The Council may authorize the organization, production and operation of a comprehensive recreation and park system involving the acquisition, development and maintenance of recreation and park facilities within or without the territorial limits of the City and to these ends make expenditures from the general fund of the City.
(Ord. 97-4, eff. 4/03/97)
The Recreation and Parks Commission shall be composed of five members, all of whom represent the community "at large."
(Ord. 97-4, eff. 4/03/97; Ord. 94-33, eff. 1/19/95; Ord. 89-6 § 1, eff. 4/20/89)
(a) 
Any person may be appointed a member of the Recreation and Parks Commission who is a resident of the City.
(b) 
Members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Mayor and Council.
(c) 
Members of the Commission shall be appointed using the procedure specified in Council Policy #97-1. Each member shall serve until replaced. When a member is appointed to fill a vacancy in the Commission, such appointee shall only serve for the unexpired portion of the term of office of the member whose vacancy he or she fills. Appointments to the Recreation and Parks Commission shall be made at the last regular meeting of the Council held in the month of January of odd-numbered years, and whenever a vacancy occurs in the Commission by reason of the removal, resignation, death, or other inability of a member of the Commission to act.
(Ord. 2003-02, eff. 3/6/03; Ord. 2001-01, eff. 3/8/01; Ord. 97-4, eff. 4/03/97; Ord. 88-18 § 3, eff. 10/20/88; Ord. 89-33 § 1, eff. 2/1/90)
(a) 
The Recreation and Parks Commission shall hold regular meetings at the City Hall in the Council Chambers at such time as is fixed by resolution. The Commission may hold such special meetings as the Commission shall call in accordance with the provisions of the Brown Act. All business conducted at a special meeting by the Commission shall be approved by at least an affirmative vote of four members.
(b) 
The Recreation and Parks Commission shall elect one of its members to act as its chairman, and the chairman shall appoint, subject to the approval of the Commission, such committees among the members of the Commission as he sees fit. The chairman shall be an ex officio member of each committee so appointed.
(c) 
Except as otherwise provided by the Council or by this Code, the Commission shall have the power to prescribe its own manner of conducting meetings and its own rules and procedure.
(Ord. 97-4, eff. 4/03/97)
The Recreation and Parks Commission shall appoint its secretary who may be an employee of the Recreation and Parks Department.
(Ord. 97-4, eff. 4/03/97)
The Recreation and Parks Commission may make such recommendations to the City Council as it deems necessary concerning the organization, promotion, conduct and management of programs of community recreation in the City and the establishment of systems of playgrounds and recreation, and the acquisition, improvement, maintenance, operation and management of recreation facilities within or without the territorial limits of the City, as well as parkland dedications and subdivision in-lieu fees, residential development taxes, and urban forestry. The Recreation and Parks Commission shall have the power and authority to hold public hearings and meetings and to conduct investigations and surveys for the purpose of securing facts and data concerning the matters enumerated in this section. The Recreation and Parks shall have the authority to hold public hearings related to fees charged for recreational programs and services provided by the department and may impose fee adjustments as they find necessary. Such adjustments shall be subject to review by City Council as provided in Section 10-1.02. The Recreation and Parks Commission shall have only such powers as are expressly granted by this chapter or as are granted by motion of the City Council.
The Recreation and Parks Commission shall also perform the duties provided in Chapter 8-3 (Historical Landmarks).
(Ord. 2022-04, eff. 7/7/22; Ord. 97-4, eff. 4/03/97; Ord. 2025-03, eff. 8/1/2025)
The members of the Recreation and Parks Commission shall be compensated for their duties and reimbursed for expenses incurred in their official function, as set forth by resolution of the City Council.
(Ord. 2001-19, eff. 10/2/01)