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(a) The city plan commission is created to assist Fort Worth in becoming and maintaining the stature as the most livable city in Texas. The mission is to serve the public and advise the city in the orderly growth and development of the community. This mission is accomplished through the formulation and maintenance of a comprehensive plan and its appendices, recommendations of proposals for annexations, the processing of plats, plans and other tasks as defined by city council and applicable law.
(b) Incorporated within the duties of the plan commission are the responsibilities for the following:
(1) Study and recommend on all proposals for voluntary annexation or limited purpose annexation that are inconsistent with the comprehensive plan;
(2) Exercise all the powers of a commission as to the approval or disapproval of plans, plats or replats and vacations of plans, plats or replats as set out in Tex. Local Government Code Chapter 212;
(3) Keep informed with reference to the progress of city planning in Fort Worth and other cities and counties and recommend improvements to the adopted plans of the city; and
(4) Study and recommend on the planning, design, location, vacation, closing or termination of public rights-of-way, bridges, public buildings, parks and other capital improvement projects, considering the design of streets and blocks that promote viable, safe and sustainable neighborhoods with regard for traffic control and safety, convenient access, and traffic and pedestrian circulation and internal sub-neighborhood area connection and circulation both within the subdivision and between adjacent subdivisions, without the need for utilizing the perimeter arterial streets system for such purpose.
(c) The city plan commission shall be composed of residents of the city. The city council shall consider for appointment to the commission only those persons who have demonstrated their civic interest; general knowledge of the community, independent judgment; understanding of zoning and planning; availability to prepare for and attend meetings; and who, by reason of diversity of their occupations, constitute a commission which is broadly representative of the community.
(d) The city council shall appoint the city plan commission, which shall consist of 11 members, who shall serve in places numbered one through 11, and five alternate members to serve in the absence of one or more regular members. Preference will be given, where feasible, to prior plan commission members as appointees to serve as alternate members to the commission. After the expiration of the initial members' terms, members shall serve two-year terms. No regular member shall serve more than three consecutive two-year terms and the terms of current members of the commission shall be counted toward the limit of terms to be served, for purposes of this section. At the expiration of three consecutive two-year terms of service as a regular member, the member may be appointed to serve as an alternate member at the discretion of the city council.
(Ord. 26353-08-2023, § 3, passed 8-8-2023)
§§ 2-73—2-79 RESERVED.
(a) Definition. As used in this section, the term CITY BOARD shall mean any board, commission, committee or other body which is created by the city council and is not required to exist by the City Charter or state law.
(b) Report by city secretary. Before the first day of March of each year, the city secretary shall report the following information to the city council in writing:
(1) The name of any city board which has not met during the preceding 12 months; and
(2) The name of any city board which has a vacancy in the membership thereof and such vacancy has not been filled during the preceding 12 months.
(c) Abolition of boards. When any board is reported to the city council by the city secretary under subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2) above, the council shall within 30 days after the receipt of such report, take action to continue the existence of such board. Should not such action be taken, the board shall be abolished.
(1964 Code, § 2-33) (Ord. 8758, § 1, passed 3-15-1983; Ord. 26353-08-2023, § 5, passed 8-8-2023)
(a) Definition. As used in this section, the term CITY BOARD shall mean any board, commission,
committee or other body of the city whose members the city council has the power to remove.
(b) Reports to city secretary. When a member of any city board, as defined in subsection (a) of this section, is absent from three successive meetings of such board, or misses 25% or more of the meetings of such board in a 12-month period, the chairperson, vice-chairperson or secretary of such board shall report this fact to the city secretary in writing, within ten days of the third missed meeting.
(c) Attendance and records thereof.
(1) Members of each city board, as defined in subsection (a) of this section, are generally expected to attend all regularly scheduled and special called meetings. If a member of a city board is unable to attend a meeting, that member is expected to advise the departmental staff liaison in advance whenever possible and to provide an explanation for any absence for which advance notice was not provided. If a member does not attend a meeting and fails to provide either advance notice or an after-the-fact explanation, such absence shall be deemed an unexcused absence.
(2) The city secretary's office shall develop and promulgate standardized attendance forms for use by each city board, as defined in subsection (a) of this section.
(3) The departmental staff liaison assigned to each city board, as defined in subsection (a) of this section, is responsible for making a written record of attendance at each regular and special meeting of the city board, utilizing the form provided by the city secretary's office.
(4) Completed attendance documentation for each meeting of a city board, as defined in subsection (a) of this section, must be submitted to the city secretary's office within 24 business hours of when the meeting is held.
(d) Report to city council; removal of board members. At least monthly, the city secretary's office shall submit to the city council a summarized written attendance report for all city boards, as defined in subsection (a) of this section, with a preference for such reports to be included on a work session agenda to allow for city council discussion. The city secretary's office shall also directly contact the nominating councilperson to apprise them of any recurring attendance issues observed with their appointees. Removal of a city board member for attendance issues is at the discretion of the member for the district from which the city board member was appointed.
(1964 Code, § 2-34) (Ord. 8758, § 1, passed 3-15-1983; Ord. 9272, § 1, passed 12-13-1984; Ord. 26353-08-2023, § 6, passed 8-8-2023)
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