16-11187r RESOLUTION NO. 11187
RESOLUTION MODIFYING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RICHFIELD
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the importance that transportation
planning has on the overall development of the City of Richfield; and,
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, the City Council modified the establishment of the Richfield
Transportation Commission on March 25, 2008; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council amended Section 305 of the Richfield City Code on
December 8, 2015, codifying requirements pertaining to city commissions and directed
commissions to amend their bylaws to bring them into compliance with Richfield City
Code; and,
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to modify the resolution
establishing the Richfield Transportation Commission.
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. Resolution No. 9607, dated April 12, 2005, and Resolution No. 10080, dated March
25, 2008, related to the establishment of the Transportation Commission, are hereby
repealed.
2. The Commission will consist of nine members and two youth appointees. The City
Council will appoint nine members and two youth appointees. The Community
Services Commission and Planning Commission will each appoint one member from
their respective commissions to serve as liaisons to their respective commissions.
The liaisons from the other commissions will serve as non-voting members of the
Transportation Commission.
3. 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.
4. The Richfield Bicycle Advisory Group (B.A.G.) will appoint one member to serve as a
non-voting liaison to the Transportation Commission with the following provisions:
(a) if the B.A.G. fails to meet regularly for more than four months; or
(b) if regular membership and/or attendance drops below six members; then,
(c) the liaison position be recommended for termination by the City Council.
5. 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.
6. The Commission shall be advisory to the City Council on transportation matters
including:
(a) review of policy plans on the state, regional or city level;
(b) encourage citizen involvement in the City's decision-making process on
transportation issues;
(c) conduct transportation studies; and,
(d) oversee the planning of transportation projects.
7. 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.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 22nd day of
March, 2016.
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Debbie Goettel, ayor
ATTEST:
LElizabeth anHoose, City Clerk