Oakdale Municipal Code § 2-32 Secretary

[Ord. No. 274, § 5; Ord. No. 773, § 1.]

The commission shall select a secretary who need not be a member of the commission. The secretary shall serve as a secretary to the commission and shall keep minutes of each meeting and record the actions taken. When a roll call vote is taken, roll shall be taken with the chairman voting last. Minutes and recommendations shall expeditiously be forwarded to the city council.

[Ord. No. 274, §§ 5, 6; Ord. No. 773, § 1.]

The commission shall hold a regular meeting each month. Special meetings may be called by the chairman or by any four members by written notices served upon the members twenty four hours before the proposed time of such meeting. The commission shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations, which records shall be on file in the city clerk's office and shall be a public file.

The office of the city clerk shall furnish stenographic services as are needed to make possible the necessary recording and filing of these records.

[Ord. No. 773, § 1; Ord. No. 866, § 1.]

Four members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.

[Ord. No. 274, § 7; Ord. No. 773, § 1; Ord. No. 1254-18.]

The planning commission shall have the power and it shall be its duty:

(a) To prepare and recommend for adoption a comprehensive long term general plan for the physical development of the city and of any land outside its boundaries, as provided for by the conservation and planning laws of the state.

Such plan shall be known as the master plan and may compromise any, all or any combination of the plans specified in Article 5, Chapter 3, Title 7 of the Government Code of the State of California.

(b) To prepare plans based on the master plan and drafts of such regulations, programs, and legislation as may in its judgment be required for the systematic execution of the master plan, and to recommend such plans and measures to the council for adoption.

(c) To act as the advisory agency for the city in connection with the administration of the Subdivision and Map Act of the state and the city subdivision regulations.

(d) To investigate and recommend to the council plans for the improvement and beautification of the city such as the opening, straightening, widening, closing of public streets or parking thereon; the location and improvement of public buildings and public works.

(e) To perform the duties of a planning commission under Articles 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Chapter 3, Title 7 and Article 3, Chapter 4, Title 7 of the Government Code of the State of California.

(f) Periodic review of the general plan of the city with particular reference to the open space and recreation elements.

(g) Yearly review and update of the parks master plan.

(h) Yearly review and update of properties and funds deriving from the (Quimby Act ordinance).