There is hereby created and established an Airport Commission
for the City of Santa Barbara.
(Ord. 3726 §2, 1975)
The Commission shall consist of seven regular members who shall
be appointed and serve as follows:
A. Regular
member interviews. Prior to the appointment of a regular member, the
prospective member shall be interviewed by members of the City Council
at a public meeting attended by not less than a quorum of the City
Council.
B. Appointment
by City Council. The seven regular members of the Commission shall
be appointed by the City Council. They shall be subject to removal
by motion of the City Council adopted by the affirmative votes of
a majority of the total membership thereof. The regular members shall
serve for terms of four years and until their respective successors
are appointed and qualified. The terms for new and existing regular
members shall be staggered so that the number of terms on the Commission
expiring in any year shall not differ by more than one from the number
of terms expiring in any other year. Such terms shall expire on January
first of the appropriate year. A vacancy occurring before the expiration
of a term shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of the
unexpired term.
C. Composition
of Commission. No less than four regular members appointed by the
City Council to serve on the Commission shall be residents and electors
of the City.
(Ord. 3860, 1976; Ord. 3904, 1977; Ord. 3992, 1979; Ord. 5557, 2011)
The City Council may by resolution provide for remuneration
of Commissioners.
(Ord. 3726 §2, 1975)
The Airport Commission shall annually elect one of its regular
members as chairperson, one of its regular members as vice chairperson,
and such other officers as it may desire. The chairperson shall not
serve more than two consecutive terms of one year each. The Commission
shall cause to be kept a complete record of all its proceedings. A
majority of the regular members of the Commission shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of all business of the Commission. In
the event the City Council delegates the power to approve the execution
of any agreement, lease, contract or the expenditure of funds to the
Airport Commission, four regular member votes shall be required to
pass any action exercising such authority.
(Ord. 3726 §2, 1975; Ord. 5203, 2001; Ord. 5557, 2011)
The Airport Commission shall meet regularly once a month and
at such other times as deemed necessary by the Commission.
(Ord. 3726 §2, 1975)
The Airport Commission shall have the power and duty to advise
the City Council regarding the following:
A. Appointment
of Airport Director. The selection and appointment of an Airport Director
for the management of the Airport.
B. Contracts,
agreements and leases. The terms and conditions of all contracts and
agreements pertaining to the operation of the Airport, and those leases
which have terms for periods of longer than five years or which involve
Special Circumstances as defined in Section 18.44.075.C. Any matter
required to be accomplished by ordinance of the City Council under
the City Charter shall not be binding upon the City until the effective
date of the ordinance adopted by the City Council.
C. Rules
and regulations. The promulgation of rules and regulations related
to operation and maintenance of the Airport, including the fixing
of rates, tolls, fees, rents, charges, or other payments to be made
or received in connection with operation of the Airport.
D. Financial
plans and budgets. The preparation of the financial plan and the budget
for the operation of the Airport.
E. Airport
development plans. The preparation and submission for approval of
the development plans of the Airport.
F. Airport
resolutions. The preparation of resolutions regarding matters pertaining
to the Airport.
(Ord. 3726 §2, 1975; Ord. 5337, 2004; Ord. 5557, 2011)
A. Authority of Airport Commission to approve and Airport Director to execute leases. Pursuant to the authority of Charter Section 812, the Airport Commission shall have the authority to review and approve on behalf of the City, and the Airport Director shall have the authority to execute, those leases, lease amendments, lease extensions, lease assignments and aeronautical permits for Airport-owned property or aviation activity which have a term of not longer than five years or which do not involve Special Circumstances as defined in subsection
C of this section.
B. Appeal. A prospective lessee under a lease or prospective aeronautical permit holder under an aeronautical permit that is denied by the Airport Commission may appeal the action of the Airport Commission denying the lease to the City Council. The procedures for such an appeal shall be as provided in Section
1.30.050.
C. Special
circumstances. The term "Special Circumstances" as used in this section
shall mean those leases which, in the discretion of the Airport Director
or the Airport Commission, involve issues of public interest, including,
but not limited to, environmental, land use, or other issues that
may be of concern to the general public.
(Ord. 5337, 2004; Ord. 5557, 2011)
The Airport Commission shall have the duty and power in its discretion to submit to the City Council requests for the delegation of authority regarding any or all matters referenced in Section
18.44.070 above.
(Ord. 3726 §2, 1975)
After the effective date of this chapter, services provided
by City departments and offices to the Airport shall continue to be
provided under existing arrangements until such time as the City Council
does approve other arrangements.
(Ord. 3726 §2, 1975)