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AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THAT BLIGHTED AREAS EXIST WITHIN THE CITY OF
CENTRAL POINT, RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR AN URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY TO
FUNCTION IN THE CITY, AND ADDING CHAPTER 2.62 TO THE CENTRAL POINT
MUNICIPAL CODE PROVIDING FOR THE EXERCISE OF THE AGENCY'S POWERS BY
THE CENTRAL POINT DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
RECITALS:
A) In October 2010 the Central Point City Council created by resolution the Central Point Urban
Renewal Advisory Committee (the "Committee") to make recommendations to the council
regarding the need for an urban renewal agency to function within the city; and
B) On March 24, 2011 the Committee reported the presence of blight and the need for an urban renewal
agency to function in the City; and
Q This ordinance is adopted to declare blight and authorize the creation of an urban renewal agency.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL POINT DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
The following Chapter 2.62 is added to the Central Point Municipal Code:
Chapter 2.62
Central Point Development Commission
Sections:
2.62.010 Establishment and Need for Commission
2.62.030 Membership
2.62.040 Powers and Duties.
2.62.050 Rules of Procedure.
2.62.060 Chairperson.
2.62.070 Staff services.
2.62.080 Compensation.
2.62.090 Conflict of Interest.
2.62.010 Establishment and Need for Commission. Blighted areas exist within the City of Central
Point and there is a need for an urban renewal agency to function in the city. The agency shall be known
as the "Central Point Development Commission."
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2.62.030 Membership. The membership of the board of directors shall consist of the city council.
2.62.040 Powers and Limitations. The commission shall have all rights, powers, duties, privileges and
immunities granted to and vested in an urban renewal agency by the laws of the State of Oregon,
provided, however, that any act of the governing body acting as the commission shall be considered the
act of the commission only and not the council.
2.62.050 Rules of Procedure. The commission shall adopt rules of procedure to govern the conduct of
commission business.
2.62.060 Chairperson. The mayor shall serve as the commission chairperson. The chairperson shall be
a voting member. A vice chairperson will be chosen by the commission at the first meeting of each year.
2.62.070 Staff Services. The city manager shall provide such staff and consultation services to the
commission as shall be appropriate. A record shall be kept of commission's proceedings. The official
minutes of the commission shall be maintained in the city recorder's office.
2.62.080 Compensation. Commission members shall receive no compensation other than expenses as
authorized by the city manager or mayor and council.
2.62.090 Conflict of Interest. A member of the commission shall not participate in any commission
proceeding or action in which any of the following has a direct or substantial financial interest: the
member or his spouse, brother, sister, child, parent, father-in-law, mother-in-law, any business in which
the member is serving or has served within the previous two years, or any business with which he is
negotiating for or has an arrangement or understanding concerning prospective partnership or
employment. Any actual or potential interest shall be disclosed at the meeting of the commission where
the action is being taken.
Passed by the Council and signed by me in authentication of its passage this a 'clay of
52011.
Mayor Hank William
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City Recorder
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