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RESOLUTION NO. 9607
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A 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, it is the desire of the City Council to establish a Richfield
Transportation Commission to advise the Council on a variety of transportation issues and
to encourage citizen involvement in the City's decision-making process on transportation.
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 11 members. The City Council will appoint nine
members. The Community Services Commission and Planning Commission will each
appoint one member from their respective commissions to serve as members of the
Commission and as liaisons to their respective commissions.
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. No more than two members of the
Commission may be non-resident business owner/managers.
3. The Council shall appoint three members to an initial term of one year, three members
to an initial term of two years, and three members to an initial term of three 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) termination of a member's status as a resident of Richfield or as
a non-resident owner/manager of a business in Richfield; (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.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Richfield this 12th day of April, 2005.
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