08-10080r
RESOLUTION NO.1 0080
RESOLUTION MODIFYING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RICHFIELD
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the importance that transportation planning
has on the overall development of the City of Richfield;
WHEREAS, the City Council established a Richfield Transportation Commission on
April 12, 2005 to advise the Council on a variety of transportation issues and to encourage
citizen involvement in the City's decision-making process on transportation; and,
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to modify the resolution establishing
the Richfield Transportation Commission regarding the liaisons from other commissions.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Richfield,
Minnesota that a Richfield Transportation Commission be established as follows:
1. The Commission will consist of eleven members. The City Council will appoint Rffie
eleven members. The Community Services Commission and Planning Commission
will each appoint one member from their respective commissions to serve as niembers
of the Commission ~md 3S liaisons to their respective commissions. The liaisons from
the other commissions will serve as non-votinQ members of the Transportation
Commission.
2. To be eligible for appointment, a person must be a resident or owner/manager of a
business in Richfield and must have an interest in diverse transportation or
environmental issues. It is desirable that each Council Ward be represented by three
residents or owner/managers of businesses.
3. The Council shall appoint three members to an initial term of two years, three members
to an initial term of three years, and three members to an initial term of four years. All
subsequent Council appointments shall be for a term of three years, except when filling
a vacancy in an unexpired term. The Community Services Commission and Planning
Commission shall establish the length of the term for their respective appointees at the
time of the appointment, but the term may not exceed the remaining term of the
appointee's membership on the appointing commission.
4. Members serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and may be removed at any
time. When a vacancy occurs, the appointing authority shall appoint a person to fill the
unexpired term of the vacated seat.
5. The Commission shall be advisory to the City Council on transportation matters
including: (1) review of policy plans on the state, regional or city level; (2) encourage
citizen involvement in the City's decision-making process on transportation issues; (3)
conduct transportation studies; and, (4) oversee the planning of transportation projects.-
6. The Commission will be charged to recommend transportation capital improvements
and prepare reports to the City Council on other related topics that the Council refers to
it.
7. A seat on the Commission is deemed vacated upon any of the following: (a) death; (b)
failure to attend three (3) consecutive regular meetings of the Commission without an
excused absence; (c) removal of legal residence in the City; (d) resignation in writing
presented to the Mayor; (e) removal by the appointing authority; or (f) election or
appointment to a public office. An absence is excused if a member provides advance
notice to the city staff or the Chair that the member cannot attend a meeting.
8. In addition to the designated number of members to serve on the Commission, each
January, the City Council shall designate a Council Member as liaison and a second
Council Member as alternative liaison to this Commission.
9. This resolution will become effective on January 31,2009.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Richfield this 25th day of March, 2008.
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Debbie Goettel, Mayor
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