Apple Valley Municipal Code Ch. 2.21 Traffic Committee

There is created a Traffic Committee for the Town. It shall consist of seven regular members recommended by the Town Manager and subject to approval by the Town Council; in addition, the two members of the Town Council who are then currently serving as members of the Council's Public Safety Committee shall serve as non-voting honorary liaison members of the Committee. Those members nominated by the Town Manager and approved by the Town Council should be qualified by experience and training in one or more areas relating to traffic safety, road design or related matters; also high priority and selection should be considered for persons licensed or certified in the fields or engineering, construction, and related professions. Whenever feasible, the non-Town Council regular members should be selected from the following organizations:

(1) California Highway Patrol;

(2) The Town's Law Enforcement Department or Agency;

(3) The California Department of Transportation;

(4) The Automobile Club of Southern California or a comparable company;

(5) The Apple Valley Unified School District;

(6) The Town's Public Works Department;

(7) A citizen at large.

Terms of office for regular Committee members shall be four years, and there shall be no limit on the number of terms any Committee member shall serve, subject to reappointment as hereinabove prescribed.

(Ord. 70, 11-28-90)

The Chairperson for the Committee should be the representative from the Public Works Department or agency of the Town unless that person is unwilling or unable to serve in that capacity. The Committee shall select a Vice-Chairperson. The Committee shall be authorized to appoint and fix the membership of such number of standing and temporary sub-committees as it may find expedient for the performance of its duties. The Town Manager may appoint an Executive Secretary and/or other staff and provide such compensation for their services as may be authorized by the Town Council and by the annual Town budget of expenditures.

The Committee shall establish regular meetings at such time, day, and place as it deems necessary. Special meetings may be called by the Chair or a majority of the regular members of the Committee, provided notice has been given to all members at least 24 hours prior to the meeting, and as otherwise required by law. A majority of the regular Committee members shall constitute a quorum, and a majority vote of a quorum, but not less than three, shall be required to pass a motion or other enactment.

(Ord. 70, 11-28-90)

No direct compensation shall be paid to Committee members; however, members shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses, including travel expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as members of the Committee, authorized by the Town Council.

The functions, powers and duties of the Traffic Committee shall be to consider requests for traffic regulatory or control devices, signs, and markings and make appropriate recommendations to the Town Council or to any appropriate Town department or officer as deemed necessary under the circumstances; the Committee may further study and consider apparent unsafe or malfunctioning traffic conditions or devices, and may recommend possible actions or solutions to such conditions or devices to the Town Council or to any appropriate Town department or officer, the Committee may also make recommendations to the Town Council or Town departments or officers or Planning Commission, as appropriate, concerning short- and long-range transportation planning, review of street and highway master plans, truck routes, and complaints concerning traffic safety conditions, concerning proposed major street projects, and such other matters as the Town Council may request from time to time.

The functions, powers, and duties of the Traffic Committee shall not be construed as preempting or otherwise interfering with the function of other commissions or boards or committees or officers which are empowered or mandated by law or ordinance or other regulation to act upon certain matters or make recommendations to the Town Council concerning the repeal of or amendment to Town ordinances or regulations or adoption of new ordinances or regulations, or otherwise taking such actions as are mandated, prescribed or permitted by law.

The Traffic Committee shall adopt rules for the conduct of its proceedings, and shall keep a public record of its resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations. Minutes of the Committee shall be filed with the Town Clerk.

(Ord. 12, 3-21-89; Ord. 33, 10-10-89)