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024 of 1987 - Addition of Recreation Advisory Board NPAMIN RRDER9 SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE No . 24 of 1987 (Recreation Advisory Board) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 25 OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, 1965 AS AMENDED, BY ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 30 TO BE ENTITLED "RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD" . Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City , Utah: SECTION 1. That Title 25 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965 as amended , be, and the same hereby is AMENDED by ADDING a new chapter 30 to be entitled "Recreation Ad v i so ry Board" , as follows : Chapter 30 RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD Sections : 2 5-3 0-1 . Purpose. 25-30-2. Definitions . 2 5-3 0-3 . Creation of Board 25-30-4. Appointment. Oath of office . 25-30-5 . Removal from office. 25-30-6. Members ethics . 2 5-3 0-7. Eligibility for membership. 25-30-8. Meetings . 25-30-9. Election of Board officers. 25-30-10. Review of action - veto power of Mayor . 2 5-3 0-11. Committees. 25-30-12. Powers and duties. 25-30-13. Attorney - Engineer . 2 5-3 0-1 4. Sev e r ab it i ty . Sec . 2 5-3 0-1 . Purpose. The Mayor and the Salt Lake City Council , hereinafter City Council , declare it to be a policy of the City that the City be a provider of recreational services and programs in Salt Lake City, under the direction of the Salt Lake City Parks and Recreation Department. The Department shall coordinate all recreational services which are operationally funded by City taxpayers, user fees or taxes paid to the City. In addition , the Department will cooperate with and supplement other entities providing recreation, including but not limited to Salt Lake City School District, Salt Lake County, and religious and civic organizations in providing these services and programs. However , it is not intended by this policy that county-wide recreation services funded in part by City taxpayers or user fees should be diluted by the City' s independently provided recreational activities or programs. Rather, it is the City's policy that monitoring and review be undertaken to assure that City residents are fairly and equitably served through these county-wide programs . The Parks and Recreation Department may provide the following services, among others, in Salt Lake City: ( 1 ) Recreational activities. Activities which introduce recreation offerings to the public , and promote community unity -2- and involvement. Such activities include seasonal events, races, and children and youth events . ( 2 ) Sports activities. Activities which facilitate competition among participants, including programs, leagues , clinics , tournaments, and events. (3 ) Golf. Direct, operate , and maintain all golf courses owned by Salt Lake City , funding for which shall be drawn from the Golf Enterprise Fund . The Salt Lake City Parks and Recreation Department shall have charge of and be responsible for the general supervision , maintenance, upkeep and control of the City' s parks , playgrounds, athletic fields , golf courses , pools, and other recreational areas and facilities operationally funded by its taxpayers and users through fees or taxes paid to the City. Salt Lake City shall have responsibility for building and maintaining City recreational areas and facilities. Cooperative efforts for the funding and development of recreational facili- ties shall be encouraged between the City and other governments or organizations to further the objective of providing abundant, varied and quality recreation opportunities for City residents at an affordable rate and in the most cost-effective means possible. This chapter is enacted and intended for the purpose of establishing a Salt Lake City Recreation Advisory Board for the general purpose of establishing criteria and quidelines for assessing the City' s recreational and program needs , with the -3- exception of those areas properly addressed by the City' s Golf Advisory Board , and to recommend recreational priorities, as well as to monitor any joint recreational agreements between the City and other entities. The more specific powers and duties of the Board shall be as set forth in Section 25-30-12 herein below. Sec . 25-30-2. Definitions. ( 1 ) "Board" means the Salt Lake City Recreation Advisory Board created under this ordinance . ( 2 ) "Council" means the Salt Lake City Council . (3) "City" shall mean and have reference to Salt Lake City , a municipal corporation of the State of Utah. (4 ) "Mayor" means the duly elected or appointed , and qualified Mayor of Salt Lake City. (5) "Member" means a person appointed by the Mayor who is duly qualified and an acting , voting Member of the Board . (6 ) "Parks Director" means a person appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council who is duly qualified and acting head of the Parks Department. ( 7 ) "Person" means an individual . Sec . 25-30-3. Creation of Board. There is hereby created the Salt Lake City Recreation Advisory Board, hereinafter referred to as "Board" , which body shall consist of seven (7 ) appointed voting Members. The Parks Director, the City Attorney , the City Engineer and one member of the Salt Lake City Golf Advisory Board (designated by said Golf Advisory Board) , shall be ex of f is io non-voting members . -4- Sec . 25-30-4 . Appointment. Oath of Office. All appoint- ments of Members of the Recreation Advisory Board shall be made by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council . In making initial appointments, the Mayor shall , with the advice and consent of the Council , designate one Member to serve one year, two to serve two years, two to serve three years, and two to serve four years. Any fraction of a year in the initial appoint- ment shall be considered a full year. Thereafter, all appoint- ments shall be made for a four-year term . Each Member' s term of office shall expire on the applicable third Monday in January, but he or she shall continue to hold that office until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. In exercising his discretion in making appointments to the Recreation Advisory Board, the Mayor shall , where advisable , take into consideration the geographic diversity within the city. Each Member shall perform service on a voluntary basis without compensation and on such basis shall be immune from liability with respect to any decision or action taken during the course of those services as provided by Utah Code Annotated , Section 63-30-1 , et seq. ( 1953 ) as amended. Members shall sign the oath of office required by law to be signed by City officials and file the same in the office of the City Recorder. Any Member who shall fail within ten days after notification of his or her appointment to file with the City Recorder his or her oath of office to perform faithfully , honestly and impartially the duties of the office, -5- shall be deemed to have refused such appointment, and thereupon another person shall be appointed in the manner prescribed in these ordinances. Vacancies occurring in the membership of the Board shall be filled by apppointment by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council for the unexpired term. Sec . 25-30-5. Removal from office. Any Member may be removed from office by the Mayor for cause , prior to the normal expiration of the term for which such Member was appointed . Sec. 25-3 0-6. Members ethics. Members shall be subject to and bound by the provisions of the City's Conflict of Interest Ordinance, Section 24-14-1 , et seq. , Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965 as amended , or their successor ordinances . Any violations of the provisions of said act shall be grounds for removal from office . Sec . 25-30-7. Eligibility for membership. A person to be eligible to be appointed as a Member of the Board shall meet the following prerequisites: (1 ) Be not less than 21 years of age ; (2 ) Be a resident of the State of Utah; (3 ) No person shall be eligible to serve on the Board as a Member while actively engaged or employed in any commercial recreational venture . Sec . 25-30-8. Meetings. The Board shall convene for regular meetings to be held not less than monthly throughout the year. To the extent that the meetings of the Board are governed -6- by Chapter 4 of Title 52, Utah Code Annotated , 1953 as amended , said meetings shall be conducted in compliance with said State law. Special meetings may be called by a majority of the Board, the Chairperson , or the Mayor. The call for a special meeting must be signed by the Member, calling such meeting and , unless waived in writing , each Member not joining in the order for such special meeting must be given not less than three hours notice. Said notice shall be served personally or left at the Member' s residence or business office. Meetings shall be held at the Parks Department Building , or at such other public place as may be designated by the Board . Four Members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transactions of business. The Board may act officially by an affirmative vote of any four of the Members . The Board shall cause a written record of its proceedings to be kept which shall be available for public inspection in the office of the City Recorder. The Board shall record the yea and nay votes on any action taken by it. The Board shall adopt a system of rules of procedure under which its meetings are to be held. The Board may suspend the rules of procedure by unanimous vote of the Members of the Board who are present at the meeting. The Board shall not suspend the rules of procedure beyond the duration of the meeting at which the suspension of the rules occurs . Sec . 25-30-9. Election of Board of officers. Each year the Board at its first regular meeting after the third Monday in -7- January shall select one of its Members as Chairperson and another of its members as Vice-Chairperson who shall perform the duties of the Chairperson during the absence or disability of the Chairperson. No member shall serve more than two (2 ) consecutive terms as chairperson. The Parks Director shall make available a secretary to the Board when required . Sec . 25-30-10. Review of action - veto power of Mayor. All actions taken by the Board shall constitute recommendations to the Parks Department Director and shall not constitute official action. The Mayor shall have the power to review , ratify, modify or veto any action submitted by the Board, or refer the matter to the City Council , if appropriate. No action shall be implemented until the Board is notified in writing that it has been ratified by the Mayor , or , if referred to the Council , that the Council has adopted an ordinance implementing the recommendation of the Board , or that the action was modified and adopted by the Mayor or Council , as appropriate, and in such event it shall be implemented as modified . Sec . 25-30-11. Committees. The Board may designate such committee or committees as it desires to study, consider and make recommendations on matters which are presented to the Board . In the event Board desires non-board members to serve on such a committee, the Board may request the Director of the Parks Department to make such appointments. Members of such committees shall also serve without compensation. -8- Sec . 25-30-12. Powers and duties. The Board shall have the following powers and duties : ( 1 ) Determine and establish such rules and regulations for the conduct of the Board as the Members shall deem advisable ; provided , however, that such rules and regulations shall not be in conflict with this ordinance or other city, state or federal law. ( 2 ) RecQmmend the adoption and alteration of all rules, regulations, and ordinances which it shall from time to time deem in the public interest and most likely to advance, enhance, foster and promote recreational activities ( with the exception of golf activities addressed by the City' s Golf Advisory Board) , for the conduct of the business of , and the use and operation of recreational facilities within Salt Lake City ( other than golf courses) and for the purposes of carrying out the objects of this ordinance; provided , however, that such rules and regulations shall not be in conflict with this ordinance or other city, state or federal law. ( 3 ) Recommend planning , establishment and approval of all construction and expansion projects for City recreational programs and facilities. The approval required in this section shall be in addition to all other approval of other city departments required by law or City policy. (4 ) Recommend broad matters of policy regarding the operation and management of City recreational programs and -9- facilities, other than golf courses, which shall include, but not be limited to , the following: ( a) Expansion of City recreational facilities; ( b) Timing of such expansion ; ( c) Establishing rate structures for services or facilities furnished by City recreational facilities to the public or to any person, firm or corporation, public or private and for leasing of space or facilities , or for granting rights, privileges, or concessions at City recreational facilities . ( d) The duration which will be allowed for each particular class of leases or granting of rights at City recreational facilities. ( e) Determination of the number and type of conces- sionaires, services, or facilities at City recreational facilities. ( 5 ) Review and make recommendations annually on the budget for the Division of Recreation within the Parks Department . ( 6 ) Assist the Parks Director in the continuing orderly development and promotion of City recreational facilities in order to best serve the citizens of Salt Lake City. Sec . 25-30-13. Attorney - Engineer. The City Attorney and the City Engineer shall be the attorney and engineer, respectively, for the Board . Sec. 25-30-14. Severab il ity . The provisions of this ordinance shall be severable ; and if any provision thereof , or -1 0- the application of such provision under any circumstances is held invalid , it shall not affect any other provision of this ordinance, or the application in a different circumstance. SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its first publication. Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this 5th day of MAY , 1987. SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON ATTEST: CI Y tT RDE Transmitted to the Mayor on MAY 5, 1987 Mayor' s Action: x Approved . Vetoed . WOO, OL MAYOR ATTEST: �;i?� A",,/ C TY RE ER LVS :rc4 0 (SEAL) BILL NO. 24— of 1987 AS TO PORM Published: Mau er, 1987. lgUnnnsis) Salt ��Crty ofts Dd. 1;) 7 .w -11- o 143 SOUTH MAIN ST. Newspaper Agency Corporation P.O. BOX 45838 AGENT SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84145 Zbe,%alt f akt ZfibunP DESERET NEWS FED.TAX I.D.#87-0217663 MORNING &SUNDAY EVENING &SUNDAY Affidavit of Publication 1 y Hereby certify that the attached advertise ent of SYNOPSISFSALT LAKE .CITY ORDINANCE24 OF 1 STATE OF UTAH. or f CITY RECORDER SS. was published by the County of Salt Lake NEWSPAPER AGENCY CORPORATION, AGENT FOR THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE and DESERET NEWS, daily newspapers printed in the English language with general circulation in Utah, and published in Salt Lake City, Salt I Lake County in the State of Utah. 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