It is found and declared, pursuant to Section 34242 of the California
Health and Safety Code that there is a need for a housing commission
in the city, and the same is created pursuant to Section 34291 of
said Code to function in the city, and said commission is authorized
to transact business, and exercise its powers as hereinbelow specified.
(Ord. 612 § 1, 1994)
The council of the city of Rancho Mirage declares itself to
be the housing authority pursuant to Section 34290 of the California
Health and Safety Code, and all rights, powers, duties, privileges
and immunities vested by the Housing Authorities Law in such authority
shall be and are vested in said body. The purpose of the housing commission
is to advise the housing authority on all public housing programs
in Rancho Mirage and on all matters assigned from time to time by
the housing authority ("authority").
(Ord. 612 § 2, 1994)
The housing commission is created consisting of five members
and two tenants for a total of seven commissioners. The commission
shall be comprised of persons who, for at least six months, have been
residents in or owned property in the area of the governing body's
jurisdiction, and which is considered representative by the governing
body.
(Ord. 612 § 3, 1994; Ord. 914 § 1, 2005)
The housing commission members shall serve without compensation.
(Ord. 612 § 4, 1994)
The members of the housing commission shall serve at the pleasure
of the city council. Membership on the commission shall include one
commissioner nominated by each council member and two resident/tenant
commissioners nominated by a council member. One of the resident/tenant
commissioners shall be a bona fide primary resident of one of the
senior affordable residential projects owned by the authority and
the other shall be a bona fide primary resident of any affordable
residential project owned by the authority or that has received financial
assistance from the authority to ensure the production and retention
of affordable residential units. The city council shall appoint all
commission members. The city council may, by a majority vote, remove
any commissioner from office at any time. The term of office of each
current member of the commission shall expire on the date of the first
regular city council meeting in June of 2004. At the first regular
city council meeting in June of 2004, each council member may offer
for nomination to the housing commission a person of requisite skills
to be confirmed by a vote of the city council. The term of service
shall be one year, with a maximum service limit of four consecutive
terms subject to waiver by the city council, unless one of the following
occurs: (1) their office becomes vacant; or (2) they are removed from
office. If a tenant commissioner ceases to be a tenant, he/she shall
be disqualified as a commissioner and another tenant shall be appointed
to fill the unexpired term. If a member of the housing commission
absents himself from three consecutive meetings of such official minutes,
or is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, his/her office
shall become vacant and shall be so declared by the city council.
(Ord. 612 § 5, 1995; Ord. 617 § 1, 1995; Ord. 649 § 1, 1996; Ord. 697 § 1, 1998; Ord.
873 § 1, 2004; Ord. 980 § 1, 2009)
Commissioners shall provide by resolution for the time and place
of holding their regular meetings. Special meetings may be called
by the chairperson or by two commissioners, and notice thereof shall
be mailed to each commissioner at least forty-eight hours before the
meeting. The authority shall supply to the city council, upon request,
such information relation to its activities as are public records.
The housing commission shall be required to prepare and submit a brief
annual report to the city council no later than the last regularly
scheduled meeting of the city council of March of each year. The annual
report shall be made in writing and shall include information on the
status of all commission activities and programs. Upon a request by
the city council, the commission may also be required to make a verbal
presentation of the annual report no later than the last regularly
scheduled meeting of the city council of March of each year. Leases
and lists of rosters of tenants of the authority shall be confidential
and shall not be open to inspection by the public, but shall be supplied
to the city council on request, pursuant to this section. Pursuant
to Section 34283 of the California
Health and Safety Code, leases
and lists of rosters of tenants shall be confidential and shall be
opened for inspection by any government agency.
(Ord. 612 § 7, 1994; Ord. 834 § 1, 2003)