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ORDINANCE NO. 11~7 <br /> <br /> AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A RECREATION DEPARTMENT <br /> FOR THE CITY OF SANTA ANA UNDER THE NANAG~ENT OF <br /> A RECREATION CO~ISSION CONSISTING OF SEVEN (?) <br /> ~BERS; PRESCRIBING THE MANNER OF APPOINTMENT OF <br /> THE MEMBERS. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br /> SECTION l: That a Recreation Department under the management of a <br /> Recreation Corm~sston consisting of seven (7) members, not more than'five of whom <br /> shall be of the same sex, is hereby established for the City of Santa Aha. <br /> <br /> SECTION 2: All members of the Recreation Commission shall serve without <br />compensation. All seven (7) of the members are to be appointed by the Mayor; two <br />of the members shall be recommended by the City Council, two recommended by the <br />Board of Education, one shall be appointed from the Forestry Board, and two shall <br />be members at large. Members of the Commission mh%11 serve for a term of four <br />(4) yea~s or until their successors are appointed. Members of the Commission <br />first appointed shall determine their respective te~ms of off, ce by lot so that <br />two members thereof shall serve for a term of two (2) years; two members thereof <br />for a term of three (5) years; three membePs thereof for a term of fou~ (4) years. <br />All vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired te~ms of tbs member whose office <br />is vacant in the same manner as such member received original appolntment. <br /> <br /> SECTION 3: The Office of Recreation Commission shall be a Chairman, a <br />Vice Chairman, a Secretary and a Treasumer. Their duties shall respectively be <br />such as are usually carried out by such officers. Officers shall hold office fo <br />one (1) year or until their successors are elected. The Commission shall by vet <br />set a time for regular meetings which shall be held at least once each two weeks <br />and shall detexmzine the manner in which special meeting may be held and the notice <br /> <br />given. A majority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. <br /> <br /> SECTION 4: The Recreation Commission shall have power and authority to <br /> <br />manage and conduct recreation centers and recreational activities on such grounds <br />or in such buildings as may be placed under their Jurisdiction or made available <br />to them. They shall have power to conduct children,s playgrounds, indoor and <br />outdoor recreational activities, and in general to do any and all things necessar' <br />or p~oper for the establishment and development of a well-rounded recreational <br />program. They shall have the power to appoint a general manager who shall be <br />known as the Director of the Recreational Department and such other employees as <br />may be deemed necessar-y. They shall have the power to purchase such suppliea and <br />apparatus as may be in the Judgment of the Commission, necessary or proper for <br />carrying on their recreational activities. <br /> <br /> SECTION 5: The Recreation Commission may accept all moneys appropriate~ <br />for that purpose by the City Council or the Board of Education of the City of <br />Santa Aha, or from any other public body and all donations, legacies or bequests <br />from any other soumce. All such moneys shall be deposited in the Treasumy of <br />the City of Santa Aha in the Recreation Fund and shall only be paid out after <br />~pproval by the Commission and the City Auditor at a regular or special meeting <br />on demands drawn against said fund and signed by the Mayor and City Clerk of the <br />City of Santa Ana. <br /> <br /> SECTION 6~ That because this ordinance vitally affects the health and <br /> <br /> <br />