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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-04-30 Bd Comm minutesBY-LAWS COMMISSION IOWA CITY RIVERFRONT ARTICLE I MEETINGS Section 1. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of T_his-Commission_shall be held on the 3rd -Thursday of each month. 'Section 2. - Special Meetings. SRecial meetings of the members maybecalled by,theChair- person.-andshall be called -by the Chair- person _atthe request of 3 members of- -the Commission. Section 3. Place of Meetings. Regular meetings shall be in the -Civic Center in Iowa city, Iowa. -or •other.appropriate meet- ing,place, should the Civic Center be unavailable. 4. Notice of'Meeting. Notice of regular -Section meeIngs sshall not be required to all -membeis-afid-the press; special meetings- eetingsmay.-be may.-be- called upon notice- to all mem- bers and the press media by telephone not less :_than 6-hours-beforethe meet - I ing, and 24 hours if a written notice of special meeting is given. -Section 5. Quorum..- A majority of the members of E7 7e commission shall -constitute a quor- um atanymeeting and the majority of votes cast at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be decisive of any -motion -or -election.. section6.Proxies. There shall -be no vote by proxy. Section 7. Public Discussion. Time shall be.made availablelu�ring all regular meetings foropen-public discussion. ;fit iK Y T c ARTICLE II • MEMBERSHIP --. Section 1. Qualifications.- The Riverfront Commi- sion-shaTT consist of seven (7) members. Five ; (5) of said members -shall- be appoint- ed -by the 'Mayor with the approval of; the city: -Council. -.-The The Planning and Zoning -- and Parks' -and' -Recreation Commissions each shall recommend one of its members for appointment by --.the Mayor.- All members_, of the Commission shall be qualified electors of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, -and shall serve Ias such members without compensation but shall be entitled to - the necessary_expenses, including trav- el expenses, incurred in the discharge of their duties. Section 2. Terms.--,Of-the present members, two shall be appointed for a term to ex- pire'December-1, 1973; two shall be -appointed-for a term to expire Decem- _ ber'1, 1974; and one shall be -appoint- ed -for a=term to expire December 1,- _1975` Upon the expiration of terms - of present members, newmembersshall - be appointed for three year terms.:- TheT.term of office of Planning and ' Zoning and Parks and Recreation Members shall be :.one year. Section 3.-Absenses.Frequent unexplained absences of a Commission member may result in a recommendation 'to the Mayor from the Comtmisaion to discharge said member and _ appoint a `new 'Commission member. Section 4. '.Orientation for -New Members ,Prior to t e` -first regu ar meeting ,following their appointmentf new members shall be provided with copies of the pert- inent portions_of the City Code, River - front Commission By -Laws, and 'other doc- uments that would -be -useful to Commis- sion -members in carrying out their duties. They --shall; also be -given an orientation briefing by members of, the .City -Council,;-the City ;Staff, this Commission and others as: may be deemed appropriate. v v - = 3 - L • i ARTICLE III - OFFICERS Section 1.- Number. The officers of this Commi- - si—'on shall be a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson, each of whom shall be elected by members of the Commission: - Section 2. Election and Term of office.The officers of; this Commission shall be - elected annually at the January meet- ing`in each year; if the election of officers shall not. be;'held at such `- -- meetings -such election,shall be held as ` soon .there - after as is 'convenient. Section 3. Vacancies. A'vacancy in any office because of death, -resignation, removal, -' disqualification or otherwise shall be -filled by the members for the un- expired portion of the term. - Section 4." Chairperson. The Chairperson shall, "-when presen , preside at all meetings of the members, _appoint -committees, call special meetings and in general, - perform _all -duties incident to the -_ office of a Chairperson and -such other duties as may be -prescribed by the -members from time -to time. Section 5. Vice -Chairperson In the absence of t e:C airperson_or in the event ofhis death, inability'or-refusal-to act, the Vice -Chairperson shall perform the duties of_;the Chairpersonand'when -so acting shall have all the powers of and be sub- ject­to ;;all __-the- _,restrictions upon the Chairperson. . 5. .__. - - .i.: .r!it _cy..i... ,tY k. ..t•1'4'.� 11':"l •' ARTICLE IV CONDUCT OF COMMISSION AFFAIRS`-- - Section 1.A e�nd�a. The Chairperson, or -a desig- na— temrepresentative together with _, appropriate members of the City Staff or City Council shall prepare an agenda for all regular Commission meet- ings.. Agendas are to be sent to Com- mission members, the City Council, and the media at least three days prior - to the regular meetings: Section 2. Secretary.--A—,secretary, not -to be a - Commission member, shall be provided for_all'regular -and ;special meetings. Section 3. Minutes. Minutes of all regular and special meetings are to be prepared and distributed to Commission members and `City within one week of -,Council the.,meeting, in the manner 'prescribed -- - - by;the Council. Specific recommenda- tions -for the Council are to be set-off -- from the .main body: of the :minutesand appropriately identified. ` Section 4. Policies and Programs. Periodically Me Commission shall review the pol- icies and programs of the City, relat- ing to the River and-Riverfront and -- - make such Yecommendations to the City_ Council as are deemed appropriate. -- Section 5. Referrals from -Council. From time to time -letters, requests for information requests for recommendations, and other matters ;are referred to the Commission by the City Council. Commission shall initiate consideration of such items at the next regualr meeting following receiptand shall notify Council of its disposition. • ARTICLE IV (CONT.) CONDUCT OF COMMISSION AFFAIRS -- Section 6. Attendance at Council Meetings. The --=CommissiChairperson or -designated - representatives are toIbe in atten- dance at City Council meetings, including informal sess-ions, _at which - - matters 'pertaining to the domain of - the -Commissions responsibilities are to be discussed or action taken. The Commission Chairperson is to receive Council agendas prior to each Council meeting and is to be otherwise noti- fieri of meetings -involving Commission business. Section 7. Annual:7.Report. An annual report, -de- tailing the activities of the Commis- sion, shall be prepared by the Chair- person, approved :by the Commission, and submitted to the City Council. ARTICLE -V AMENDMENTS-- - Section 1. These by-laws may= -be altered, amended or;repealed and new by-laws may be adopted by the members at any regular meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose. Y Project 'Area Committee April 1, 1974 page 2 Mr. Klaus stated that the location of this particular business was not 4- 4- ,,t n; criiccinn-:'fnllowed., 1. Page `=2 - Parks and Recreation Commission April 24, 1974' SUMMARY-OF-DISCUSSION-AND FORMAL ACTIONS TAKEN: The Iowa City -Parks and Recreation Commission met in in Special Session, on April 24, 1974at 7.30 p.m. Chairperson Fox the City 'Managers Conference Room. presiding. The minutes of the Regular Meeting, April 1,0, 1974, were approved-with__the; following corrections: - - Page 1-under List,-Of-..Matters Pending Commission- Misspelled-"Motorcycle". Council Disposition. - Page 2 paragraph three,-(3), section three (3), shouldread; Streb=National by-products rezoning request was voted down. Chairperson Fox reported on a meeting, April 24th, with Chubb: Staff the City Manager, -Joe Pugh, and H. Eugene- C.I.P. projects which will requested-Commission-to rank to the Council-on Wednesday, May 1, 1974. then be referred Joe Pugh, Finance Director described the new C.I.P. pro- as a change from one based on funding to a program gram based on function. Staff, with the input from Commission, items by a-func- will 'submit 'to Council. a program-listing of source ti'onal classification, without-identification decide a priority of pro- of funding. Council will then grams,-prior to the allocation of funding.- - Commission concurred with Staf 's proposal for the addi- on the list of. - tion of ,Public Tree Planting t iincluded With the sizable_ Park Projects1. for the 1975-1979 C.I.P. felt to be an area _- expend ture.in the budget,-trees were project has been in ofCommissionconcern. A ten year the entire Community. progress to tree over Following discussion, _it was moved by Buxton and seconded recom- by Davis that the Park and Recreation Commission for the 1975- mend'to City Council the attached ranking 1979 C.I.P.: Unanimous. - _ _ t - - t_- r '' $ - ; • ''-j { Alm , x Tow, City CATV Committee Apri.1 81 19711 Page 2 It was suggested that under Authority/Scope (Appendix C) that there be an "I" stating that:"Shall establish and maintain a -budget for distribution. of funds, -l. funds from grantee as.agreed,and 2. funds solicited from under H above." .-It was also ,suggested that under "G" there should be' a'"3. Establish a pool of trained persons to -assist in production; programming and training in-cablecasting." It was moved and seconded that the Committee adopt'' Appendix C with the additions, 7-0. It was moved that the Board 'of Directors (Appendix P) be composed of "5 members having staggered terms, being ;elected by subscribers, - 5 nominated by grantee3`5 nominated by grantor and the top 5 elected to serve." An amendment to the motion_`was,made, ,to read "The Board of Directors be composed of 5 members having staggered terms, being elected by subscribers, 5 nominated by -grantee, 5 nominated by grantor, nominations from subscribers and°the topelected to serve.", - ,5, seconded and passed 5 -2. -- The Committee will combine these` -two appendices. Itwasmoved and seconded that the Committee adopt Appendix B to be a part of Iowa City Cablecasting Corporation as amended -and t;hat -this will be combined with Appendix C and that :this will -be'- incorporated with Section 11 of the Ordinance -Provision, passed 7-0. It was moved and seconded that Section 4.3 ,Duration,'. Boulder Ordinance Provision, that we should adopt this section as --a negotiable provision, as shown in the Boulder Provision, Appendix V. II, Section B, passed --6-0-1. ; In Sections 5.8 and 13.1 subject arose about the reference to "City maintain -a right to an_earlier purchase of the system." It was moved and seconded %that -we 'amend 'these_ --sections to read "that the City shall maintain the right to purchase.;the system at a time of one half life `of the original franchise and purchase all or part of the' -system.", 7--0. Section 8.9, the Committee at one, time decided that they -would like to -make- their FM provis-ion included .from the public ownership included into the _private. owners hip. Mike; Holland, CATV Information Center, -can ' feels we cablecast without video but we couldn't use FN band -width and that the granting of. the Certificate of Compliance is not a - grant for a FM operation, you can carry existing signals but not maintain a FM signal. Dick Blum suggested than --these sections are desirable if permissable. Chairperson`Welsh suggested that hick Blum and Mike Holland correspond about ;this -section and if we don't get a resolution between them, that -the Committee could ue _ _ - - V � 1£' ' J`�.4.-K i. f .LeY$ L _.- 11'i 't • 'T 4: _ A • Iowa City CATV Committee April 8, 1974 Page 3 ------ -this thisas an appendix-, stating that this section Is desirable. Chairperson Welsh suggested that there be anew section under Rights Reserved tothe Grantor - to read 13.6, "The Grantor may use the cable system 1.for municipal_ services at cost, _or -less, if negotiated or granted -by --the grantee:" It was moved and -seconded that this be a:negotiable item between the and grantee, passed 5-2. Commlttee diacussed Sections -;10.3 and 13.2 but at this time no decisions were made. - - The meeting was adjourned at 10:10 p.m. Appendix IOWA CITY CORPORATION -FOR PUBLIC CABLECASTING- I. ORGANIZATION A. Non-profit Corporation - 1. Stockholders - all subscribers 2. All'stock held in trust by Board of Directors B. Board of Directors - City Council shall appoint first year 1. 5 Members - - - 2. Staggered Terms- 3. Elected by subscribers ---after first year a. 5 nominated-by,grantee b. 5 nominatedby grantor c, additional nominations from subscribers d. top 5 elected to serve - - 4. Chairman elected by Board of Directors; 2 year term repeatable - II. AUTHORITY `- A. Channel 'Usc 1`. Shall lease from grantee for duration of franchise all access channels- a. Fee '$1 per,year 2. May--lease-.any additional channels' a. ---Fee not higher than lowest commercial rate 3. May agree to operate any channel on behalf of>lessee - a. iFee negotiable - - B. -Equipment Use: 1. Shall have complete control over use and scheduling of all access facilities 2. Shall have first call on any equipment not required for immediate -use -by grantee C. Funding. --1'. Grantee -to pay to CPC a -sum -of - -dollars or -- % of gross revenues, whichever + is greater, as annual operating expenses - a. '_Amount renegotiable during life of franchise, -each even numbered years - 2. May. -solicit -contributions, - a. May, not operate "commercial"channels b.`May _acknowledge contributions I m x - i x -_ arc. .ice ': a^-� �_c • _ - . x xr - f D. Operations. 1. May employ individuals 2. May contract for services III. SCOPE A. Operate,Access Channels 1.- Public good, first==duty 2. Establish and enforce fairness policies 6. Operate-Public--Service Channels C. Teach and Inform Users in Techniques 1. Equipment_; 2. Communication