HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2006 1101 CC REG ITEM 11AORDINANCE NO. 344
M 1 I. A.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS 17.50.040 AND
17.50.120.8 OF CHAPTER 17.50, ART IN PUBLIC PLACES,
OF TITLE 17, ZONING, AND ADDING CHAPTER 2.38,
MOORPARK ARTS COMMISSION, TO TITLE 2,
ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL, OF THE MOORPARK
MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Moorpark ( "Agency ") has
purchased the High Street Arts Center ( "Arts Center ") in an effort to assist with the
revitalization of the downtown area; and
WHEREAS, the Agency and City Council desire to establish a Moorpark Arts
Commission ( "Commission ") to receive community input on the Arts Center's general
operation and performance schedules; and
WHEREAS, the Public Art Advisory Committee ( "Committee ") has been established
to review proposed artwork to be located in public places; and
WHEREAS, the duties assigned to the Committee will be reassigned to the
Commission, which would reduce the needed staffing and administration support for two
entities; and
WHEREAS, on August 2, 2006, the Agency considered the formation of the
Commission and directed staff to schedule an agenda item for the City Council to consider
establishing the Commission and dissolving the Committee.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Municipal Code Section 17.50.040 is hereby amended by replacing the
entire section with the following language:
"17.50.040 Moorpark Arts Commission.
The Moorpark arts commission, established pursuant to Chapter 2.38 of the
municipal code, shall be responsible for the review of proposed artwork design and
location pursuant to Section 17.50.120 of this chapter."
SECTION 2: Municipal Code Section 17.50.120.8 is hereby amended by replacing
the entire section with the following language:
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"B. Approval.
1. The parks, recreation, and community services director shall review the
application for completeness, and if it is found complete, prepare a recommendation
to the arts commission.
2. The commission shall be responsible for reviewing the proposed artwork for its
aesthetic quality and harmony with the existing and proposed on -site improvements,
and the proposed location of and public accessibility to the artwork.
3. The commission shall provide a recommendation to the city council regarding the
site location and conceptual design of the proposed artwork.
4. At the next regularly scheduled city council meeting, following the action by the
commission, the parks, recreation, and community services director shall present
the commission's recommendation for council consideration. Action by the city
council is final."
SECTION 3. Chapter 2.38, Moorpark Arts Commission, is hereby added to the
Municipal Code as follows:
Sections:
2.38.010
2.38.020
2.38.030
2.38.040
2.38.050
2.38.060
2.38.070
2.38.080
2.38.090
"Chapter 2.38
Moorpark Arts Commission
Created.
Membership — Term of Office.
Qualifications.
Removal of members.
Absence from meetings.
Resignation.
Organization.
Duties and Responsibilities.
Compensation.
2.38.010 Created.
A Moorpark arts commission for the city is established with membership and
duties as provided in this chapter.
2.38.020 Membership - Term of Office.
The arts commission shall consist of five (5) members to be appointed by the
city council through an advertisement and recruitment process as established by
council policy and /or resolution. Pursuant to that policy, the mayor shall solicit
suggested nominees from members of the council; prior to making a motion for
appointment, the mayor shall announce the names of all persons he /she intends to
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nominate, and in the order to be nominated; the mayor shall then make a motion
putting forth each individual name to be approved for appointment; a second shall
be required; and the council shall vote on each appointment individually. The term
of the commissioners shall be for a period of two (2) years beginning January 1 of
year one and ending December 31 of year two. No member of the city council shall
be eligible for membership. If a vacancy occurs otherwise than by expiration of a
term, it shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of office by the same
nomination process described herein for a new term of office. Nothing in this
chapter is intended to preclude the reappointment of an arts commissioner upon the
expiration of his or her term.
2.38.030 Qualifications.
The members of the arts commission shall be registered voters and shall reside
in the city's area of interest or the Moorpark Unified School District boundaries, or
own a business within the city of Moorpark. When a person serving on the
commission ceases to reside in the City's area of interest or the Moorpark Unified
School District boundaries, or ceases to own a business within the city of Moorpark,
the mayor shall declare vacant such person's position on the commission, and the
city council shall appoint another eligible person to the unexpired term of such
former member pursuant to Section 2.38.020.A of this chapter. No member of the
commission shall hold any other remunerative office or position with the city.
2.38.040 Removal of members.
Any member of the arts commission may be removed by either of the following:
A. A majority vote of the city council; or
B. Absence from three (3) consecutive regular meetings without formal consent
of the commission shall be deemed to constitute the resignation of the
commissioner and the position declared vacant.
2.32.050 Absence from meetings.
A. If a member of the arts commission is absent from three (3) successive
regular meetings of the commission, without cause, the office of such member shall
be deemed to be vacant and the term of such member ipso facto terminated and
the secretary of the commission shall immediately inform the city clerk and city
council of such termination.
B. An absence due to illness or an unavoidable absence from the city and
written notice thereof to the secretary of the commission on or before the day of any
regular meeting of the commission shall be deemed absence for cause.
2.38.060 Resignation.
Any member of the arts commission may resign at any time. The resignation of
the commissioner shall be in writing and shall be deemed effective immediately
upon receipt by the city clerk regardless of the date specified in the resignation. The
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city clerk shall immediately inform the city council of any such vacancy by causing a
copy of the resignation to be sent to each councilmember.
2.38.070 Organization.
A. At the first regular meeting in January of each year, the arts commission shall
elect its chair from among the appointed members for the term of one year; and,
subject to other provisions of law, may create and fill such other offices as it may
determine.
B. The commission shall hold regular quarterly meetings as determined by the
commission at its first meeting in January of each year, such determination to
include the dates, time and place of such meetings.
C. The commission may hold such additional adjourned or special meetings as
may be called in accordance with the provisions of the Government Code.
D. If any regular meeting falls on a holiday, it shall be held on the next
scheduled business day and all meetings otherwise scheduled or noticed to be held
on a regular meeting day falling on a holiday shall be held at the meeting of the next
business day without the necessity of any other or further notice.
2.38.080 Duties and Responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the arts commission are as follows:
A. Act in an advisory capacity to the city council in all matters pertaining to the
High Street Arts Center's programming activities, administration and development of
the annual theatrical season, promotion of the arts center's programs and services
to stimulate interest therein, and review of a long -range capital improvement plan.
B. In accordance with Municipal Code Chapter 17.50, act in an advisory
capacity and review the conceptual design and placement of artwork, solicit public
comment, and provide a recommendation to the city council on the design and
location.
C. Perform such other duties as may be requested from time to time by the city
council.
2.38.090 Compensation.
Members of the arts commission shall receive compensation for their attendance
at each meeting of the commission as approved by resolution of the city council."
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part of portion of
this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this Ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance
and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part of portion thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase,
part of portion be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its
passage and adoption.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Ordinance; shall enter the same in the book of original ordinances of said City; shall make
a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City
Council at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall, within fifteen (15) days after
the passage and adoption thereof, cause the same to be published once in the Moorpark
Star, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, as defined in Section 6008 of the
Government Code, for the City of Moorpark, and which is hereby designated for that
purpose.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1 st day of November, 2006.
Patrick Hunter, Mayor
ATTEST:
Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk