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<br />Page 20 of 45 <br />ATTY/CHARTER AMENDMENTS/2018/2018 DRAFT CHARTER AMENDMENTS <br />REV: 06-25-18 VR <br />April 8, 1958, ratified by Legislature April 18, 1958.) <br /> <br />PORT DEPARTMENT <br /> <br />(Sections 47 to 50-a inclusive, added June 11, 1936, ratified by I Legislature January 23, and May <br />15, 1937, Stats. 1937, pp. 2697, 2957.) <br /> <br />Section 47. ESTABLISHMENT OF A PORT DEPARTMENT: <br /> <br />To promote and insure more definitely the comprehensive and adequate development of the Port <br />of Redwood City through continuity of control, management and operation, there is hereby <br />created a department of the City of Redwood City to be known as the "Port Department." <br /> <br />Section 47a. BOARD OF PORT COMMISSIONERS: <br /> <br />The exclusive control and management of the Port Department is hereby vested in the Board of <br />Port Commissioners, which shall be composed of five (5) members who shall be appointed by the <br />Council. <br /> <br />No person shall be appointed as a member of the Board who is not at the time of his or her their <br />appointment, and has not been continuously for three (3) years immediately preceding, a resident <br />and elector of the City of Redwood City. All members of the commission Board shall continuously <br />and during their incumbencies be residents and electors of the City. <br /> <br />The members of the Board shall serve without salary or compensation. (As amended April 13, <br />1954, ratified by Legislature January 13, 1955, Stats. 1955, Chapter 27; as amended April 10, 1984, <br />certified by Secretary of State June 21, 1984) <br /> <br />Section 47b. ORGANIZATION: TERMS OF OFFICE: <br /> <br />Members of the Board shall hold office for a term of four (four) years, except in the case of a <br />vacancy, in which event the appointment shall be for the unexpired term. Board members in <br />office at the time this amendment takes effect shall continue in office until the end of their <br />respective terms. (As amended November 6, 2007, filed by Secretary of State March 12, 2008). <br /> <br />No person shall serve on the Board of Port Commissioners for more than four full consecutive <br />terms. A partial term to which a person is appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board shall not be <br />included in computing consecutive terms. The full term during which a member may resign shall <br />be included in the same manner as if no resignation had taken place. If a member is not <br />reappointed after serving one or more terms, such member may be appointed in a later <br />appointment cycle and shall be eligible to serve four consecutive terms from the date of the later <br />appointment. Full terms or partial terms served prior to January 1, 2019 shall be included in <br />computing consecutive terms. When a member completes a term without being reappointed to <br />the succeeding term, including instances in which a member is not reappointed because of the <br />8.A. - Page 28