RESOLUTION NO. RES-2025-080
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA AMENDING COUNCIL POLICY 000-06 - APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS/COMMISSIONS/
COMMITTEES TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO THE RECREATION AND PARKS BOARD AND REPLACE WITH THE BOARD OF PARKS AND RECREATION WHEREAS, Santa Rosa Municipal Code Chapter 2-04, Board of Community Services, adopted by Council Ordinance No. 1832 in 1976, established the Board of Community Services, and set out the composition, rules of procedure, meetings, and powers and duties of the Board; and WHEREAS, on April 1, 2025, the City Council held a first reading to introduce an ordinance retitling and amending Municipal Code Chapter 2-04 to change the name of the advisory body from the Board of Community Services to the Recreation and Parks Board, update the Board’s statement of purpose, update the Board’s powers and duties to reflect their current role, align the number of members with the number of City Council members, reduce the number of members needed to achieve quorum, align members’ terms to coincide with the term of their appointing Council member, and update the process for member appointment to and member removal from the Board to accurately reflect City Charter Section 11, Participation & Diversity in Boards and Commissions and Council Policy 000-06 - Appointments to Boards/Commissions/ Committees; and WHEREAS, Council Policy 000-06 - Appointments to Boards/Commissions/ Committees sets forth principles, procedures and requirements for appointments to City boards, commissions, and committees.
WHEREAS, on April 1, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution No. RES-2025-051 amending Council Policy 000-06 - Appointments to Boards/Commissions/Committees to remove Board of Community Services and replace it with Recreation and Parks Board; and WHEREAS, on April 15, 2025, the City Council amended and adopted Ordinance No. ORD-2025-008, with an effective date of May 16, 2025, changing the name of the advisory body from the Board of Community Services to the Board of Parks and Recreation rather than the Recreation and Parks Board, updating the Board’s statement of purpose, updating the Board’s powers and duties to reflect their current role, aligning the number of members with the number of City Council members, reducing the number of members needed to achieve quorum, aligning members’ terms to coincide with the term of their appointing Council member, and updating the process for member appointment to and member removal from the Board to accurately reflect City Charter Section 11, Participation & Diversity in Boards and Commissions. / / /
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Santa Rosa amends Council Policy 000-06 - Appointments to Boards/Commissions/Committees as follows:
Remove “Recreation and Parks Board” and
Replace with “Board of Parks and Recreation”.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution shall be effective in accordance with the effective date of Ordinance No. ORD-2025-008.
IN COUNCIL DULY PASSED this 13th day of May, 2025.
AYES: (7) Mayor Stapp, Vice Mayor Alvarez, Council Members Bañuelos, Fleming, MacDonald, Okrepkie, Rogers
NOES: (0)
ABSENT: (0)
ABSTAIN: (0)
RECUSE: (0)
ATTEST: _________________________ APPROVED: ______________________________ City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ________________________
City Attorney
Exhibit A – Council Policy 000-06
Reso. No. RES-2025-080
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