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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1987-0709INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER MERKL Ordinance No. 709 Series of 1986 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTIONS 23-3 AND 23-4 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, THEREBY ESTABLISHING THE WHEAT RIDGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION COMMISSION AND PROVIDING GUIDELINES FOR THE MEMBERSHIP THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: Section 23-3 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: Section 23-3. Economic Development and Revitalization Commission Established; Rights and Duties Generally. Pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes, Title 31, Article 25, Part 1, the Wheat Ridge Economic Development and Revitalization Commission is hereby organized and established. Said Commission is hereby vested with all of the rights contained, and is authorized to carry out all of the duties and functions as provided, in C.R.S. 31-25-101, et. seq., as it now exists or as amended in the future; provided, however, that the use of eminent domain shall not be undertaken without the approval of a majority of the City Council having first been obtained. Section 2. Section 23-4 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: Section 23-4. Appointment of Members; Number The Commission shall consist of nine (9) Commissioners, two (2) of such Commissioners being from each of the existing, or hereafter altered, City Council Districts, and one Commissioner to serve at large. Those members of the Urban Renewal Authority presently serving as Urban Renewal Commissioners shall continue to serve the term to which they were originally appointed without regard to Council District residency until such time as the term to which they have been appointed has expired. Each appointment to the Commission shall be made by the Mayor subject to approval by majority vote of the entire City Council. The term of office of each Commissioner shall be five (5) years. Terms of office shall be staggered so that the term of at least one (1) Commissioner shall expire each year. Section 2. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall for any reason be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction invalid, such judgment shall not affect application to other persons or circumstances. Section 3. Safety Clause. The City Council hereby finds, determines, and declares that this ordinance is promulgated under the general police power of the City of Wheat Ridge, that it is promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare of the public, and that this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of health and safety and for the protection of public convenience and welfare. The City Council further determines that the ordinance bears a rational relation to the proper legislative object sought to be attained. Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect one (1) day after final publication. INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 7 to 1 on this 22nd day of December , 1986, ordered published in full in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing and consideration on final passage set for January 12 , 1987, at 7:30 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado READ, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by a vote of 7 to 1 this 12th day of January 1987. 1987. SIGNED by the Mayor on this 13th day of Januar Mayor pro tem for Frank Stites, Mayor ATTEST: ~61b 1 z ~w .4 Wanda Sang, CityC rk 1st Publication: 1/1/1987 APPROVED S FORM Y 2nd Publication: 1/15/1987 OFFICE F Y TOR j Wheat Ridge Sentinel: %-j Effective Date: 1/16/1987 John 7' Hayes 2