Chico Municipal Code Ch. 2R.43 Chico Redevelopment Agency 1

Section:

2R.43.010 Declaration of need for redevelopment agency.

Pursuant to Section 2.43.010 of this code, the council of the city of Chico declared the need for a redevelopment agency in the city and established the Chico redevelopment agency.

(Res. No. 92 83-84 §1 (part))

2R.43.020 Appointment of board of directors of redevelopment agency.

Pursuant to Section 2.43.020 of this code, the council of the city of Chico declared itself to be the board of directors of the Chico redevelopment agency.

(Res. No. 92 83-84 §1 (part))

2R.43.025 Remuneration for board of directors of redevelopment agency.

The board of directors of the Chico redevelopment agency shall be remunerated at the rate of thirty dollars for each agency meeting attended; provided, that the maximum amount of remuneration in any month shall not exceed one hundred twenty dollars.

(Res. No. RDA 2-89)

2R.43.030 Seal.

The executive director of the Chico redevelopment agency is hereby authorized to obtain the seal of the agency which shall include the name of the agency and the year of its establishment.

(Res. No. 92 83-84 §1 (part))

2R.43.040 Officers.

The officers of the Chico redevelopment agency shall be a chairperson, vice- chairperson, executive director, secretary, treasurer and attorney who shall be the mayor, vice-mayor, city manager, city clerk, finance director and city attorney respectively.

(Res. No. 92 83-84 §1 (part), Res. No. 133 95-96 §1)

2R.43.045 Other agency personnel.

The executive director of the agency may appoint a city employee to serve as the agency manager and may appoint a city employee to serve as the agency housing officer.

(Res. No. 110 91-92 §1)

2R.43.050 Duties of officers and other agency personnel.

The duties of the officers and other personnel of the Chico redevelopment agency shall be as provided by law, as adopted by resolution of the board of directors and as promulgated by the executive director when not in conflict with the foregoing.

(Res. No. 92 83-84 §1 (part), Res. No. 110 91-92 §2)

2R.43.060 Meetings.

All meetings of the Chico redevelopment agency shall be held at the times and in the manner established for meetings of the city council, or at such other times as may be determined by the board of directors of the agency.

(Res. No. 92 83-84 §1 (part), Res. No. RDA 2-89)

2R.43.070 Quorum.

A majority of the board of directors of the Chico redevelopment agency shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

(Res. No. 92 83-84 §1 (part))

2R.43.080 Minutes of meetings.

The secretary of the Chico redevelopment agency shall be responsible for minutes of all meetings of the agency.

(Res. No. 92 83-84 §1 (part))

2R.43.090 Agency address.

The mailing address and office address of the Chico redevelopment agency shall be the mailing address and office address of the city clerk of the city.

(Res. No. 92 83-84 §1 (part))

2R.43.100 Environmental review guidelines.

The “Environmental Review Guidelines” of the city of Chico, as set out in Chapter 19R.04 of this code, are adopted as the Chico redevelopment agency’s guidelines for evaluating projects and the preparation and review of environmental documents, except that the agency shall be deemed the lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and shall certify the final environmental impact report for a proposed redevelopment plan and subsequent environmental documents, if any, for proposed projects for which approval of the agency is required.

(Res. No. 171 84-85 §2)

2R.43.110 Investment of moneys in Local Agency Investment Fund.

A. The Chico redevelopment agency hereby authorizes the deposit and withdrawal of agency moneys in the Local Agency Investment Fund in the State Treasury.

B. The executive director and the treasurer of the agency, or their designees, are authorized to order the deposit and withdrawal of moneys in said Local Agency Investment Fund.

(Res. No. RDA 1-86 §3 (Exhibit “A”))

2R.43.120 Conflict of interest code.

A. Adoption of Model Conflict of Interest Code. The Model Conflict of Interest Code as set forth in Section 18730 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations, together with any amendments thereto hereinafter enacted by the Fair Political Practices Commission, is adopted by reference and constitutes the conflict of interest code of the Chico redevelopment agency.

B. Place of Filing Statements of Economic Interests. Members of the board of directors of the Chico redevelopment agency, agency officers and other agency personnel (hereinafter referred to as “agency officials”) shall file statements of economic interest with the agency secretary as provided for in Section 4(C) of the Model Conflict of Interest Code.

C. Disclosure Categories. The disclosure categories for agency officials provided for in Section 3 of the Model Conflict of Interest Code shall be as follows:

Disclosure Categories for Investments in Business Entities.

Category la. Agency officials in this category shall report any direct or indirect investment in a business entity worth more than $1,000 where the business entity is located or doing business in the city.

Category 1b. Agency officials in this category shall report any direct or indirect investment in a business entity worth more than $1,000 where the business entity is engaged in contracting with the agency or selling goods or services to the agency.

Category lc. Agency officials in this category shall report any direct or indirect investment in a business entity worth more than $1,000 where the business entity is located or doing business in the city and engaged in the building and construction industry.

Disclosure Categories for Interests in Real Property.

Category 2a. Agency officials in this category shall report any direct or indirect interests in real property worth more than $1,000 where the real property is located within the city or within two miles of the city's boundaries.

Category 2b. Agency officials in this category shall report any direct or indirect interest in real property worth more than $1,000 where the real property is located within a redevelopment project area or within three hundred feet of a redevelopment project area.

Disclosure Categories for Sources of Income.

Category 3a. Agency officials in this category shall report any source of income, other than loans by a commercial lending institution in the regular course of business, aggregating $250 or more in value, where the source of income is located or doing business in the city.

Category 3b. Agency officials in this category shall report any source of income, other than loans by a commercial lending institution in the regular course of business, aggregating $250 or more in value, where the source of income is engaged in contracting with the agency, or selling goods or services to the agency.

Category 3c. Agency officials in this category shall report any source of income, other than loans by a commercial lending institution in the regular course of business, aggregating $250 or more in value where the source of income is located or doing business in the city and engaged in the building and construction industry

Disclosure Categories for Business Entities in Which the Agency Official is a Director, Officer, Partner, Trustee Employee or Holds Any Position in Management.

Category 4a. Agency officials in this category shall report any business entity in which the agency official is a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or holds any position in management where the business entity is located or doing business in the city.

Category 4b. Agency officials in this category shall report any business entity in which the agency official is a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or holds any position in management where the business entity is engaged in contracting with the agency, or selling goods or services to the agency.

Category 4c. Agency officials in this category shall report any business entity in which the agency official is a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or holds any position in management where the business entity is located or doing business in the city and is engaged in the building and construction industry.

D. Designated Agency Officials. The designated agency officials provided for in Section 2 of the Model Conflict of Interest Code, and the disclosure categories applicable to such designated agency officials shall be as follows:

Designated Authority Official	Disclosure Category
Members of the agency’s board of directors, including the board’s chair and vice-chair	1a,b; 2a; 3a,b; 4a,b
Executive director	1a,b; 2a; 3a,b; 4a,b
Attorney	1a,b; 2a; 3a,b; 4a,b
Secretary	1b; 2b; 3b; 4b
Treasurer	1b; 2b; 3b; 4b
Manager	1a,b; 2a; 3a,b; 4a,b
Housing officer	1c; 2a; 3c; 4c

E. Consultants. The disclosure categories applicable to consultants of the Chico redevelopment agency shall be determined by the agency executive director or a designee based on the nature of the services to be performed for the agency by such consultants. Such determination shall be made in writing and shall contain a description of the consultant’s duties. A copy of such determination shall be forwarded to the agency secretary and shall be retained by the agency’s secretary for public inspection in the same manner and in the same location as the agency’s conflict of interest code.

(Res. No. 111 91-92 §2, Res. No. 02 03-04)