Carson Municipal Code Part 1 Organization

The Relocation Appeals Board created by Health and Safety Code Section 33417.5, a section of the Community Redevelopment Law, is hereby established and, pursuant to Section 7266 of the Government Code, is hereby designated to hear appeals from the determinations of all officers, bodies, departments and agencies of the City of Carson and of the Carson Redevelopment Agency, as to the eligibility for, or the amount of, a payment authorized by Chapter 16 (Section 7260, et seq.), Division 7, Title 1, of the Government Code. Such Relocation Appeals Board is hereinafter denominated as "the Board."

(Ord. 74-313 § 1)

(1) The Board shall consist of nine (9) members, and three (3) alternate members who shall be called upon, when necessary, in the order of their appointments as Alternate 1, 2 or 3, to substitute for any absent commissioner, appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City Council.

(2) Each member of the Board shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council and shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years, except that in the first instance, two (2) members shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year, two (2) members shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years, and one (1) member shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years.

(3) No member of the Carson Redevelopment Agency, the City Council or of any City agency responsible directly or indirectly for the determination of relocation assistance claims shall serve on the Board.

(Ord. 13-1520 §§ 1, 3; Ord. 74-313)

(1) The Board shall elect a chairman from its membership and shall appoint a secretary and other needful officers.

(2) The Board shall adopt rules for its procedure in harmony with the provisions of this Chapter. Meetings of the Board shall be held at the call of the Chairman. All hearings of the Board shall be public. The Board shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact. Minutes and other official records of the Board shall be promptly filed with the Clerk of the City of Carson and shall be open to public inspection.

(Ord. 74-313)

Members and alternate members of the Board shall serve without compensation, except that each member shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in performance of official duties, subject to the approval of the City Council.

(Ord. 13-1520 § 2; Ord. 74-313)

The purpose of the Board shall be promptly to hear all complaints providently filed and to review and recommend modifications, if necessary, in the decision of any City agency, including the Redevelopment Agency, regarding eligibility for relocation assistance payments, the amount of such payments, the adequacy of replacement quarters obtained for persons, businesses or farms displaced because of the acquisition of real property by a City agency for a public purpose, or any other complaints by residents of the several project areas within the City relating to relocation.

(Ord. 74-313)