HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016/04/26 City Council Ordinance 898ORDINANCE 898
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITYOF ROHNERT
PARK REPEALING ROHNERT PARK MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.24
"CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION" AND AMENDING SECTION 2.32.040
TO ADD CULTURAL ARTS OVERSIGHT TO THE POWERS OF THE
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
WHEREAS, the City of Rohnert Park has an established Cultural Arts
Commission that is no longer able to meet due to lack of membership establishment to
meet quorum; and
WHEREAS, it is an established practice to include cultural arts oversight as a
role for a parks and recreation commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to consolidate the functions of the Cultural
Arts Commission with Parks and Recreation Commission functions; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park does hereby
ordain as follows:
A. Repeal. Rohnert Park Municipal Code Chapter 2.24 "Cultural Arts Commission"
inclusive of Sections 2.24.010 through 2.24.060, is hereby repealed and shall be deleted
in its entirety.
B. Amendment. Rohnert Park Municipal Code Section 2.32.040 "Powers" of Chapter
2.32 "Parks and Recreation Commission" shall hereby be amended to read as follows:
2.32.040 - Powers.
The parks and recreation commission shall make recommendations to the city
council, the city manager and the recreation director regarding policies, rules and
regulations relating to the conduct of recreation centers, recreation, and public and
community recreation within the city, and may make recommendations concerning rates
or fees to be charged for use of recreation facilities of the city. The commission may
make recommendations to the city council and the city manager regarding personnel
needed to assist the recreation director and recreation commission. The commission shall
have such other powers and duties as assigned to it by the city council. The commission
shall also make recommendations to the city council, the city manager and the recreation
director regarding cultural arts development in the community. The cultural arts
functions shall be to:
A. Operate in an advisory capacity and encourage the development of programs
among community groups for the cultural enrichment of the city, as well as
encourage programs from outside the area to be showcased in Rohnert Park;
B. Encourage the beautification of the appearance of the city;
C. Advise the council on matters affecting the beauty and culture of the city;
D. Render recommendations to council boards or commissions as they regard the
fields of art, aesthetics and beautification of the city;
E. Initiate with city council's concurrence or by request of the city council and
review and make recommendations on works of art now existing or to be
acquired or commissioned by the city, either by purchase, gift or otherwise, and
their proposed locations when requested by city council.
F. Examine every two years the condition of monuments and works of art, and
existing municipal facilities insofar as they serve to further the beauty of cultural
enrichment of the community and make a report to the council with
recommendations for their care, maintenance or improvement.
G. Commission art works with the approval of the city council, with special
emphasis on local artists.
H. Act as art ambassadors, representing the city of Rohnert Park within the
community and outside the community.
I. Act as the city council's liaison with the public in the field of art.
J. Create the list of guidelines to determine qualified artists in order to make
recommendations to the city council regarding grant monies.
K. Keep abreast of the current changes and trends affecting the arts and convey
changes and new ideas to the city council.
L. Assess the needs of our artistic community and try to find ways to address those
needs.
M. Review and make recommendations to the city on cultural concepts of sites,
documents and buildings deemed of historical importance within the influence
of Rohnert Park.
N. The commission will report to the city council once a year on the state of
Cultural Arts in the community and opportunities the city has to enhance the
cultural arts in the community.
C. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is
for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it should
have adopted the Ordinance and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be
declared unconstitutional.
D. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effective thirty (30) days
after its adoption and shall be published and posted as required by law.
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This Ordinance was introduced by the Council of the City of Rohnert Park on April 12,
2016, and DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED on April 26, 2016, by the following
vote:
AYES: Five (5) Councilmembers Ahanotu, Callinan, Stafford, Mackenzie,
and Mayor Belforte
NOES: None (0)
ABSENT: None (0)
ABSTAIN: None (0 )
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
Gin B ' -te Mayor
ATTEST:
Caitlin Saldanha, Deputy City Clerk
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
Pursuant to California Government Code $ 36933 and S 40806
Pursuant to Rohnert Park Municipal Code 1.08.010
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
County of Sonoma
l, Caitlin Saldanha, Deputy City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that a true and
correct copy of Ordinance No, 898:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOHNERT PARK
REPEALING ROHNERT PARK MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.24 "CVLTURAL
ARTS COMMISSION" AND AMENDING SECTION 2.32.040 TO ADD CULTURAL
ARTS OVERSIGIIT TO THE POWERS OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMISSION
was published on April 29, 2016 as required by law and posted in five (5) public places in
said City, to:.
www.rpcitv.orq for website posting
City Hall
130 Avram Avenue
Public Safety Main Station
500 City Center Drive
Rohnert Park Community Center
5401 Snyder Lane
Rohnert Park - Cotati Regional Library
6250 Lynne Conde Way
Signed
Su and sworn to before me thi ,2016
Carol Adams, Executive Assistant to the City Manager
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CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION IN
"The Community VOICE"
(Published every Friday)
in the
SUPERIOR COURT
of the
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In and For the County of Sonoma
COUNTY OF SONOMA
City of Rohnert Park
Ordinance 898
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, The undersigned does hereby certify and declare: That at all times hereinafter sworn, deposes
and says: That at all times hereinafter mentioned she was a citizen of the United States, over the age of eighteen years and a
resident of said county and was at all said times the principal clerk of the printer and publisher of The Community VOICIÌ, a
newspaper of general circulation, published in the City of Rohnert Park, in said County of Sonoma, State of California; that
The Communþ VOICE is and was at all times herein mentioned, a newspaper of general circulation as that term is dehned
by Section 6000 of the Govemment Code; its status as such newspaper of general circulation having been established by
Court Decree No. 3581 5 of the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Sonoma, Department No. I
thereof; and as provided by said Section 6000, is published for the dissemination oflocal and telegraphic news and
intelligence of a general character, having a bona fîde subscription list of paying subscribers, and is not devoted to the
interest, or published for the entertainment or instruction of a particular class, profession, trade, calling, race or denomination,
or for the entertainment and instruction of such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or denominations; that at all said
times said newspaper has been established and published in the said City of Rohnert Park, in said County and State at regular
intervals for more than one year preceding the first publication of this notice herein mentioned; that said notice was set in
type not smaller than non-pareil and was preceded with words printed in black face type no smaller than non-pareil,
describing and expressing in general terms, the purport and character ofthe notice intended to be given; that the " City of
Rohnert Park, Ordinance 898" of which the annexed is a printed copy, was published in said newspaper at least
-l-consecutive time(s), commencing on the 29 Day of April, 2016 and ending on the 29 day of April, 20 I 6.
I HEREBY CERTIFY AND DECLARE UNDER THE PENALTY OF perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
EXECUTED this 29 Day of April, 2016 at Rohnert Park, California
Signed
Smith Chief Clerk
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TO ADD CULTUR'II IRTS OI'ERCEIÎ rc fiE FüERS
OF THE TRKSAIID RECREAIþT COTTFSIOII
IllfREA$ the City of Rohnert Park has an established Gultural Arts
Gommi¡¡ion that is no longê¡ able to meet due to lack of membership establlshment
to maet quorum; and
üCREAS, it is an establlshed practice to include cultunl arts oversight ar a
role for a pafl€ and recrealion commission; and
HEREA$ the Cþ Counc¡l wishcs to consolidate the functions of the Cultural
Commi3slon rvith Parks and Recreation Comm¡$ion fünctions; and
ilOll IIFREFfiE the Cily Gouncil of the City of Rohnê¡t Park does horeby
ordain ¡¡ follows;
R.foal. Rohnert Park flunícipal Gode Chapter 2.24 "Cultural Arts Gommisslon' in-
cluslye of Sec'lions 2.24.010 through 2.24.060, is hereby repealed and shall be deletod
in ib onthety.
&Amondmènt, Rohnert Park Municipal Gode Sec,tion 2.32.M0 "Powerc" of Chapter
2.32 'Pa*s and Recreation Commlssion" shall hereby be amended to read as fol-
low3:
2.32.11¡10. Powers.
The parks and rocroation commission shall make recommêndations to the city
councll, tho city manager and the r€cßation direc'tor regarding policies, rules and
rogulstlons relaling to the conduct of recreat¡on centsrs, recreation, and public end
communlly recreatlon within the city, and may maks recommendalions conceming
ratoe or feee to be charged fo¡ use of rec¡eation facilities of the city. The commicion
may make recommendations to the city council and lhe city manager regarding per-
sonnol needed to ass¡Et ths recreation director and recreation comml$ion. The com.
mlsdon shall have such other powerE and dulies aE assigned to it by the city councll,
Ìh€ commlss¡on shall also make recommendations to the city council, the city mrn.
eger and the recrsation d¡rector regard¡ng cultural arlÊ devolopment in the commu-
nity. Th6 cultural arts functions shall be to:
A. Operate in an adv¡Eory capacity and encourage the development of
programs among community groups forthe culturâl ênr¡chment of the city,
as well as encourage progråms from outside the area to be showcased ln
Rohnsrt Park;
B. Encourage the beautification of the appearance of the city;
C. Advise the counc¡l on mattêrs affec-ting the beauty and culture of the c¡ty;
D. Render recommendations to council boards or commi3slons as thoy regard
ths f¡olds of art, aæthetics and beautillcation of the city;
B lnitiate with c¡ty council's concunence or by request of the c¡ty council and
revlew ând maks rocommendations on works of art now existing or to be
acquired or commissioned by the clty, oithor by purchaso, gifr or otherwlse,
and their proposed localions when requ6ted by city council.
F, Examlne every two yoa.s the condition of monumenÈ and works of art, and
existing municipal fácillties insofar as they serveto furthor the beauty of
cultural enrichinent of the community and make a report to the counc¡l lyith
recommendations for thslr care, ma¡ntenanoe or ¡mprovoment.
G. Commission art works with the approyal of the C¡ty council, with speclal
emphasis on local artiEts.
H. Act as a¡t ambassadors, repres€nting the city of Rohnert Park withín the
community and outside thê community.l. Act as the city council's liaison wilh the publ¡c ín the field of a¡t.
J. Creato the l¡st of guidsl¡nos to dêterm¡ne qualiliod arlisb in order to m¡ko
recommendalions to the city council regarding grant monies.
K. Keep abreast of the cunent changes and trends affeclinglhe arb and
convey changes and nsw ldeæ to $e city council.
L. Asscss the nêeds of our artistic community aQ{ty to find wrys !o qddf6!
tho¡C needs"' Ill. Review and make rbcommendations to the city on cultural concepb of
sites, documents and buildinç deemed of hlstorlcal lmportance wlth¡n the' lnfluence of Rohnert Park.
N. The commission wlll report to the city council once a year on the state of
Cultural Arts ¡n the communitv and on¡ortunities thsJitv has to enhance
thc cúnunr arra in g¡¡nr.uîityi.# gi : '
G. Severabllity. lf any sec{ionffirç{ion, sedtültt, claus€ or pllâso of this Ord¡.
nance ls for any .êason held to be idvalid, such decis¡on shall not affect the validlty
of the remaining portioß of this Ordinance. Ihe City Gouncil hsrsby declare6 thåt ¡t
should have adopted thâ Ordinance and each sec{ion, subsect¡on, clause or phr¡¡e
thorcof, inespec{ive of the fac{ that any one or more subsections, sentences, clruror
or pàræos be declared unconsl¡tutional.
D. Efhclive Date. This Ordinance ¡hall be in full force and effective thir{y (30) dayr
añer lte ado¡ition qnd shall be publbhed and postod as requked by law.
Thb Ordinance wãs introduced by the Gouncil of the Cþ of Rohnert Park on Aprll
12,2016, and DULYAND REGULARLYADoPIED on April 26, 2016, by the following
vote:
AYES: Five (5) GouncilmembeßAhanotu, Callinan, Stafford, Mackenzie and
ftlayor Belforte
(0)ilOES: l{one
ABSElll None
A&9TAlil:None
(0)
(0)
City of Rohnert Park
Gina Befforte, llayorDât d: April 2ô, 2016
AïTEST: Caitlin Saldanha
Dogr¡ty Clty Clofl(
ADpiove e3 to from:
tlch¡lle *archetla Konyon, Ctty Attom€y
Publl¡hed: Aptil 29, 20t6
fhe Community \folce