[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Jamestown 11-29-1971 by L.L. No. 3-1971. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Defense and indemnification — See Ch. 15.
Code of Ethics — See Ch. 21.
Officers and employees — See Ch. 47.
Planning Commission — See Ch. 61.
Environmental quality review — See Ch. 135.
Freshwater wetlands — See Ch. 149.
Parks and public lands — See Ch. 193.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 260.
Trees and shrubs — See Ch. 280.
Zoning — See Ch. 300.
The Parks, Recreation and Conservation Commission is hereby created to construct, maintain and operate all public parks and recreational facilities and to conserve the environment of the City of Jamestown.
[Amended 10-16-1995; 1-31-2000]
The Commission shall consist of 12 members, 10 of whom shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council to serve for terms of five years or until their successors are appointed, except that the member of such Commission first appointed shall be appointed for terms in a manner such that the term of one Commissioner shall expire annually thereafter. In addition, this Commission shall consist of two members of the City Council, the Mayor, one member of the Board of Education of the Jamestown City School District to be selected by the President of the Board of Education, one member of the Planning Commission to be selected annually by the Chairman of the Planning Commission, and other members that may be hereafter designated by the City Council shall be ex officio members of the Commission. Vacancies in such Commission occurring otherwise than by expiation of term shall be as original appointments.
At the first meeting of each year, members of the Parks, Recreation and Conservation Commission shall select from their own number a Chairman and Secretary and other necessary officers to serve for a one-year period. Six members of said Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but no resolution involving expenditure of money shall be passed and no appointee or employee shall be removed except by the concurring vote of six members of the Parks, Recreation and Conservation Commission. Said Commission shall hold regular meetings at least once a month and may hold special meetings at the call of the Chairman or upon the request of any three members of the Commission.
The Parks, Recreation and Conservation Commission shall undertake the following functions:
A. 
To direct, supervise, care for and manage the parks of the City.
B. 
To acquire, construct, install and maintain recreational facilities, equipment and other recreational property of the City.
C. 
To arrange, provide for, operate and conduct public recreation programs in the parks and schools of the City and on other City property where permitted, subject to the regulations of the Board of Education, where applicable.
D. 
To care for the shade trees of the City.
E. 
To establish, by regulation, the schedule of fees for use of parks and recreational facilities.
F. 
To grant, on approval of the Council, concessions to be operated within the parks and other recreational facilities.
G. 
To advise the City Council on all matters involving the reclamation, preservation, utilization, development, public access and management of that portion of the Chadakoin River, riverbanks and watershed that traverses the City of Jamestown and to further advise the City Council on all other matters affecting the preservation, development, management and use of the natural and man-made features and conditions of the City of Jamestown insofar as beauty, quality, biologic integrity and other environmental factors are concerned and, in the case of man's activities and developments, with regard to any major threats posed to environmental quality, so as to enhance the long-range value of the Chadakoin River basin and the overall environment to the people of the City of Jamestown.
[Amended 6-23-1997]
H. 
To develop and conduct a program of public information in the community which shall be designed to foster increased understanding of the nature of environmental problems and issues and support for the solutions.
I. 
To maintain liaison and communications with public and agencies and organizations of local, state and national scope whose programs and activities have an impact on the quality of the environment or who can be of assistance to the Commission.
J. 
To perform such other and further duties as may be necessary and required for carrying out the purpose of this chapter or as may be assigned from time to time by the City Council.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: An unnumbered paragraph, which immediately followed this subsection and dealt with the Director and other employees, was deleted 4-5-1976 by L.L. No. 2-1976. See now § 57-5, Director of Parks, Recreation and Conservation; Deputy.
[Added 4-5-1976 by L.L. No. 2-1976]
A. 
The powers vested in the Parks, Recreation and Conservation Commission shall be exercised through a Director of Parks, Recreation and Conservation, who shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council. In performing his functions, the Director of Parks, Recreation and Conservation shall have the authority to appoint and remove such foremen, advisors and employees as may be required to carry out the purposes of this section and under the express authorization of the City Council. In addition, the Director of Parks, Recreation and Conservation, subject to the approval of the City Council, shall have the power to do all other acts and to give effect to the purposes set forth in the law.
B. 
The Director of Parks, Recreation and Conservation is empowered to designate and employ a Deputy Director of Parks, Recreation and Conservation. The Deputy Director of Parks, Recreation and Conservation shall perform such duties as the Director of Parks, Recreation and Conservation may direct and in the absence of the Director of Parks, Recreation and Conservation shall have the power and authority to act as the Director of Parks, Recreation and Conservation.
C. 
The appointment of the Director of Parks, Recreation and Conservation and employment of his Deputy shall be for a term of two years, to run concurrently with the term of the Mayor.
[Amended 6-23-1997; 7-28-2014]
Powers and duties affecting the environment (as set out by § 57-4G through J) shall be effectuated by the Riverfront Management Council. The Riverfront Management Council shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the Parks, Recreation and Conservation Commission and shall consist of 15 members composed of 14 citizen members and one City Council Member. Five members shall be citizen appointments and shall be residents of the City of Jamestown. Three members, including the Councilmanic member, shall be members of the Parks, Recreation and Conservation Commission. Seven members, who need not be residents of the City of Jamestown as a qualification for appointment, shall be the Chairman of the Chautauqua County Watershed Conservancy or his or her designated representative, the Chairman of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute or his or her designated representative, the Chairman of the Audubon Society or his or her designated representative, one representative of Jamestown High School and three student representatives of Jamestown High School. Members of said Riverfront Management Council shall be appointed by the Mayor to serve for terms of five years or until their successors are appointed. With the exception of the Councilmanic member, none of the members of the Riverfront Management Council shall be deemed to be officers of the City of Jamestown.
The Commission shall recommend to the City Council the salaries or other compensation to be paid to the several officers and employees in its jurisdiction. The several amounts to be fixed as said salary or compensation, however, shall be determined by the City Council. The members of the Parks, Recreation and Conservation Commission shall serve without pay.