Redlands Municipal Code Ch. 2.30 Street Tree Commission

There is a Street Tree Commission established to make recommendations and advise the City Council regarding street trees. (Ord. 2996 § 1, 2025)

The Street Tree Commission shall consist of five (5) members appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council. Each member shall serve for a staggered four (4) year term until his or her successor is appointed. No person shall serve more than two (2) consecutive full terms unless appointed to an additional term by a four-fifths (4/5) vote of the City Council. Vacancies on the Commission shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council for the unexpired portion of the term. Appointments made to fill an unexpired term will constitute a full term if more than one-half (1/2) of a term remains. For example, if a term is four (4) years and an appointment for an unexpired term is for more than two (2) years, this appointment constitutes a full term. The members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, shall each be a resident of the City, and neither a member of any other standing commission, board or committee of the City, nor an employee thereof. The City Council may remove any member of the Commission at any time, without cause, by a majority vote. Three (3) members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. (Ord. 2996 § 1, 2025)

Any Commission member who is absent from any three consecutive regular meetings of the Commission, unless excused from such attendance by consent of the Commission, expressed by action of record in its minutes, shall automatically forfeit his or her office as a member of the Commission. The vacancy so created shall be filled by appointment by the City Council for the unexpired portion of the term. (Ord. 2996 § 1, 2025)

The Commission members, shall, upon their appointment, organize and elect a chairman for the term of one year, and such other officers as the Commission members may deem advisable, and shall make such rules and regulations as are necessary to fulfill the obligations and duties of the Commission.

The Commission shall meet quarterly in the months established by resolution of the City Council, which may be amended from time to time. (Ord. 2996 § 1, 2025)

The Street Tree Commission shall be advisory to the City Council and shall recommend to the City Council policies for the planting, care and removal of trees and shrubs in all parkways in the City. The Commission shall have regular meeting dates and shall keep records of all its acts and proceedings. (Ord. 2996 § 1, 2025)