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)
A. 
No member of the housing commission shall acquire any direct or indirect interest in any housing project or any property included or planned to be included in any project, nor shall (s)he have any direct or indirect interest in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with any housing project. If(s)he owns or controls a direct or indirect interest in any such property, (s)he shall immediately make a written disclosure of it to the authority and such disclosure shall be entered upon its minutes. Failure so to disclose his/her interest constitutes misconduct in office.
B. 
Nothing contained in this section or any provision of the Housing Authorities Law shall be construed as precluding a tenant of the authority from serving as a commissioner of that authority; provided, that the fact of such tenancy is disclosed to the authority in writing and entered upon its minutes immediately upon assuming office; nor shall any provisions of this section be construed as in any manner prohibiting the right of such tenant commissioner to exercise his or her full powers vested in his or her office.
(Ord. 612 § 6, 1994)
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)