SECTIONS 32555-32561 - California Statutes

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.