Ord 98-312
ORDIRARCB NO. 98-312
AN ORDlRARCB 01' THB CITY COUNCIL 01' THB CITY OF
FBDERAL ny, nsHINGTON, AHBRDING THB PROVISIONS
RELATING TO PAlUtS AND RBCREATION COMMISSION
MEMBERSHIP. (AMBI!IDDIG ORDIImNCB NUMBERS 91-93, 93-
186 and 96-280).
WHEREAS, the Federal Way City Council recognizes that
parks and recreation are vital to the community's quality of life,
important in attracting visitors and tourists, valuable as a source
of commerce and industry, and desired by businesses considering
location in the City; and
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 91-93 the Federal Way City
Council created a parks and recreation commission (the "commission")
as amended by Ordinance Numbers 93-186 and 96-280 and;
WHEREAS, the Federal Way city Council set membership in
the commission at nine members and the City Council has utilized
nine voting members and two alternate non-voting members and;
WHEREAS,
a need exists to allow membership
in the
commission to consist of at least nine members and up to eleven
members in order to provide the Federal Way City Council with
flexibility in meeting work plan goals and;
WHEREAS, the commission desires to increase participation
in commission membership by limiting the terms of service to three
consecutive-three-year terms; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
section I.
Amendment.
The Federal Way city Code ("FWCC")
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shall be amended as follows:
FWCC
Section
11-27
shall be amended as
follows:
Sec.
11-27.
Membership.
(a) The parks and recreation commission shall consist of At
~ nine members
and mav consist of up to el even members
appoil,L",d b:y Ll,e ...it} ...ut1h,-.a by aDDointing the alternate(s1 as a
member or members.
The citv council shall determine UDon the
e~piration of anv member's term if a need exists to apDoint more
than nine members to the commission.
(b) The parks and recreation commission shall serve without
compensation.
(c) Each member shall serve a term of three years.
Members
shall serve no more than three consecutive terms upon council
aDpointment. whether servina all or any portion of anv term. and
this provision shall be applied retroactively.
The city council
shall annually appoint new members to fill the expiring terms on
the parks and recreation commission.
If, for any reason, a vacancy
occurs during the term of a parks and recreation commission member,
the city council shall appoint a new member to fill the unexpired
term of that member.
The city council may remove a parks and
recreation commission member at any time if the city council
determines
that
member
is
not
fulfilling
his
or
her
responsibilities to the satisfaction of the city council.
All
members of the parks and recreation commission shall serve until
their successors are duly appointed by the city council.
Cd) Persons appointed to serve on the commission shall reside
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within the corporate limits of the city during the members' terms.
(e) To the extent practicable, appointments shall reflect the
diversity of all recreational needs of the city.
Section
2.
Severability.
The
provisions
of
this
ordinance are declared separate and severable.
The invalidity of
any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, or portion
of this ordinance or the invalidity of the application thereof to
any person or circumstance, shall not affect the validity of the
remainder of the ordinance, or the validity of its application to
other persons or circumstances.
section 3.
Ratification.
Any act consistent with the
authority and prior to the effective date of this ordinance is
hereby ratified and affirmed.
section <I.
Effective Date.
This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force five (5) days from and after its passage,
approval, and publication, as provided by law.
this
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Federal Way
21~t day of ~-' , 1998.
CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
MAYOR'~~
. ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
~
, LaNDI K. LINDELL
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
PUBLISHED:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
ORDINANCE NO. qR-ll?
March 31, 1998
April 21, 1998
April 25, 1998
April 30, 1998
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