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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPA Res 17-01 2017-09-251 1 1 RESOLUTION NUMBER 17 -01 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH PARKING AUTHORITY APPROVING BYLAWS OF THE PARKING AUTHORITY RECITALS: A. The City Council of the City of Seal Beach (the "City') has approved a resolution determining that there is a need for a parking authority to function in the City, thereby, establishing the City of Seal Beach Parking Authority (the "Parking Authority'), and thereby authorized the Parking Authority to transact business and exercise any powers under the Parking Law of 1949, commencing with Section 32500 of the California Streets and Highways Code. B. The Board of Directors of the Parking Authority desires to adopt Bylaws. C. This Resolution is not a "project' within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA "), and the State CEQA Guidelines set forth in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Sections 15000 at seq., (the "Guidelines "), because it constitutes organizational or administrative activities of City government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. (Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5)). . NOW THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH PARKING AUTHORITY HEREBY FINDS, DETERMINES, RESOLVES AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Bylaws of the City of Seal Beach Parking Authority, attached hereto as Exhibit A, are hereby approved and adopted as the official Bylaws of the Parking Authority. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors at a special meeting held on the 25th day of September, 2017. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Council Members: Massa- Lavitt, Varipapa, Deaton, Moore, Sustarsic Council Members: None Council Members: None Cnunnil Memhers! None Ira Massa- Lavitt, Chair V2WIMI -1%7Q8 EXHIBIT A BYLAWS OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH PARKING AUTHORITY (attached) ssrz9 111%7QS.j i BYLAWS OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH PARKING AUTHORITY ARTICLE I - THE PARKING AUTHORITY Section 1. Name of Parkins Authority. The name of the Parking Authority shall be the "City of Seal Beach Parking Authority." Section 2. Seal of Authori ty. The Parking Authority may have a seal. The seal of the Parking Authority shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the name of the Parking Authority and the year of its organization. Section 3. Office of Authori ty. The office of the Parking Authority shall be at the offices of the City of Seal Beach, 211 Eighth Street, Seal Beach, California 90740. Section 4. Governina Bodv. The members of the City Council of the City of Seal Bach shall constitute the governing body of the Parking Authority, which governing body shall be known as the Board of Directors. ARTICLE II - OFFICERS Section 1. Officers. The officers of the Parking Authority shall include a Chair, a Vice Chair, a Secretary, a Treasurer and a Chief Administrative Officer. Section 2. Chair. The Chair shall be the member of the Board of Directors who is the then current Mayor of the City of Seal Beach. The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors. ' Section 3. Vice Chai r. The Vice Chair shall be the member of the Board of Directors who is the then current Mayor Pro Tempore or Vice Mayor of the City of Seal Beach. The Vice Chair shall perform the duties of the Chair in the absence or incapacity of the Chair. Section 4. Secretary. The Secretary shall be the then current City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach. The Secretary shall keep the records of the Parking Authority, shall act as Secretary of the meetings of the Board of Directors and record all votes, and shall keep a record of the proceedings of the Board of Directors in the form of minutes to be kept for such purpose, and shall perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary. The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Parking Authority and shall have power to affix such seal as required to all contracts and instruments authorized to be executed by the Board of Directors. The Secretary may attest to signatures of other officers of the Parking Authority. Section 5. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be the then current Finance Director of the City of Seal Beach. The Treasurer shall keep regular books of accounts showing receipts and expenditures and shall render to the Board of Directors, as requested, an account of the transactions of the Parking Authority and shall perform any other duties that are designated from time to time by the Parking Authority. The Treasurer, or in the absence of the Treasurer, a person appointed by the Treasurer or the Board of Directors, shall have the care and custody of all funds of the Parking ' Authority. The Treasurer may enter into agreements on behalf of the Parking Authority with any financial institution authorized to accept deposits of public funds, providing for the transfer of funds between accounts maintained therein by the Parking Authority upon request by telephone. Such agreements may also provide for the investment upon request by telephone of funds maintained in such accounts, in property or V2%s 111%7408 Parking Authority Bylaws -1 securities in which the Parking Authority, as a California public agency, may legally invest money subject to its control. Such agreements shall designate the accounts maintained by the Parking Authority which are subject thereto, and the persons who may, from time to time, make such transfers and direct such investments by telephone request. All orders and checks for the payment of money under the direction of the Parking Authority shall be signed by the Treasurer with the countersignature of one other officer, deputy officer or member of the Board of Directors of the Parking Authority. Section 6. Chief Administrative Officer. The Chief Administrative ' Officer shall be the then current City Manager of the City of Seal Beach. The Chief Administrative Officer shall conduct day -to -day administration of the Parking Authority's business and affairs, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors. Section 7. General Counsel. The City Attorney shall serve as General Counsel to the Parking Authority. Section 8. Authority to Execute Contracts. All contracts made by the Parking Authority shall be signed by the Chair, the Vice Chair or the Chief Administrative Officer; grovided, that other officers of the Parking Authority may also sign a contract, deed or other instrument, in the name and on behalf of the Parking Authority, if authorized pursuant to other provisions of these Bylaws or by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. Section 9. Additional Duties. The officers of the Parking Authority shall perform such other duties and functions as may from time to time be required by these Bylaws or rules and regulations of the Parking Authority or by resolution or by motion of the Board of Directors. Section 10. Assistants and Deouties: Additional Personnel. Whenever an officer of the Parking Authority or the City is designated an officer of the Parking ' Authority, the assistants and deputies of such officer from time to time shall also be, ex officio, officers of the Parking Authority; and whenever a power is granted to, or a duty imposed upon, such officer, the power may be exercised, or the duty performed, by such assistant or deputy. The Board of Directors may from time to time designate the employment of such other personnel as it deems necessary to exercise its powers, duties and functions. The selection and compensation of such officers and other personnel shall be determined by the Board of Directors. ARTICLE III - MEETINGS Section 1. ADDlicability of Ralph M. Brown Act. Meetings of the Board of Directors of the Parking Authority shall be held, notice given and the business of the Board of Directors of the Parking Authority conducted, all as provided in the Ralph M. Brown Act, being California Government Code Section 54950, at sea. (the "Brown Act") Section 2. Reaular Meetinas: Cancellation without Convening. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors of the Parking Authority shall be held on the same day and at the same time and place as the regular meetings of the City Council of the City of Seal Beach, commencing in the month of October 2017, so long as an agenda for such meeting is posted at least 72 hours before such meeting (or such other length of period as required by the Brown Act). If the Board of Directors has no business to ' conduct on a date when a Regular Meeting would otherwise be held, no agenda for the Board of Directors meeting shall be posted and such Regular Meeting shall be automatically cancelled. Section 3. Quorum. Three members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time until a quorum is obtained. Action may be taken by the Board of Directors upon a vote of a majority of a quorum, unless a higher vote is required by law. sn9nmo111nn408 Parking Authority Bylaws - 2 Section 4. Manner of Votina. The manner of voting on resolutions and on other matters shall be as prescribed by the Chair. ARTICLE IV - REPORTS Section 1. Preparation of Financial RepoflS. At least once annually, the Treasurer shall prepare or cause to be prepared: (a) a detailed report of all of the Parking Authority's transactions, including a statement of all revenue and expenditures, ' and (b) a statement of all its financial affairs, audited by independent certified public accountants. Section 2. Submission of Reports to Board of Directors and City Council. A copy of each report and statement prepared pursuant to Section 1 above, promptly upon completion, shall be submitted to (a) the Board of Directors and (b) the City Council. ARTICLE V - AMENDMENTS Section 1. Amendments to Bylaws. The Bylaws of the Parking Authority may be amended by resolution of the Board of Directors. V29& KH/1%woa Parking Authority Bylaws - 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss CITY OF SEAL BEACH } I, Robin Roberts, Secretary of the City of Seal Beach Parking Authority hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted at a special meeting of the Board of Directors, held on the 25th day of September, 2017. '. KIN 0. IJ, I I sn9s. WIW7a