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Green Sheet # 3030254
Presented By
RESOLUTION
OF SAINT PAUL, MIlVNESOTA
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WfIEREAS, pursuant to authority created by 2005 Minn. Laws, Chapter 152, Art. 1, Sections i
and 38 (the "Special I,a�'), the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, a municipal corporation (the
"Cit�') entered into an Agreement, made effective October 1, 2005 (the "AgreemenP'), with the
Saint Paul RiverCentre Convention & Visitors Authority, a Minuesota nonprofit corporation (the
"RCVA"), whereby the RCVA was engaged by the City to equip, maintaixi, manage and operate
those certain facilities commonly known as the RiverCentre complex, and to manage and operate
a convention bureau to mazket and promote the City of Saint Paul as a tourist and/or convention
destination center; and
WHEREAS, the Special Law requires that the Mayor, subject to the approval of the City
Council, shall appoint a majority of the RCVA Board of Directors; and
Wf�REAS, pursuant to RCVA Resolution No. OS-001, adopted on September 14, 2005, the
RCVA Board of Directors approved its corporate Bylaws (the "Bylaws"); and
Wf�REAS, Article IV, Section 1(a) of the Bylaws designates those ten (10) RCVA Board
members who are appointed by the Mayor, subject to the approval of the City Council, as
"Mayoral Directors" ; and
WHEREAS, on August 17, 2005, the City Council adopted Resolution Council File I3o. OS-741
(the "Ixutial Appointments Resolution"), which among other things, confirmed the appointments
of three (3) Mayoral Directors to terms that expire on August 31, 2006; three (3) Mayoral
Directors to terms that expire on August 31, 2007; and four (4) Mayoral Directors to terxns that
expire on August 31, 2008; and
WFIEREAS, Article IV, Section 2 of the Bylaws, entitled "Term Of Office", presently provides
with regard to Mayoral Directors, that of the Mayoral Directors first designated, two (2) "shall
be designated for a term through the year 2006...four (4) ...shall be designated for a term through
the year 2007; and four (4) ...sha11 be designated for a term through the year 2008" (emphasis
added); and
WHEREAS, to conform the terms of office to be held by the Mayoral Directors first designated,
as stated in the Bylaws with the terms of office as stated in the Initial Appointments Resolution,
the RCVA Boazd of Directars desire to amend Article IV, Section 2 of the Bylaws in accordance
with the ternis of office contained in the Initial Appointments Resolntion, and to fitrther provide
that thereafter, the term of each Mayoral Director shall be appointed or reappointed for two years
and four months for terms through, respectively, December 31, 2008; December 31, 2009; and
December 31, 2010. Thereafter, the term of each Mayoral Directar shall be three years ending,
respectively, on December 31 and the terms of the Mayor Directors sha11 be staggered so that
approxunately one-third of the Mayoral D'uectors terms shali expire each year; and
WHEREAS, Article XIII of the Bylaws setting forth the process required to amend the Bylaws,
requires the prior written consent of the City Council before the RCVA Boazd of Directors can
amend the Bylaws as it relates to the Mayoral Directors.
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NOW, THEREFORE, SE IT RESOLVED that the Saint Paul City Council consents to the
Board of Directors of the RCVA amending the Bylaws as it relates to terms of office for
Mayoral Directors, so long as such amendments aze in substantial conformance with both the
Initial Appointments Resolution and the recitals contained herein.
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Aetion Requested:
City Council approval of RCVA Boazd of D'uectors amendment of RCVA Bylaws regazding Mayoral D'uectors.
Recommendations: Approve (A) or Reject (R): Personal Service Contracts Must Ar�wer the Following Questions:
Planning Commission 1. Has this person/firtn ever worked under a contract for this departmenY?
CIB Committee Yes No
Civil Service Commission 2. Has this personffirtn ever been a city employee?
Yes No
3. Does this pereon/firtn possess a skill not normally possessed by any
curzenl city employee?
Yes No
Explain all yes answers on separete sheet and attach to green sheet
Initiating Problem, Issues, Opportunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why):
RCVA needs to amend its Bylaws so as to conform to eazlier City Council Resolurion appointing initial Mayoral Directors to RCVA
Boazd of Directors.
Ativantapes If Approved:
Will allow the RCVA to amend Bylaws so as to conform to eazlier City Council Resolurion appointing initial Mayoral D'uectors to RCVA
Boazd of D'uectors.
DisadvanWpes If Approvetl:
DisadvaMages If Not Approved:
Will create Mayoral D'uector vacancies not contemplated when City CouncIl adopted its earlier resolurion consenting to Mayoral
Directors first appointed to RCVA Boazd.
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