Langley Municipal Code
Creating the Comprehensive Plan Group

18.20.110      Comprehensive Plan Group - Membership
      A.  There is created a comprehensive plan group, which shall consist of the mayor, all council members, the chair of the planning advisory board, and at least seven appointed members.
      B.   The chair and vice chair(s) of the comprehensive plan group shall be appointed by, and may be removed as chair or vice chair by, the city council. The chair, vice chair(s) and mayor shall be the executive team for the comprehensive plan group.
      C.      Members who are neither ex-officio nor part of the executive team shall be appointed by the executive team and approved by the city council. Non-ex-officio members may be removed by a majority vote of the city council.
      D.  The term of ex-officio members shall be the same as their term in office. The term of other members shall be two years.
      E.  The comprehensive plan group shall be staffed by consultants selected by the executive team, appointed by the mayor, and approved by the council.
(Ord. 873, 2006)(Ord. 876, 2006)

18.20.115      Comprehensive Plan Group - Components
      Within the comprehensive plan group there exist the following bodies:
      A. The executive team described in 18.20.110.B.
      B. Advisory committees, whose chairs and members shall be appointed by the executive team and approved by the council.
      C. The integration committee, composed of: (a) the chair of each advisory committee described in 18.20.115.B, or as alternate, the chair's designate from among the advisory committee's members, (b) the executive team, and (c) the chair of the planning advisory board. The executive team and the chairs of the advisory committees shall be chosen so that amajority of the integration committee are non-council members.
(Ord. 876, 2006)

18.20.120      Comprehensive Plan Group - Duties
      A.  While the comprehensive plan group exists, the integration committee shall  be responsible for the review and recommendation to the city council of all updates and amendments to the comprehensive plan of the city and shall have such other powers and duties as set forth in RCW Sections 35A.63.060-100.
      B.   The role of the advisory committees is purely advisory. The integration committee and the council are free to act in accordance with RCW Sections 35A.63.060-100 independent of whether either the integration committee or the council has received any recommendations from any of the advisory committees.
      C.  The existence of the comprehensive plan group shall terminate on March 1, 2008, or on such earlier date that the city council shall elect to terminate the comprehensive planning group, on which date the planning advisory board shall assume all of the duties and responsibilities of the comprehensive plan group, including those set forth in RCW Sections 35A.63.060-100.  (Ord. 873, 2006)(Ord. 876, 2006)