Pursuant to ORS 457.035, the Happy Valley city council finds and declares that blighted areas, as defined in ORS 457.010, exist within the city. Given the blighted conditions, the city council declares and recognizes that there is a need for an urban renewal agency to function within the city of Happy Valley. The corporate name of the agency created by this chapter shall be known as the Happy Valley urban renewal agency ("agency").
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The residency requirement for agency members shall be the same as for the city council.
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The term of office of an agency member shall be the same as that of the city council. Appointments to fill vacancies shall conform to the Happy Valley City Charter and Chapter 4.04 of the Happy Valley Municipal Code.
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General Officers and Duties. The officers shall be a chairperson and vice chairperson.
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Chairperson. The mayor of Happy Valley will serve as the chairperson for the agency. The chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the agency.
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Vice Chairperson. The president of the Happy Valley city council will serve as the vice chairperson for the agency. The vice chairperson shall preside over meetings in the absence of the chairperson.
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Pursuant to ORS 457.045(3), all of the rights, powers, duties, privileges, and immunities granted to and vested in an urban renewal agency by the laws of the state of Oregon shall be exercised by and vested in the agency; provided, however, that any act of the governing body acting as the urban renewal agency shall be the act of the agency only and not of the city council.
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As necessary to conduct agency business, meetings shall occur on the regularly scheduled city council meeting dates unless a special meeting is required. All meetings of the agency shall be posted on the city's website and shall be scheduled and conducted in accordance with state law relating to public meetings. Special meetings may be held and will be scheduled and conducted in accordance with state law relating to public meetings.
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Three members of the agency constitute a quorum to conduct agency business.
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