Inglewood Municipal Code § 2-125 City to Provide Assistance

The City through the Administrative Officer shall provide the Inglewood Advisory Commission and its sub-committees with a Secretary who shall be available as needed by the Commission and with such other clerical and professional assistance as may be necessary within reasonable limits of the allocation of the time of the officers and employees involved. Appropriations for the necessary supplies, materials, and other operating expenses may be made from time to time by the City Council.

(Ord. 2115 7-14-72)

There shall be and there is hereby established an Aviation Commission which shall perform the functions as prescribed hereinafter.

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The Aviation Commission shall consist of five members who shall be designated respectively as Members Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Member No. 1 shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council from the nominees submitted by the Council member from Council District No. 1.

Member No. 2 shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council from the nominees submitted by the Council member from Council District No. 2.

Member No. 3 shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council from the nominees submitted by the Council member from Council District No. 3.

Member No. 4 shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council from the nominees submitted by the Council member from Council District No.4.

Member No. 5 shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council.

All members of the Aviation Commission shall be residents of the City.

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All members of the Aviation Commission shall serve terms which coincide with the terms of the individual council member by whom they were nominated; provided, however that each member shall continue to serve until his/her successor has been appointed and qualified.

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Vacancies in the office of a Member, shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as set forth above with regard to appointments for the full term. Each member of the Commission shall serve until his successor is appointed and qualified. The City Council, by a simple majority vote of those present, may remove any Commission Member from office at any time during the term thereof.

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Any Commissioner who is absent from any three consecutive regular meetings of said Aviation Commission, unless excused from such attendance by the consent of such Commission as expressed in the record of its official minutes or who is absent from a total of five regular meetings of said Commission in any six-month period without the consent of the Commission, as expressed in the record of official minutes, shall thereby automatically forfeit his/her office as a Member of the Aviation Commission, immediately after the adjournment of such third consecutive meeting or of any such fifth meeting in any such six month period, at which such Commissioner has not appeared. The Secretary of the Commission shall thereupon promptly notify the person removed as Commissioner and the City Council.

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Three members of the Aviation Commission shall constitute a quorum of said Commission for the transaction of business.

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The Chair and Vice Chair of the Commission shall be elected from its Members.

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No compensation shall be paid to Aviation Commission members provided, however, that they shall be entitled to their reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as authorized by budget appropriations and the Administrative Officer.

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Subject to the general control and authority of the City Council, the Aviation Commission shall have the power to perform the following functions and duties:

1. Evaluate the impacts of existing and proposed Los Angeles World Airport (LAWA) operations on the quality of life for residents including, but not limited to noise, traffic and air pollution;

2. Review and make recommendations to the City Council on the land recycling and residential sound insulation elements and financial resource allocation of the Noise Mitigation Program prior to Council approval;

3. Review and make recommendations to the City Council on the methods for establishing noise contour, noise measurements, implementing noise monitoring and establishing priorities for noise mitigation;

4. Review and advise the City Council on community issues relative to existing and proposed LAWA operations by soliciting public participation through community hearings;

5. Review and comment to the City Council on environmental impact reports and other reports associated with the expansion of LAWA or other regionalized approaches to passenger and freight transport that impact the City;

6. Review and make recommendations to the City Council regarding the allocation of funding from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Airports for the City's Noise Mitigation Program;

7. Review and make recommendations to the City Council regarding FAA regulation of aircraft noise, emissions, approach patterns, departure patterns and capping the number of flights at LAWA;

8. Review and comment upon any other matters related to aviation issues which are referred by the City Council for consideration by the Commission.

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The City Administrative Officer shall have the power to discuss and make recommendations with reference to any and all matters coming before said Commission and shall determine the personnel assigned to provide staff support to said Commission. In addition, the Administrative Officer shall designate a member of the classified civil service system of the City to serve as secretary to the Commission.

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The Administrative Officer shall cause to be kept accurate records of the activities and actions of the Commission and its proceedings in a suitable record or minute book, which shall at all times, during public working hours be open to public inspection.

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The Commission shall hold at least one regular meeting in each calendar month at the time and place determined by the Commission at its first regular meeting.

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The Aviation Commission shall serve entirely in an advisory capacity and, as such, shall have no power or authority to bind or obligate the City or any agency, office or department thereof with regard to any official position or any debt, undertaking or obligation of any kind in excess of the appropriation which the City Council may have made for the purposes of said Commission in any fiscal year.

(Ord. 98-25 12-1-98)