Campbell Municipal Code Ch. 2.32 Parks and Recreation Commission

There is created a Parks and Recreation Commission consisting of seven members and shall be appointed as follows:

(1) Seven members to be recommended by the Advisory Commissioner Appointment Interview Subcommittee and approved by majority vote of the City Council, all of whom shall be residents of the City.

(Ord. 1619 § 1 (part), 1986: prior code § 2418).

(Ord. No. 2117, § 1A, 12-8-2008)

The term of office of the seven voting members shall be four years. At the expiration of each term, the City Council may reappoint the member, or appoint a successor for a new four-year term, pursuant to City Council Policy. Terms of office shall commence in the month of January and expire in the month of December.

Vacancies in the Commission occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled in the manner set forth in the California Government Code Section 54974 for the unexpired term of the Commissioner leaving the Commission. Commissioners may be removed by a majority vote of the legislative body.

(Ord. 1705 § 1, 1988).

(Ord. No. 2117, § 1A, 12-8-2008)

Annually the members of the Commission shall meet in regular session and select a chair and a vice chair. Their duties shall respectively be such as are usually carried by such officers. Officers shall hold office for one year.

The Commission may adopt rules and regulations to govern procedures and may by vote set a time for regular meetings which will be held at least once each month and may determine the manner in which special meetings may be held and the notice given. A majority of the regular members shall constitute a quorum.

(Ord. No. 2117, § 1A, 12-8-2008)

The duties of the Parks and Recreation Commission shall be to:

(1) Act in an advisory capacity to the City Council the Recreation and Community Services Director, and the Public Works Superintendent in all matters pertaining to public recreation, public parks and grounds, and to cooperate with other governmental agencies and civic groups in the advancement of sound planning and programming for recreation and parks;

(2) Formulate policies on recreation and parks for consideration by the City Council;

(3) [Reserved;]

(4) Advise the City Council on policy problems concerned with the park or recreation programs;

(5) [Reserved;]

(6) Make periodic inventories of recreation and park services that exist or may be needed and interpret the needs of the public to the City Council;

(7) Aid in coordinating the Recreation and Park Services with the program of other governmental agencies and voluntary organizations;

(8) Interpret the policies and functions of the recreation and park programs to the general public;

(Ord. 1619 § 1(part), 1986: prior code § 2421).

(Ord. No. 2117, § 1A, 12-8-2008)

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as restricting or curtailing any of the powers of the Council or as a delegation to the Parks and Recreation Commission, of any of the authority or discretionary powers vested and imposed by law in the City Council. The Council declares that the public interest, convenience, welfare and necessity required the appointment of a Parks and Recreation Commission to act in a purely advisory capacity, to the City Council and other agencies providing recreation programs and public facilities for the purposes hereinabove enumerated, and to administer the operation during those periods of the year authorized by contract those recreation and park facilities jointly operated with other agencies in accordance with the Community Recreation Enabling Act of the State of California, (Statutes, 1939, Chapter 558).

(Prior code § 2422).

(Ord. No. 2117, § 1A, 12-8-2008)

If a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission is absent from three successive regular meetings of the Commission, without cause, the office of such member shall be deemed to be vacant and the term of such member ipso facto terminated and the chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission shall immediately inform the City Council of such termination.

(Ord. No. 2117, § 1A, 12-8-2008)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2117, § 1A, adopted December 8, 2008, repealed § 2.32.060, which pertained to appropriations for park and recreation and enacted new provisions designated as a new § 2.32.060 to read as herein set out.

An absence for cause shall mean either:

(1) An absence due to illness or an unavoidable absence from the City and written notice thereof to the Chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission or staff liaison on or before the day of any regular meeting by the Commission; or

(2) A finding by the Chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission that the absence was due to a reasonably unforeseeable occurrence, such as an accident or illness, that renders it unreasonably difficult to attend the meeting.

(Ord. 1546 (part), 1985).

(Ord. No. 2117, § 1A, 12-8-2008)