32555-32561
PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE
SECTION 32555-32561
32555. There is in the Resources Agency, the Baldwin Hills Conservancy, which is created for the following purposes: (a) To acquire and manage public lands within the Baldwin Hills area, and to provide recreational, open space, wildlife habitat restoration and protection, and lands for educational uses within the area. (b) To acquire lands for open space within the territory of the conservancy. (c) To provide for the public's enjoyment, and to enhance the recreational and educational experience on public lands in the territory in a manner consistent with the protection of lands and resources in the area. 32556. (a) The board shall consist of 13 voting members and seven nonvoting members. (b) The 13 voting members of the board shall consist of the following: (1) The Secretary of the Resources Agency, or his or her designee. (2) The Director of Parks and Recreation, or his or her designee. (3) The Director of Finance, or his or her designee. (4) The Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Parks, or his or her designee. (5) The member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors within whose district the majority of the Baldwin Hills area is located. (6) Six members of the public appointed by the Governor who are residents of Los Angeles County and who represent the diversity of the community surrounding the Baldwin Hills area. Of those six members, four members shall be selected as follows: (A) One member shall be a resident of Culver City selected from a list of three persons nominated by the city council. (B) Three members shall be residents of the adjacent communities of Blair Hills, Ladera Heights, Baldwin Hills, Windsor Hills, Inglewood, View Park, or Baldwin Vista. (7) A resident of Los Angeles County appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, and a resident of Los Angeles County appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. (c) The seven nonvoting members shall consist of the following: (1) The Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency, or his or her designee. (2) The Executive Officer of the State Coastal Conservancy, or his or her designee. (3) The Executive Officer of the State Lands Commission, or his or her designee. (4) An appointee of the Governor with experience in developing contaminated sites, commonly referred to as "brownfields." (5) The Executive Director of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, or his or her designee. (6) The Director of the Culver City Human Services Department, or his or her designee. (7) The Director of the Department of Conservation, or his or her designee. (d) A quorum shall consist of seven voting members of the board, and any action of the board affecting any matter before the board shall be decided by a majority vote of the voting members present, a quorum being present. However, the affirmative vote of at least four of the voting members of the board shall be required for the transaction of any business of the board. (e) The board shall do all of the following: (1) Study the potential environmental and recreational uses of Ballona Creek and the adjacent property described in subdivision (a) of Section 32553. (2) Develop a proposed map for that area. (3) Provide a report to the Legislature, on or before January 1, 2003, on the results of paragraphs (1) and (2). 32556.2. Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 32556, as amended by Section 3 of Chapter 3 of the Statutes of 2002, the report required under that paragraph shall be provided to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2004. 32557. (a) The voting members of the board shall serve for two-year terms. Any vacancy on the board shall be filled within 60 days from its occurrence by the appointing authority. (b) A person shall not continue as a member of the board if that person ceases to hold the office that qualifies that person for board membership. Upon the occurrence of that event, that person's membership on the board shall automatically terminate. 32558. The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the board shall be selected by a majority of the voting members of the board for one-year terms. 32559. The conservancy may employ an executive officer and other staff to perform those functions that cannot be provided by volunteers. 32560. All meetings of the board shall be subject to the requirements of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). 32561. All members shall receive reimbursement for actual, necessary, and reasonable expenses. Any member of the board who is not a full-time public employee shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per regular meeting, not to exceed 12 regular meetings a year. Any member of the board may waive compensation.