Ordinance Committee Notice of Public Hearing

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ORDINANCE COMMITTEE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

A Public Hearing on the following proposed Ordinance will be held before the Ordinance Committee on Thursday. January 15, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.. City Council Chambers, 869 Park Avenue, Cranston, R.I. pursuant to Section 3.12 of the Charter.

Complete copies of proposed Ordinances are available for public review at the City Clerk’s Office, and the Cranston Central Library and the City’s website cranstonri.com under calendar by clicking on the meeting date.

“Individuals requesting interpreter services for the dear or hard of hearing must notify the City Clerk’s Office at 461-1000 ext. 3197 seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the hearing date.”

Paul H. Archetto, Chair Maria Medeiros Wall, JD

Ordinance Committee City Clerk

PROPOSED ORDINANCE IN AMENDMENT OF TITLE 2, CHAPTER 64 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CRANSTON, 2005, ENTITLED “TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSON”

It is ordained by the City Council of the City of Cranston as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 2.64, Section .020 entitled “Traffic Safety Commission ” is hereby amended as follows:

2.64.010 - Created—Composition — Appointment.

A. A commission to be known as the “Cranston traffic safety commission” is created consisting of eleven (11) [not more than forty-three (43) ] members appointed as follows:

1. Nine (9) Three qualified electors of the city from each ward, one to be appointed by the respective each city council member;

2. One member of the administration [Two qualified electors of the city from each ward] to be appointed by the mayor;

3. [Five qualified electors of the city, three of whom shall be owners of businesses located with the city, one a representative of the insurance industry, and one a representative of driver education, all of whom shall be appointed by the council president; ]

4. [Five members of the city administration consisting of the director of planning, or his or her designee, the director of public works, or his or her designee, the city traffic engineer, the chief of police, or his or her designee, and the chairperson of the mayor’s advisory commission on substance abuse;]

5. [Two students, one from each of the city’s high schools, to be appointed by the mayor;]

6. [The chairperson of the safety services and licenses committee.] One member of the Cranston Police

Department to be appointed by the Colonel.

B. All of the appointees, with the exception of the members of the city administration, shall serve without payment or compensation. The term of such members shall be for a period of two years commencing the first Monday in January, [1999.] 2015.

[2.64.020 - Chairperson.

The chairperson of the traffic safety commission shall be the chairperson of the safety services and licenses committee. ]

2.64.030 - Powers.

The Cranston traffic safety commission shall have the following powers:

A. [To encourage and facilitate Cranston residents, motorists, businesses, and private organizations to participate in a joint effort to improve pedestrian and motorist safety on residential streets and main thoroughfares;

B. To study and recommend ways and means of promoting an integrated approach to resolving traffic problems in the city that improves pedestrian safety and creates livable neighborhoods and commercial districts. ] To study citywide traffic issues and investigate remedies to alleviate speeding.

2.64.040 - Expenditure of funds.

The Cranston traffic safety commission may expend such funds as may, from time to time, be appropriated therefore by the city council, in order to carry out the purposes expressed in this chapter.

2.64.050 - Reports.

The Cranston traffic safety commission shall advise the city council and the mayor, from time to time, by submitting reports with recommendations based upon its findings.

Sponsored by: Councilman Santamaria

12/18/14

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