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ARTICLE XII.
TUCSON-PIMA COUNTY BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
TUCSON-PIMA COUNTY BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
(a) There is created, in concert with Pima County, an organization to be called the "Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee." The committee shall consist of seventeen (17) members, seven (7) of which shall represent the city and ten (10) of which shall represent the county.
(b) Employees of the city or the county shall not be members of the committee, except that the city and the county may each appoint one (1) staff person to serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the committee. Other municipalities and governmental entities located in Pima County, such as the University of Arizona, Pima Community College, and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, may participate in the Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee by appointing one (1) voting member of the committee who shall serve in addition to the seventeen (17) members provided for in subsection (a).
(c) Appointment of Members:
(1) Each member of the mayor and council shall appoint one (1) member.
(2) The county members of the committee shall be proposed by the transportation department and approved by a majority of the board of supervisors.
(d) Term:
(1) The term of each of the city members of the commission shall be coterminous with the term of the appointing mayor and council member.
(2) The county members of the committee shall serve a term of two (2) years from the time of that member's appointment.
(e) An appointment to fill a vacancy resulting other than from expiration of a term shall be for the unexpired term only.
(f) The committee shall elect from its membership a chairperson and vice- chairperson who shall serve for terms of one (1) year. The vice-chairperson shall act as chairperson in the absence or disability of the chairperson, or in the event a vacancy occurs in that office.
(g) Members of the committee shall serve without compensation.
(h) A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum. The concurrence of the majority of the members constituting a quorum shall be the act of the committee.
(i) The committee shall adopt rules and regulations for its operations that are consistent with this article and other legal authority.
(Ord. No. 6731, § 2, 7-6-87; Ord. No. 7020, § 1, 9-6-88; Ord. No. 7096, § 1, 11-28-88)
The duties, powers and functions of the committee shall be:
(1) To confer with and advise the governing bodies of the city and county on community concerns relating to bicycling.
(2) To organize community programs and projects to provide information and education to the community on bicycling.
(3) To review and make recommendations on proposed local, state and federal legislation relating to bicycling.
(4) To act as an official advisory agency to the city and the county governing bodies for technical questions and concerns related to bicycling.
(5) To render an annual report of committee activities to the governing bodies of the city and county, and to file minutes of committee meetings with the two (2) governing bodies.
(6) To recommend such action to the governing bodies of the city and county as the committee deems necessary or desirable to accomplish the above functions, and to put its policies into practice.
(Ord. No. 6731, § 2, 7-67)
ARTICLE XIII.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF MEMBERSHIP ON BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS AND FILING OF RULES
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF MEMBERSHIP ON BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS AND FILING OF RULES
(a) The provisions of this article shall apply to all boards, committees and commissions of the city, notwithstanding any other ordinance or resolution unless specifically exempted from the provisions hereof, or except when they conflict with the Charter, Arizona Revised Statutes, intergovernmental agreements, or corporate articles or bylaws of instrumentalities of the city. Where there is a conflict, the applicable provisions of the Charter, Arizona Revised Statutes, intergovernmental agreement, or corporate articles or bylaws shall prevail.
(b) The provisions of this article do not apply to the Industrial Development Authority of the City of Tucson, Arizona.
(Ord. No. 7018, § 2, 9-6-88; Ord. No. 10734, § 1, 12-7-09)
(a) The terms of members of a body shall be coterminous with the terms of office of the mayor or members of the city council who appointed them, or until their successors on the body are appointed, except such members may be removed with or without cause prior to the expiration of their term by the mayor or members of the city council who appointed them or by such mayor’s or member of the city council’s successor in office.
(b) Members of such bodies shall be eligible for reappointment; but in no event may any individual serve more than a total of eight (8) continuous years on the same body, except as otherwise provided by this subsection. Once a member has served eight (8) years on a body, he or she may not be reappointed to that body until after a break in service of at least one (1) continuous year. Whenever a body is dissolved and reconstituted, time previously spent in office shall count towards the eight (8) year limitation. The following committees are exempt from the eight (8) year service limitation: the Uniform Fire Code Committee, the Outdoor Lighting Code Committee, the Tucson-Pima County Joint Consolidated Code Committee, the 2012 Bond Oversight Commission, 2017 Public Safety Tax Oversight Commission, and the Environmental Services Advisory Committee. Additionally, members of the Industrial Development Authority Board and the Civil Service Commission may serve two (2) complete consecutive six (6) year terms before a break in service is required. The term limits imposed by this section apply only to those members of a body appointed by the City of Tucson.
(c) Appointees, except for advisory members and members of the technical code committees named herein, may not serve on more than two (2) bodies at a time.
(d) The terms of office of members of a body serving unspecified terms shall be four (4) years commencing December 31, 1988, subject to the eight (8) year continuous service limitation.
(e) A member of a body, except for advisory members, who misses four (4) consecutive meetings for any reason or who fails to attend for any reason at least forty (40) percent of the meetings called in a calendar year is automatically and immediately removed as a member of the body.
(f) No city employee may serve on a body except in a nonvoting, ex officio capacity.
(g) Except as provided in subsection (h), should the appointment of a member of a body authorized to be appointed by the mayor, a member of the council, or the city manager (hereafter referred to as the “appointing authority”) fail to be made within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the term of the member or thirty (30) days after a vacancy occurs, the appointment may be made by the mayor and council.
(h) Prior to the expiration of the term of members of bodies referred to in subsection (g), or within thirty (30) days after a vacancy on such a body occurs, the appointing authority may request an extension of time from the mayor and council to make the appointment.
(Ord. No. 7018, § 2, 9-6-88; Ord. No. 7260, § 1, 8-7-89; Ord. No. 10064, § 1, 10-18-04; Ord. No. 10950, § 3, 12-20-11, eff. 1-20-12; Ord. No. 11508, § 10, eff. 1-4-18; Ord. No. 11599, § 1, 12-4-18; Ord. No. 11607, § 1, 12-4-18; Ord. No. 12148, § 1, 3-18-25)
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