HomeMy WebLinkAboutProposed Legislation Restructuring for RCTC INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
CITY OF PALM DESERT
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RAMON DIAZ, CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: PROPOSED LEGISLATION RESTRUCTURING FOR RCTC
DATE: AUGUST 19, 1997
The attached letter was sent to the Mayor asking for the City's comments. I recommend that the
City submit its approval of the amendment by letter or resolution.
CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION CO
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July 15, 1997
Honorable Richard Kelly
City of Palm Desert
73-510 Fred Waring Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92260
Dear Mayor Kelly:
On behalf of the Commission, I would like to inform you that the Riverside County
Transportation Commission, at its July 9, 1997 meeting, took action to pursue
legislation, either as an urgency bill or for next year's legislative session, to amend the
Commission Board. I am attaching the proposed legislation prepared by Steve DeBaun,
RCTC's Legal Counsel. As you can see, the proposed legislation includes language
regarding alternates for members, voting, weighted vote and quorum requirements.
As part of the process to move forward, the Commission would very much like to have
your respective city's input on the proposed legislation as soon as possible. I have
directed Naty Kopenhaver, Clerk of thn C:nmmincion, to follow-up 011 11 its matter. Your
assistance is greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
WI /RA
Supervisor Robert A. Buster, Chairman
Riverside County Transportation Commission
Attachment
3580 University Avenue, Suite 100 • Riverside, California 92501
(909) 787-7141 • FAX (909) 787-7920
PROPOSED LEGISLATION RESTRUCTURING
RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
SECTION 1. Section 130053 of the Public Utilities Code shall be amended to read as follows:
Riverside County Transportation Commission;Regular Members; appointment.
The Riverside County Transportation Commission shall consist of the following regular
members:
(a) Five members of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors
(b) One member from each incorporated city in Riverside County, who shall be a
mayor or city council person.
(c) One non-voting member appointed by the Governor.
SECTION 2. Section 130053.5 of the Public Utilities Code shall be amended to read as follows:
Riverside County Transportation Commission; Tempuiaiy Alternate Members
(a) (I.) The Board of Supervisors may, from time to time, establish the procedure by
wluuh an alternate may be appointed to represent, on a temporary basis, an absent member of the
Board of Supervisors when the regular member iv not in attendance at dm meeting.
(2.) The procedure may, but is not required to, provide that a member of the Board of
Supervisors may, if he or she is absent from all or part of a commission meeting, appoint another
member of the Board of Supervisors to cast, on a temporary basis, the vote of the abscnt inenmbci
of the Board of Supervisors_
(b) Each incorporated city in Riverside County may appoint one alternate who shall represent,
on a temporary basis, the regular member appointed from that city, but only in cases where the
regular member is not in attendance at the meeting.
SECTION 3. Section 130053.6 is added to the Public Utilities Code and should read as follows.
Riverside County Transportation Commission;voting; Quorum
(a) Each regular member, or alternate member when acting in a place of a regular member,
shall have one vote at meetings of the commission.
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(b) Notwithstanding subdivision(a), any member of the commission may, immediately after a
vote is taken as set forth in subdivision(a), call for a weighted vote. For an item subject to a
weighted vote to be passed, both of the following must occur.
(1.) The item must be approved by a majority of the members of the Board of
Supervisors present at the meeting.
(2.) The item must be approved by a majority of the city members present at the
meeting, with each city member having one vote.
(3.) The item must be approved by city members representing a majority of the
incorporated population of the County represented at the meeting at which the weighted
vote is taken. In this case, each regular city member shall be assigned votes based on the
percentage of the incorporated population of each City represented at the meeting in
relation to the total incorporated population of the County represented at the meeting.
Population data would be determined through State Department of Finance estimates,
which would be adjusted annually.
(c). A quorum of the Commission shall be achieved when the majority of the total membership
of the commission is present at the meeting.
SECTION 4. Section 130053.7 shall be added to read as follow,.
Riverside County Transportation Commission; retention of other responsibilities.
The Riverside County Transportation Commission shall continue as the congestion
management agency and service authority for freeway emergencies until such time as these
designations are changed pursuant to law.
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