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ORDINANCE NO. 11
AN ORDINANCE CREATING AND ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION ON ENVIRON-
MENTAL QUALITY FOR THE CITY OF JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI,
ESTABLISHING MEMBERSHIP THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT
AND TERMS OF MEMBERS, THE JURISDICTION, POWER AND DUTIES THEREOF
AND THE BUDGET AND STAFF OF SAID COMMISSION.
! BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON CITY,
( MISSOURI , AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Commission on Environmental Quality. There is
hereby created a Commission on Environmental Quality.
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+� Section 2 . Membership of Commission. The Commission on
Environmental Quality shall consist of eight (8) members as
follows:
A. A member of the City Council chosen by the
Council.
B. A member of the City Park Board chosen by
the said Board.
C. A member of the City Planning and Zoning
Commission chosen by the said Commission.
D. Five resident freeholders of the City of
Jefferson City, Missouri.
Section 3. Appointment of Members. The Mayor shall, with
the approval and consent of a majority of the members of the
City Council, appoint the five resident freeholder members.
Said five resident freeholder members shall be appointed for
five-year terms except that of the members first appointed, one
shall be appointed for a one-year term, one for a two-year term,
one for a three-year term, one for a four-year term, and one for
a full five-year term. The representatives of the City Council,
of the City Park Board and of the City Planning and Zoning Com-
mission shall serve one-year terms. Any vacancies in the Com-
mission on Environmental Quality shall be filled by appointment
and approval in like manner for the unexpired portion of the
term. All members shall continue -to serve until their successors
AIM shall have been appointed and qualified.
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Section 4 . Powers and Duties of the Commission. The
Commission on Environmental Quality shall have the following
powers and duties :
A. To monitor the quality of the environment
within the city, including measurements of
air, water and noise pollution, utilizing
available sources of data supplemented by such
additional measurements as the Commission
shall deem necessary. The Commission shall
prepare reports at least once each three months
summarizing data relating to the quality of the
environment and any changes that have occurred,
said reports to be filed with the City Council
and made a matter of public record.
B. The Commission shall survey the streets of
the city to ascertain the quality of existing
street tree-planting and shall prepare a long-
range street tree-planting plan, including
estimates of cost of installation and mainte-
nance, including the proper maintenance and
care of existing street trees.
C. The Commission shall prepare a long-range
city beautification program, including proposals
for plantings in addition to street trees and
provisions for new plazas , fountains, statuary
and similar elements of a civic beautification
program. The Commission shall have authority
to review plans for proposed public parking
lots and other public facilities with an eye
toward recommending beautification procedures
thereupon.
D. The Commission shall examine the codes and
ordinances of the city as said codes and
ordinances relate to environmental quality,
including those that regulate or restrict the
use of billboards and signs and those that
relate to pollution by sound. The Commission
shall prepare such recommendations as it may
deem appropriate regarding the consolidation,
improvement and strengthening of such ordinances
and the removal of inconsistencies therefrom.
Any new or proposed bills relating to environ-
mental quality shall be submitted by the City
Clerk to the Commission on Environmental Quality
and said Commission shall have not less than 10
days in which to review said bills and make
recommendations to the City Council.
E. By making sample investigations, the Com-
mission shall from time to time monitor the
enforcement of all city ordinances relating to
the environmental quality and report to the
City Council any instance found of lack of
vigorous enforcement of such regulations.
F. In cooperation with the Missouri Public
Service Commission and the utilities involved,
the Commission shall prepare a program looking
toward the eventual undergrounding of all over-
heai, wires in the city.
Section 5 . Meetings of the Commission. The Commission on
Environmental Quality shall hold a regular business meeting at
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least once each month at such time and place as shall be
established by rule of the Commission. The Commission may hold
such additional business, meetings as it shall, from time to time
deem necessary. The Commission shall elect, at its first meeting
in each fiscal year and from among its five resident freeholder
members, a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman and a Secretary-Treasurer
and said officers shall be eligible to succeed themselves at the
will of the Commission.
Section 6. Annual Report. The Commission shall make an
annual report to the City Council giving a full account of its
business and its accomplishments.
Section 7. Expenses -of the Commission. The City Council
may appropriate funds for the use of the Commission in its work
and the Commission shall submit to the Council a proposed budget
indicating the amounts needed and the purpose for which they would
be used. The Commission, or the City Council acting for the
Commission, may receive Federal and State grants for the work
of the Commission. The Commission also is empowered to accept
and use private contributions for the furtherance of its work.
Section 8. Staff of the Commission. Subject to the
limitations imposed by a budget approved by the City Council, the
Commission may employ such full-time or part time employees ,
consultants or experts as it deems necessary in the furtherance
of its work. The Commission may request and shall receive the
cooperation of city officials and city employees to the extent
reasonably possible in providing it assistance for the further-
ance of its duties.
Section 9. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in
force and effect from and after its passage and approval.
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Section 10. Conflicting Ordinances. All ordinances or
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are repealed
insofar as they do conflict.
Passed Approve
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5esident of the courvil Mayor
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Attest:
ty Clerk
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