HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 652-91 11-26-1991 ORDINANCE NO. 6 5 2
• AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13, "ADVISORY
BOARDS", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AS AMENDED, BY THE
ADDITION THERETO OF A NEW SECTION 5: "PARKS AND
BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD' ; CREATING SAID
BOARD; PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO
SAID BOARD; SETTING FORTH THE POWERS AND DUTIES
OF THE SAID PARKS AND BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY
BOARD; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; REPEALING CONFLICTING
ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas:
I.
That CHAPTER 13: "Advisory Boards" of the Code of Ordinances, City of
Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended by the addition of a new
Section 5: "Parks and Beautification Advisory Board", which Section shall hereafter
be and read as follows:
SECTION 5: PARKS AND BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD
A. CREATION: QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS
• There is hereby created the Richland Hills Parks and Beautification
Advisory Board. Members of the Board shall be registered voters within
the City on the date of their appointment. No member may serve on
more than one other Richland Hills board, commission or committee. All
members shall serve without compensation. No debts of any kind or
character shall be made or incurred by the Board or by anyone acting in
its behalf.
B. COMPOSITION. APPOINTMENTS AND TERMS OF MEMBERS
1. The Parks and Beautification Advisory Board shall be composed of
15 members who shall hold designated places la, lb, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a,
3b, 3c, 4a, 4b, 4c, Sa, Sb, and Sc. Each council member shall be entitled
to nominate persons to serve on said Board in the numbered place
corresponding to the numbered place on the City Council held by said
council member. All nominations shall be approved unless rejected by the
affirmative vote of four councilmembers. Members of the Board shall
serve terms of two years, corresponding to the term of the council
member whose place corresponds to the numbered place held by the
individual member.
2. Members of the Board at the time this ordinance is adopted shall be
assigned their designated places by drawing numbers corresponding to the
places to be assigned.
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Once assigned a numbered place as provided hereby, the term of each
member of the Board shall be automatically adjusted to correspond to the
• term of the councilmember whose numbered place corresponds to the
place of the member.
3. The city staff representative to the Board shall be the Director of
Public Works or a representative designated by the City Manager. The
Mayor shall designate one council member annually to serve as a
non-voting, ex officio member of the Board.
C. VACANCIES: UNEXPIRED TERMS
Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Board shall be filled by
appointment and approval of the City Council, in the same manner as
provided above for appointment of members for full terms, for the
remainder of the unexpired term of the member whose place becomes
vacant. The Board may submit to the City Council recommendations of
persons qualified to fill such vacancies. Alternate members of the Board
shall be given first preference by the council for appointment to fill such
vacancy.
D. OFFICERS
The officers of the Board shall be a chairman, who shall be elected by a
majority vote of the members at their first organizational meeting, and
thereafter when the incumbent chairman shall leave office for any reason
and avice-chairman and a secretary who shall be elected by a majority
vote of the members.
• E. MEETINGS. RULES OF PROCEDURE AND nUORUM
The Board shall hold meetings regularly at least once each month at a
time and place designated by majority vote of the members. The Board
shall, in matters of procedure, be governed by Robert's Rules of Order,
and may adopt such additional rules of procedure as it may deem
necessary. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business.
F. MINUTES AND ATTENDANCE REPORTS SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL
The secretary shall keep minutes of all proceedings of the Board and shall
submit said minutes, following each meeting, to the City Secretary. Said
minutes shall become a part of the City Council's informational reports.
The secretary shall also keep attendance records on each member for
submission to the City Council along with the Board's minutes and will
make specific notation if a member misses two consecutive meetings.
Members must attend at least 75% of all meetings of the Board, based on
a 12 month period beginning June 1 of each year.
G. REMOVAL OF MEMBERS
The City Council may remove for good cause any member or members of
the Board by the affirmative vote of four councilmembers, and shall
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thereupon proceed to fill the vacancy thereby created in the manner
provided above.
• H. POWERS AND DUTIES
The powers and duties of the Board shall be as follows:
1. To act in an advisory capacity on the operation, layout, planning
and development of parks and outdoor recreation facilities operated
by the City.
2. To provide guidance and assistance in the form of recommendations
by providing a yearly budget to the City Council for the expenditure
of funds out of the Parks and Beautification Fund for projects which
support the beautification and the general appearance of the city.
3. To assist in the development of the city's Five Year Capital
Improvements Plan including future acquisition of potential park
and open space lands.
4. To promote community appearance and to stimulate public interest
therein, and to solicit to the fullest extent possible from all civic
groups, other public agencies and private organizations their
cooperation, support and assistance in the improvement of park
facilities and general appearance of the community.
5. To recommend to the City Council general rules and regulations
governing the use of parks, open spaces and other outdoor
• recreational facilities.
6. To recommend to the City Council in an advisory capacity
beautification and outdoor recreational programs for the citizens of
the city.
7. When requested by the City Council, initiate and coordinate
beautification and outdoor recreational programs for the citizens of
the city.
I. APPLICATIONS
Any person wishing to be considered for appointment to this or any other
board, commission or committee of the City shall complete and file an
application therefor with the City Secretary, on forms supplied by the
City. The City Secretary shall maintain all such applications for a period
of two (2) years after their filing, for consideration by any
councilmember considering an appointment to any city board, commission
or committee.
II.
Severability Clause. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this
ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of
this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or
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decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and
sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid or
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
III.
Saving Clause. That Chapters 1 and 13 of the Code of Ordinances, City of
Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and
except as amended by this ordinance.
IV.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage and publication as provided by the Richland Hills City Charter and the
laws of the State of Texas.
V.
Repealer. Subsections A through M of Section 14, "Parks and Beautification
Advisory Board" of Chapter 1, "General Provisions" of the Code of Ordinances, City
of Richland Hills, Texas, are hereby repealed. Said Section 14 of Chapter 1 is
hereby redesignated "Parks and Beautification Fund", and former Subsections N and
O thereof are hereby redesignated A and B, respectively.
PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a regular meeting
of the Richland Hills City Council on the ~ day of NOV 1991, by a vote
of ~ ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions.
APPR
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James R. Truitt, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Pauline Kempe, City Secre ary
VED AS TO FORM:
Paul F. Wie eskie, City Attorney
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