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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1504 - ORDINANCES - 3/15/1995 ORDINANCE NO. 1504 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD CHAPTER 2 . 22 TO ESTABLISH A VILLAGEFEST BOARD WHEREAS, in March of 1991, the City commenced a regular Thursday night street festival on Palm Canyon Drive known as "VillageFest" to bring entertainment, artisans, crafts, farmers market, and food vendors to downtown Palm Springs; and WHEREAS, the VillageFest has been undertaken under the supervision of staff with an advisory committee operating as the VillageFest Committee; and WHEREAS, VillageFest has become an established event, and it is appropriate to now establish the advisory committee as an on-going permanent board of the City; and WHEREAS, it is the purpose of this Ordinance to establish a VillageFest Board on the same basis as the City's other commissions and boards. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. A new Chapter is hereby added to the Palm Springs Municipal Code, to be numbered 2 . 22 , said chapter to read as ' follows: Chapter 2 . 22 VILLAGEFEST BOARD Sections- 2 . 22 . 010 Created. 2 .22 . 020 Term--Vacancies--Vote. 2 . 22 . 030 Officers--Committees. 2 .22 . 040 Meetings--Rules of Procedure. 2 .22. . 050 Functions, Powers and Duties. 2 . 22 . 010 Created. There is hereby created a VillageFest Board which shall exist as an advisory body of the City. It shall consist of five (5) members, serving without compensation, appointed in the manner prescribed in Section 2 . 22 . 020 of this Code. All appointments to the Board shall be for terms also as prescribed in Section 2 . 22 . 020 of this Code. 2 . 19 . 020 Term--Vacancies--Vote. (a) Members of the Board shall be appointed or removed in accordance with ' and shall be subject to all the provisions of Chapter 2 . 06 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code, as the chapter now reads, or as it may be amended from time to time. Except for the initial staggered terms, members shall serve for four (4) year terms and until their successors are appointed and qualified, unless they are earlier incapacitated, resign, or are removed. A52\276\014084-0002\2134659.1 03/01195 -1- 01504 Page 2 (b) Members of the Board shall have the following qualifications: (1) Three (3) members shall be either current retail merchants or have significant retail experience; (2) One (1) member shall be a retail merchant having significant experience in the jewelry business; and (3) One (1) member shall represent the community-wide tourism industry. 2_19 . 030 Officers_-Committees. The Board shall each year elect from its membership a Chairman and Vice Chairman. The Chairman and dice Chairman shall have and perform such duties as are commonly associated with their respective titles. The Board shall be further authorized to appoint and fix the membership of such number_ of standing and temporary committees as it may find expedient for the performance of its duties. The Chairmen of said committees shall be members of the VillageFest Board. The City Manager may appoint a VillageFest Manager_ and such other staff as may be necessary to conduct VillageFest. Such staff shall assist the Board but shall report to the City Manager. 2 . 19. 040 Meetincls -Rules of. Procedure. The Board shall meet as necessary to review vendor applications in a timely manner, but: no more frequently than twice per month, at such time and place as shall be fired by the Board by its Standing Rules, adopted by resolution. A majority of the existing appointed members of the Board ' shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The Board may establish such rules and regulations as it deems necessary for the conduct of its business. In matters relating -to preparation of agendas, the holding of regular and special meetings and the conduct of such meetings, the Board is bound by the provisions of. the Ralph M. Brown Act of the State of California, as amended (Sections 54950, et California Government Code) . 2 . 19_ 050 Functionss_Powers and Duties. The Board shall serve in an advisory and administrative capacity to the City Council as follows: (a) To review vendor applications and to interview vendor applicants in regard to their possible future participation as vendors in VillageFest; (b) To interpret and apply the VillageFest Rules and Regulations, as established and approved by City Council, in the review, interview and selection of VillageFest vendors; (c) To vote on the selection of individual_ vendor applicants for future inclusion as vendors in , VillageFest, based upon applicant eligibility as interpreted from the VillageFest, Rules and Regulations, and to advise the VillageFest Manager of the 'results of tote of the Board for each vendor applicant; (d) To review representative samples, including selling price, of each item intended to be sold, for PS207501 O86UNQUIM654 1 03MI55 -2- 01504 Page 3 quality, workmanship, appropriateness, and compatibility with VillageFest goals and purposes; (e) To determine, after adequate notice and a hearing, whether to suspend or revoke a VillageFest participant's VillageFest permit based on violation of the VillageFest rules and regulations; and ' (f) To advise the City Council on matters relating to VillageFest, and to assist from time to time in the review of the administration and operation of VillageFest. SECTION 2 . Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2 . 22 . 010 set forth above, of the five (5) members first appointed to the Board at the time this Ordinance takes effect, three (3) shall be appointed for a term that expires on June 30, 1999, and two (2) shall be appointed for a term that expires on June 30, 1997 . The designation of length of term shall. be made at the time of appointment. Thereafter, all appointments to the Board shall be for four (4) year terms as prescribed in Sections 2 . 22 . 010 and 2 . 06. 010 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code. SECTION 3 . EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be full force and effect thirty (30) days after passage. SECTION 4 . PUBLICATION. The City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed to certify to the passage of this Ordinance, and to cause the same or a summary thereof or a display advertisement, duly prepared according to law, to be published in accordance with law. ADOPTED this 15th day of March r 1995 AYES: Members Hodges, Kleindienst, Lyons, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor Maryanov NOES: None ABSENT: None ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA Byj �, City Clerk Mayor REVIEWED & APPROVED: I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance 1504 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Palm Sprigns, California, in a meeting held on the 15th day of March, 1994, and that same was duly published in the DESERT SUN, a newspaper of general circulation on Ce�JUDITH SUMICH ' City Clerk PS21276W14084-0002%21344659.1 03/01/95 -3-