CITIZEN MEMBERS
WHEREAS, in 1995, the Council desiredto createan advisory committee to 1) review all developmentprojects adjacentto SantaRosaCreek, 2) overseethe implementation of the Santa RosaCreekMaster Plan and the Prince Memorial Greenway, and 3) suggestfunding mechanismsfor suchprojects; and
WHEREAS, the Council appointedthe Waterways Advisory Committee (" the Committee") consisting of one City Council member, and onemember eachfrom the Planning Commission, Design Review Board, Board of Community Services, RedevelopmentAgency and the Citizens' Committee for restoring SantaRosaCreek; and WHEREAS, in 2000, the Council further defined the role and function of the Committee, broadening its chargeto review public andprivate development projects along all creeksand waterways within the City for consistencywith the General Plan, SantaRosaCreek Master.Plan and Waterways Plan, and expanding its membershipto include two Council membersand onemembereachfrom thePlanningCommission, DesignReviewBoard, Board of CommunityServices, RedevelopmentAgencyandtheCitizens' Committeefor restoring Santa Rosa Creek; and
WHEREAS, in 2005 the Council expandedthe membership of the Committee to include two at -large citizen representativesin place of one member from the Citizens' Committee for Restoring SantaRosa Creek; and
WHEREAS, in 2007, the Council expandedthe membershipof the Committee to include one additional at -large citizen representative, bringing the total at -large membership to three; and formalizedproceduresandtermsof theCommittee. Specifically, theCouncilconfirmedthe historicprocedurefor appointmentof Committeemembersfrom eachrepresentativebody PlanningCommission, DesignReviewBoard, Boardof CommunityServicesand RedevelopmentAgency) by therepresentativebodyitself, andappointmentof theat -large citizen representativesby the Council; and
WHEREAS, in 2010, the Council again expanded the membership of the Committee to include one additional at -large citizen representative, bringing the total at -large membershipto four; and
WHEREAS, in 2012, following a California SupremeCourt decision to abolish redevelopmentagencies, theCityof SantaRosabeganwindingdowntheaffairsoftheformer RedevelopmentAgency, and the RedevelopmentAgency member on the Committee was eliminated; and
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WHEREAS, in recentyears, obtaininga quorumof Committeemembersfor thenine memberCommitteehasprovendifficult, andhasresultedin meetingsbeingcontinued, which impactsdevelopmentproject timelines; and
WHEREAS, membersof theCity Councilthatareappointedto theCommitteeoftenhave full schedules, makingparticipationin Committeemeetingschallenging; and WHEREAS, revising the composition of the Committee from nine membersto seven would reducethe quorum requirement to four, minimizing scheduling conflicts, while maintaininga seven -memberCommitteeconsistingof onemembereachfrom thePlanning Commission; Design Review Board and Board of Community Services, and four at -large citizen members, all of whom are appointed either directly or indirectly by the Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVEDthattheCouncilof theCity of SantaRosa establishesthefollowing WaterwaysAdvisoryCommitteerepresentatives, eachwith atwo year term:
Representatives
Board of Community Services (1 member)
Design Review Board ( 1 member)
Planning Commission ( 1 member)
At -Large Citizen ( 4 members)
IN COUNCIL DULY PASSED this 4th day of June, 2019.
AYES: ( 4) Council Members Fleming, Olivares, Sawyer, Tibbetts NOES: ( 1) Vice Mayor Rogers
ABSENT: ( 2) Mayor Schwedhelm, Council Member Combs
ABSTAIN: ( 0)
ATTEST: _ APPROVED:
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