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Home My WebLink AboutORD 59471 CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 5947 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTIONS 2‐9‐3, 2‐9‐4, 2‐9‐5, 2‐9‐6, AND 2‐9‐7 OF THE RENTON MUNICIPAL CODE, BY REVISING PARKS COMMISSION REGULATIONS RELATED TO FUNCTION, MEMBERS, AND TERM; ALIGNING PARKS COMMISSION REGULATIONS WITH CURRENT PRACTICE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. All portions of the Renton Municipal Code in this ordinance not shown in strikethrough and underline edits remain in effect and unchanged. SECTION II. Sections 2‐9‐3, 2‐9‐4, 2‐9‐5, 2‐9‐6, and 2‐9‐7 of the Renton Municipal Code are amended as shown below. All other provisions in Chapter 2‐9 remain in effect and unchanged. 2‐9‐3 FUNCTION: A. The Parks Commission shall establish recommend policy to conduct any form of recreation or cultural activity that will employ the leisure time of the people in a constructive and wholesome manner, including recommending policy to control and supervise all parks belonging to the City. B. In conjunction with the Mayor and City Council, Tthe Parks Commission shall advise the City on the may planning, promoteion, management, construction, development, maintainenance and operateion, either within or without the City limits, of parks, play and recreational grounds and/or other ORDINANCE NO. 5947 2 municipally owned recreation facilities, including community buildings and improvement and ornament of the same. C. The Parks Commission shall receive, in the name of the City, all monies or other property donated by individuals or groups for the improvement of parks and other recreational areas. The Commission reserves the right to reject any such donations, subject to the approval of the Council, in the event that any such donation be considered improper, unlawful or contrary to the purposes as set forth. Any cash received by the Commission on behalf of the City shall be forthwith paid to the Administrator of the Administrative Services Department and same shall be placed in the Park Fund. D. The Parks Commission is authorized to grant concessions and privileges within the parks and recreational areas, under such restrictions, and for such compensation as it shall prescribe, and any monies or properties paid thereunder shall be turned over to the Administrator of the Administrative Services Department. Such revenue shall be used for park purposes only. Any party aggrieved by the Commission in granting or denying such concession and privileges shall have the right of appeal to the Council within thirty (30) days of such action by the Commission. No concession shall be granted for a period of more than five (5) years, with the right for an extension for an additional five (5) year period of time, should the Commission deem it advisable, and then only upon condition that the concessionaire fulfill all conditions and provisions of the original five (5) year concession contract. ORDINANCE NO. 5947 3 E. The Commission shall not have the power to acquire any property, by gift or otherwise, without the consent of the Council and any properties so received and acquired shall be in the name of the City. 2‐9‐4 APPOINTMENT; MEMBERS: The Parks Commission shall consist of eight seven (87) members, who shall be residents of the City of Renton, one of whom shall be under 21 years of age at the time of appointment, who shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to the confirmation by a majority of the members of the City Council. No cCommissioner shall receive any compensation for his or her service whatsoever except for reimbursement of actual expenditures duly authorized by the City Council. 2‐9‐5 TERM: A. The term of each cCommissioner so appointed shall be for a period of four (4) years from the date of such appointment. Such term shall also apply to incumbent Commissioners and each Commissioner shall serve until his or her successor has been appointed and duly qualified. The terms of office shall begin on the first Monday in June. At the expiration of each cCommissioner’s term, the Mayor shall appoint, subject to confirmation or concurrence of by a majority of the members of the City Council members, a successor cCommissioner, if the commissioner, whose term has expired, is not recommended for reappointment. B. Members of the Parks Commission may be removed at any time by the appointing authority and vacancies for the remainder of unexpired terms shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Three unexcused absences ORDINANCE NO. 5947 4 in a one‐year period of time shall result in automatic removal of the a Ccommissioner. The Parks Commission shall, by a majority vote, elect one of its members to be President chairperson thereof and may appoint such other officers as may be deemed necessary by them. 2‐9‐6 COMMISSION AUTHORITY: The Parks Commission shall have the authority to propose rules and regulations for the operation, management and maintenance of parks and other recreational facilities, including recommendations to the City Council to fix charges for regarding the use of any municipally owned or controlled park or recreational facilities. 2‐9‐7 APPOINTMENT, QUALIFICATIONS, AND DUTIES OF PARKS DIRECTOR AND RECREATION DIRECTOR EX OFFICIO MEMBER AND STAFF LIAISON: A. When there is a vacancy in the position of Parks Director or Recreation Director, the Parks Commission, in conjunction with the Community Services Administrator, shall recommend one or more qualified candidates for the positions of Parks Director or Recreation Director to the Mayor for consideration for an appointment to that position. The Mayor shall appoint a candidate to the position of Parks Director or Recreation Director, or may reject the recommendations of the Parks Commission, and ask for additional names to be submitted. The Mayor shall not appoint a Parks Director or Recreation Director without that individual’s name having been recommended by the Parks ORDINANCE NO . 5947 Commission . The person that the Mayor appoints to the position of Parl<s Director or Recreation Director shall be s1:1bject to confirmation by the City Co1:1ncil. 8. The q1:1alifications and d1:1ties for the positions of Parks Director and Recreation Director shall be established by the l=l1:1man Reso1:1rces Department of the City with the conc1:1rrence ofthe Parks Commission. 8_G. The Community Services Administrator may appoint a designee to Tfle. Parks Director or Recreation Director rnay serve as an ex officio member of the Parks CommissionL but such designee shall have no vote thereon.:.... _____ _ B. The designee appointed pursuant to RMC 2-9-7 .A This individ~:~al shall serve as the be the liaison or staff liaison s1:1pport to the Park~ Board Commission . .0.:. The salaries of the Parks Director or Recreation Director shall be as fixed in the ann1:1al b~:~dget of the City. SECTION Ill. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or work of this ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court or competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the constitutionality of any other section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this ordinance . SECTION IV. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after publication of a summary of this ordinance in the City's official newspaper. The summary shall consist of this ordinance's title. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 18th day of November, 2019. 5 ORDINANCE NO . 5947 APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 18th day of November, 2019. Approved as to form : ~~ Shane Moloney, City Attorney Date of Publication: 11/22/2019 (Summary) ORD:2064:8/14/19 :scr 6