[R.O. 1993 § 110.120; Ord. No.
765 § 1, 4-19-2004]
A.
There is hereby established a Community Advisory Board on Beautification
to be composed of five (5) members consisting of the City Environmental
Commissioner and four (4) citizen members. The four (4) citizen members
shall be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the Board of Aldermen.
Citizen members shall serve terms of two (2) years, except that two
(2) members of the first board shall be appointed for initial terms
of one (1) year such that one-half (1/2) of the board will be subject
to appointment each year thereafter. The terms of all citizen members
shall expire on June 1 of the appropriate year. Citizen members may
be appointed to two (2) or more successive terms and may simultaneously
serve on other City formal or informal boards or commissions. Members
shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual
expenses incurred in carrying out their duties, subject to prior approval
by the Board of Aldermen.
B.
The Community Advisory Board on Beautification shall recommend to
the Board of Aldermen such projects as they may determine will enhance
and beautify the aesthetic natural and built environment of the City
and the entryways, streets, roadways, traffic islands and medians
and other public ways and public property in the City. The Advisory
Board shall also assist the Board of Aldermen in planning, identifying
funding sources, implementing and maintaining such projects as the
Board of Aldermen may approve from time to time.
[Ord. No. 919 § 1, 6-15-2015; Ord. No. 992, 1-22-2018]
It is in the best interests of the City of Bel-Nor and the health,
safety, and welfare of its residents to authorize the Mayor to appoint
a Clean Energy Development Board to administer a PACE[1] program and to fund such PACE program through the receipt
of grant funds, the issuance of bonds, and/or other financing mechanisms
and funding sources permitted by the PACE Act,[2] and to make or cause to be made loans to property owners
to fund energy efficiency or renewable energy improvements to their
property, which loans would be repayable through a special assessment
paid in the same fashion as ad valorem property taxes.
[Ord. No. 919 § 2, 6-15-2015; Ord. No. 992, 1-22-2018]
The creation of a Clean Energy Development Board, as set forth
in the PACE Act,[1] is hereby approved. The Clean Energy Development Board
shall consist of at least five (5) members. Clean Energy Development
Board members are not required to be residents of Bel-Nor, Missouri.
The initial members of the Clean Energy Development Board shall be
appointed by the Mayor and approved by the Board of Aldermen. Of the
initial members, one (1) shall serve for a term of one (1) year, two
(2) shall serve for a term of two (2) years, and two (2) shall serve
for a term of three (3) years, each beginning as of the date of ratification
of such member's appointment by the Board of Aldermen. Future
members shall serve for a term of three (3) years, or such other time
as the Clean Energy Development Board may set forth in its bylaws,
and shall be appointed in a manner to be set forth by the Clean Energy
Development Board in its bylaws.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Section 67.2800 et seq., RSMo.
[Ord. No. 919 § 3, 6-15-2015; Ord. No. 992, 1-22-2018]
A.
The Clean Energy Development Board is hereby authorized to exercise
all powers which may be exercised by such boards pursuant to the PACE
Act,[1] as may be revised from time to time, and to adopt bylaws
addressing the operations of the Clean Energy Development Board which
are consistent with the PACE Act and this Article. Such powers include,
but are not limited to:
1.
Providing property owners with an application to apply for PACE
funds;
2.
Developing standards for the approval of projects submitted
by property owners;
3.
Reviewing applications and selecting qualified projects;
4.
Entering into assessment contracts with property owners;
5.
Providing a copy of each executed assessment contract to the
County Assessor and County Collector and causing a copy of each such
assessment contract to be recorded in the real estate records of the
Recorder of Deeds;
6.
Authorizing and disbursing PACE funds to the property owner
participants;
7.
Receiving the PACE assessments from the County Collector;
8.
Recording any liens, if needed, stemming from non-payment of
a PACE assessment; and
9.
Contracting with third parties for the administration or execution
of such of the Clean Energy Development Board's powers as may
be delegated pursuant to the PACE Act.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Section 67.2800 et seq., RSMo.
[Ord. No. 919 § 4, 6-15-2015; Ord. No. 992, 1-22-2018]
To be eligible for PACE funds, commercial property applicants
to the Clean Energy Development Board shall submit a written acknowledgement
from each existing entity that holds a mortgage, lien or other indebtedness
secured by the subject commercial property, stating that such entity
understands, acknowledges and consents to the fact that if the application
for PACE funds is approved, a contractual assessment or special charge
will be levied on the subject commercial property, to be collected
in installments on the property tax bill in the same manner as and
subject to the same penalties, remedies and lien priorities as real
property taxes.
[Ord. No. 919 § 5, 6-15-2015; Ord. No. 992, 1-22-2018]
The City and Clean Energy Development Board shall permit other
"municipalities," as defined in the PACE Act,[1]to join the Clean Energy Development Board upon the adoption
of an ordinance in a form approved by the Clean Energy Development
Board electing to join the Clean Energy Development Board and adopting
the terms of this Article to the extent that such terms are applicable,
and the execution of a cooperative agreement with the Clean Energy
Development Board.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Section 67.2800 et seq., RSMo.
[Ord. No. 919 § 6, 6-15-2015; Ord. No. 992, 1-22-2018]
The Mayor and all other officials, agents, and employees of
the City of Bel-Nor are hereby authorized to take such further actions
and execute such documents as may be necessary or desirable to carry
out to comply with the intent of this Article, and to carry out, comply
with and perform the duties of the City hereunder and under the PACE
Act.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Section 67.2800 et seq., RSMo.
