(A) There is hereby created the Capital Improvements Planning Committee for the city, in compliance with the provisions of the state’s Capital Improvements Planning Act, 62 O.S. §§ 901 et seq.
(B) The Capital Improvements Planning Committee shall consist of five voting members, to be appointed by the Mayor, subject to the confirmation of the City Council. All members must be residents of the city and shall serve without salary.
(C) Terms of the members shall be established in the same manner as for those of the Planning Commission, and removal procedures for the Committee shall also be the same as for the Planning Commission.
(D) The Local Capital Improvements Planning Committee has the general responsibility to assist the City Council in planning for the future development, growth and improvement of the city and in preparing, adopting, implementing and annually amending the local capital improvements plan and its related programs, consistent with the goals, guidelines and other provisions of the state’s Capital Improvements Planning Act.
(E) The Committee shall also:
(1) Prepare the city’s capital improvements plan;
(2) Make recommendations to the City Council regarding the adoption of the plan;
(3) Serve in an ongoing advisory capacity to the City Council regarding implementation of the plan, particularly in the annual update phase of the planning process;
(4) Conduct public hearings and solicit and encourage citizen participation, as required by, and in accordance with, applicable provisions of the state’s Capital Improvements Planning Act, being 62 O.S. §§ 900 through 902;
(5) Take other actions as may be necessary to carry out the city’s capital improvements planning process, consistent with local ordinances and policy, and state law requirements, including the capacity to recommend agreements with other areas and jurisdictions, in order to carry out the purposes of the capital improvements planning process; and
(6) Maintain a working relationship with the appropriate Regional Planning Council, the Association of South Central Oklahoma Governments, ASCOG, in order to ensure that the Statutory requirements for integrating the city’s plan into the ASCOG Regional Capital Improvements Plan, each year are fully met to the benefit of the city.
(2002 Code, § 37.15) (Ord. 332, passed 1-9-1995)