Ord. 0209 11-09-70ORDINANCE NO. 209
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A PARK BOARD IN AND FOR
THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR
QUALIFICATIONS AND TERMS OF OFFICE FOR MEMBERS
OF SAID BOARD; PROVIDING FOR ORGANIZATION,
POWERS AND FUNCTION OF SAID BOARD; DEFINING
POWERS OF CITY COUNCIL; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: Creation. There is hereby created a board of park directors
for the City to be known as the Pearland Park Board. The board shall consist
of nine directors, one director of which shall be designated as Chairman, to be
appointed by the Mayor by and with the consent of the Council. The Mayor shall
with the advise and consent of the Council, designate one of the members as
Chairman.
SECTION 2: Qualifications. Directors of the Park Board shall reside with-
in the City, and be persons qualified to perform the duties of such board.
SECTION 3: Term of Directors. The initial board of directors shall be
appointed and hold office as follows:
(a) Three Directors to be appointed for three years;
(b) Three Directors to be appointed for two years; and
(c) Three Directors to be appointed for one year.
Members thereafter appointed or reappointed shall hold office for a term of three
years from the date of their appointment and until their successor shall be
appointed and qualified. Directors shall serve without compensation but may
be reimbursed for any personal expense incurred in the performance of their
duties, with prior approval of City Council.
SECTION 4: Organization of Board.
(a) A majority of the directors of the board shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business, and they may hold general or special meetings
in the City Hall or other designated meeting places, at such times as they may by
order direct. The board of directors shall have authority to adopt, enforce
and promulgate any reasonable rules and regulations for government as they,
from time to time, see fit to enact.
(b) The chairman of the board shall, as soon as possible after appointment,
call an election and cause to be elected thereby one of the directors as
Secretary. The Secretary shall serve for a one year term and may be re -
for consecutive terms.
(c) The Secretary of said board of directors shall keep a permanent
record of the proceedings of the board in a book provided for that purpose, and
shall perform such other duties as the board shall prescribe.
SECTION 5: Powers and Function: The Park Board shall have the following
expressed powers and function.
(a) To determine the purposes of a park system and develop long range
plans and programs for park and recreational development and service within the
City.
(b) To recommend sites for the present and future development of park
and recreational areas within the City.
(c) To actively encourage and secure support from the citizens of
Pearland for the development of a public park system.
(d) To formulate rules for the use of parks and recreational facilities
consistent with the ordinances of the City and statutes of the State of Texas.
SECTION 6: Powers of City Council: The Mayor and City Council shall
have the power to remove from office any or all of said board of directors with
or without cause.
SECTION 7: Savings Clause: If any section, paragraph, clause, or
sentence herein shall be declared void and unenforceable or unconstitutional,
it is hereby declared the intention of the City Council of the City of Pearland
that the remainder of such ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 8: Effective Date: This ordinance shall be effective and be in
full force and effect after its passage and publication in the official newspaper
of the City of Pearland.
PASSED AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Pearland, at which meeting a quorum was present, on the first and final
reading, the / day of ir)e flat,,/, 1970.
Mayor
City Secretary
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS )
COUNTY OF BRAZORIA
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and
for said State and County, on this day personally appeared
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that he is the editor -publisher of SUN PROGRESS
a newspaper of general circulation published in BRAZORIA
County, Texas: that a copy of the attached notice was published in the
English language in said newspaper on the following dates:
Nouember..2.6....., 19 7.0-..
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