Redlands Municipal Code Ch. 2.32 Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission

There is a Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission established to make recommendations and advise the City Council regarding parks, parkways, street trees and recreation. (Ord. 2745, 2011)

The Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission shall consist of five (5) members. Four (4) members shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council. The fifth member shall be a City Council appointed student member who shall be a full voting member from the sophomore or junior class of a Redlands Unified School District high school for a term of one year, beginning January 1 and ending December 31. Each member shall serve for a 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, with the exception of the student member, 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. 2995 § 4, 2025: Ord. 2875, 2019)

Any member of the commission who absents himself or herself from any three (3) regular meetings of the commission within any twelve (12) month period, unless excused from such attendance by consent of the commission expressed by action of record in its minutes, shall thereby automatically forfeit his or her office as a member of the commission. The Chairperson or Secretary of the commission shall thereupon, notify the City Council in writing within three (3) business days after adjournment of any such third meeting at which such member has not appeared within any twelve (12) month period. The vacancy so created shall be filled pursuant to section 2.32.020 of this chapter for the unexpired portion of the term. (Ord. 2875, 2019)

The Commissioners shall, upon their appointment, organize and elect a Chairman for the term of one year, and such other officers as the Commissioners 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 separate resolution of the City Council, which resolution may be amended from time to time. (Ord. 2995 § 5, 2025: Ord. 2745, 2011)

The commission shall recommend to the City Council policies for the acquisition, development, maintenance and improvement of parks, public trails and open space areas, and for the planting, care and removal of landscaping and amenities in all parks, public trails and open space areas. In addition, the commission shall have the following duties relating to recreation:

A. Use the Commissioners' skills, knowledge and experience to assist and advise the City Recreation Division staff;

B. Keep the public informed about the City's recreation program;

C. Serve as a forum for the promotion of activities for the Recreation Division and the City's Community Center;

D. Serve as a forum for residents' suggestions, reactions, opinions, interests and needs regarding the City's Recreation Division and its programs.

The commission shall have regular meeting dates and shall keep records of all of its acts and proceedings. (Ord. 2745, 2011)