ORDINANCE NO. 14,308

AN ORDINANCE to amend the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, and amended by Ordinance No. 13,910, passed January 22, 2001, and Ordinance No. 14,045, passed January 28, 2002, and Ordinance No. 14,147, passed October 7, 2002, by amending Section 102-320 thereof, relating to the qualifications of the skywalk committee.

Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Des Moines, Iowa:

Section 1. That the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, and amended by Ordinance No. 13,910, passed January 22, 2001, and Ordinance No. 14,045, passed January 28, 2002, and Ordinance No. 14,147, passed October 7, 2002, is hereby amended by amending Section 102-320 relating to the qualifications of the skywalk committee, as follows:

Sec. 102-320. Skywalk Committee/Urban Development Board.

(a) The powers and duties formerly held by the skywalk commission under this code have been transferred to the urban design review board created by section 82-336 and to the skywalk committee created below.

(b) The urban design review board and the skywalk committee are hereby designated as the successors to the skywalk commission. The urban design review board shall have all those advisory duties and responsibilities not constituting the exercise of some portion of the power of the city, formerly held by the skywalk commission under the various Skywalk Agreements between the city and the owners, tenants and occupants of property within the skywalk system. The skywalk committee shall have all those powers and duties constituting the exercise of some portion of the power of the city, formerly held by the skywalk commission under the various Skywalk Agreements between the city and the owners, tenants and occupants of property within the skywalk system.

(c) A five member skywalk committee is hereby created. The membership of the skywalk committee shall consist of two members of the urban design review board, one member who is a member of the Des Moines Skywalk Association, one ownership representative and one tenant representative. The ownership representative shall be an owner of an interest in property containing a skywalk corridor, or an officer of a business which owns such property. The tenant representative shall be an owner of an interest in a business which leases property containing a skywalk corridor, or an officer of such a business. The mayor shall recommend candidates to fill one position on the committee. The at large council members shall each recommend candidates to fill two positions on the committee.

(d) The term of the two members of the skywalk committee who are members of the urban design review board shall terminate concurrent with the termination of their term on the board. The term of all other members shall be three years.

Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law.

FORM APPROVED:

Roger K. Brown, Assistant City Attorney

T. M. Franklin Cownie, Mayor

Attest:

I, Diane Rauh, City Clerk of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of an ordinance (Roll Call No. 04- 083), passed by the City Council of said City at a meeting held January 12, 2004 signed by the Mayor on January 12, 2004 and published as provided by law in the Business Record on January 26, 2004. Authorized by Publication Order No. 4016.

Diane Rauh, City Clerk