Report to Carson Reclamation Authority
Tuesday, May 04, 2021
Discussion
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 21-02-CRJPA, APPROVING THE AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS FOR THE CARSON RECLAMATION AUTHORITY
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I. SUMMARY
At a Special Meeting of the Carson Reclamation Authority (Authority) on April 22, 2021, Board Members reviewed the bylaws of the Authority to make them internally consistent and the reflect the evolving needs of the organization. They directed staff and the Authority Counsel to bring such changes back at the earliest possible meeting.
Resolution No. 21-02-CRJPA approves the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Carson Reclamation Authority. A clean version is included as Exhibit No. 1 to the resolution.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. WAIVE further reading and ADOPT Resolution No. 21-02-CRJPA, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CARSON RECLAMATION JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY, APPROVING THE AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS FOR THE CARSON RECLAMATION AUTHORITY”
2. AUTHORIZE the Chair to execute the resolution and the Amended and Restated Bylaws.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action the Board deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
The Carson Reclamation Authority is a joint powers agency formed between the Carson Housing Authority, the Community Facilities District No. 2012-1 of the City of Carson, and the Community Facilities District No. 2012-2 of the City of Carson. Pursuant to its bylaws and joint exercise of powers agreement, the Reclamation Authority is governed by a five member board of directors whose membership whose appointments are made by the Housing Authority Chair and ratified by the Housing Authority Board for four of the members, and one member nominated by the Community Facilities District No. 2012-1 and the Community Facilities District No. 2012-2 Board Chair and Ratified by the Districts’ Board.
Section 5.04 of the Reclamation Authority’s Bylaws states: “These Bylaws may be amended at any time and from time to time by majority vote of the Board.”
At a Special Meeting of the Carson Reclamation Authority (Authority) on April 22, 2021, Board Members reviewed the bylaws of the Authority to make them internally consistent and the reflect the evolving needs of the organization. They directed staff and the Authority Counsel to bring such changes back at the earliest possible meeting.
There were primarily three changes:
For the first Board position, which under the original bylaws is nominated by Chair of the Housing Authority Board and Ratified by the members of that Board, the Amended and Restated bylaws will designate that that appointment shall be the Housing Authority Chair and not an at-large member.
In the fifth seat, the option of appointing either the Chair of the Economic Development Commission or the Housing Authority Secretary exists, with additional language describing how the duties of the Reclamation Authority Secretary would be performed by a deputy if the Housing Authority selected the latter option.
The two other members appointed and ratified by the Housing Authority Board are members of the Carson Planning Commission and the Environmental Commission. The Reclamation Authority Board asked to place the classification of the Economic Development Commission-qualified Board Member to be on par with those two - to be a member only, not necessarily chair - and to remove the language creating the option of the Housing Authority Secretary to be qualified for the fifth seat.
A final amendment of Section 2.06.01 would change the date and time of the regular meetings of the Board from the first Tuesday of each month at 4:30 p.m. to the first Monday of each month at 4:00 p.m. In researching the resolution that had set the current time, Resolution No. 16-10-CRJPA, it was discovered that the resolution changed the time for the meetings by adding subsection 2.06.01 to the Bylaws. This section 2.06.01 was not included in the version of the bylaws reviewed by the Board on April 22, so the cleanest way to effect the change is to amend that section within the Amended and Restated Bylaws and not by an additional resolution and amendment.
There is also some clean-up language in the titles and recitals as well as the designation of the Authority’s Fiscal Year.
The clean version of the bylaws is included as Exhibit No. 1 to the Resolution.
V. FISCAL IMPACT
None.
VI. EXHIBITS
1. Resolution No. 21-02- CRJPA
2. Exhibit No. 1 to the Resolution: Amended and Restated Bylaws
Prepared by: John S. Raymond, Executive Director