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CITY OF RIVERSIDE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION STANDING RULES AND REGULATIONS Pursuant to Riverside City Charter; Article VIII. Appointive Boards and Commissions; Section 804 - Organization; Meetings; Subpoena Power; the Park and Recreation Commission ("Commission") hereby prescribes its Standing Rules and Regulations. 1. POWERS, DUTIES, AND FUNCTIONS (Riverside City Charter Article VIII. Section 809) The Commission shall have the power and duty to: a. Act in an advisory capacity to the City Council in all matters pertaining to parks, recreation, parkways, and street trees. b. Consider the annual budget for parks, recreation, parkways, and street tree purposes during the process of its preparation and make recommendations with respect thereto to the City Council and the City Manager. c. Assist in the planning of parks and recreation programs for the inhabitants of the City, promote and stimulate public interest therein, and to that end, solicit to the fullest extent possible the cooperation of school authorities and other public and private agencies interested therein. d. Establish policies for the acquisition, development, and improvement of parks and playgrounds and for the planting, care, and removal of trees and shrubs in all parks, playgrounds, and streets subject to the rights and powers of the City Council. 2. MEMBERS a. Pursuant to Riverside Municipal Code Section 2.12.010, the Commission shall be comprised of nine (9) members appointed by the Mayor and the City Council. b. Appointments to fill unexpired terms on the Commission shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. c. Each member must be a qualified elector of the City at the time of the appointment and throughout his/her service on the Commission. d. Members who fail to maintain qualified elector status must resign from the Commission or be removed in accordance with Riverside City Charter Article VIII. Section 802. 3. TERM OF OFFICE (Riverside City Charter Article VIII. Section 802) a. The term of office shall be four (4) years. No member shall serve more than two consecutive full terms. Service of less than one year of an unexpired term shall not be counted as service of one term.