Constitution of Shore Dogs

Article I

Name

Article II

Purposes and Powers

1. The specific and primary purposes for which this Association is formed are:

   1. To maintain a beautiful, safe, clean, off-leash exercise area in Redwood Shores for dogs.

   2. To promote responsible dog ownership by upholding park rules and regulations, and by acting in ways that encourage adherence to dog regulations in Redwood Shores and other locations, including, but not limited to, regulations regarding dog leashing, clean-up of dog wastes, and control of dog barking.

   3. To cultivate community spirit, involvement, and conflict resolution through newsletters, other written communications, public meetings, a public bulletin board, and other sponsored events.

   4. To provide information and education to dog owners having questions or problems with their dogs.

   5. To be a resource with respect to rescue issues.

2. The general purposes and powers are:
   1. To enter into and perform contracts in its own name, provided, however, that no member of this Association shall be individually or personally liable for the debts or liabilities contracted or incurred by this Association in the acquisition of lands or lease or the purchase, leasing, construction, repairing, or furnishing of buildings or other structures to be used for the purposes of the Association, or for the debts or liabilities contracted or incurred by the Association in the carrying out or performance of its purposes as set forth in Paragraph (a) of this Article II.

   2. To enter into any of the commercial transactions authorized by the California Commercial Code, including without limitation the right to be a party to negotiable paper, to the issuance or transfer of warehouse receipts, bills of lading, and other documents of title, and to the issuance or transfer of investment securities, subject to any conditions, restrictions, or requirements imposed by law.

   3. In accordance with Corporations Code Section 20001, to purchase, receive, own, hold, lease, mortgage, pledge, or encumber by deed of trust or otherwise, manage, and sell all real estate and other property as necessary for the business purposes and objects of the Association, and to design, plan, erect, construct, repair, and furnish buildings or other structures to be used for the purposes of the Association.

   4. To receive gifts of real or personal property, in trust or otherwise, and to take and receive by will real or personal property necessary for its business purposes and objects, subject to the laws regulating the transfer of property by will, and to take and receive by will or deed all other real or personal property, and hold it until disposed of within a 10‑year period, in accordance with Corporations Code Section 20001.

   5. To adopt, alter, or cancel an insignia and to register that insignia, alteration, or cancellation thereof in the office of the Secretary of State.

   6. To adopt, use, and at will alter an Association seal, but failure to affix the seal shall not affect the validity of any instrument.

   7. To adopt, amend, or repeal Bylaws in any manner as may be provided therein, provided, however, that the initial Bylaws of this Association may be adopted by the unanimous written consent of the Directors named in this Constitution or by the vote or written consent of a majority of the members of this Association.

   8. Generally to have and exercise all other rights and powers now conferred, or which may hereafter be conferred, on such associations by law, or which do not contravene the law or public policy of the State of California or of the United States.

   9. To sue and be sued in its own name.

The foregoing statement of purposes shall be construed as a statement of both purposes and powers, and the purposes and powers in each paragraph shall, except where otherwise expressed, not be limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms or provisions of any other paragraph, but shall be regarded as independent purposes and powers.

Article III

Principal Office

1. The powers of the Association shall be exercised, its property controlled, and its affairs conducted by a Board of no fewer than five (5) and no more than twenty (20) Directors.

2. The names and addresses of the first Directors of this Association are:

   P. Terry Anderlini
   619 Marlin Ct.
   Redwood City, California 94065

   Laura Arnick
   P.O. Box 1042
   San Carlos, California 94070

   Teri Baxter
   358 Turks Head Lane
   Redwood City, California 94065

   Andy Hemphill
   623 Teredo Dr.
   Redwood City, California 94065

   Nickie Hemphill
   623 Teredo Dr.
   Redwood City, California 94065

   Deborah Lynch
   520 Cringle
   Redwood City, California 94065

   Eilish McCaffrey
   842 Newport Cr.
   Redwood City, California 94065

   Susan Sheridan
   1000 Governors Bay
   Redwood City, California 94065

   Sandy Simoneon
   37 Cove Lane
   Redwood City, California 94065

   Deanna Thompson
   837 Lakeshore
   Redwood City, California 94065

   Chris Thompson
   837 Lakeshore
   Redwood City, California 94065

   Jim Williams
   623 Teredo Dr.
   Redwood City, California 94065

3. The qualifications, the time and manner of electing, the terms of office, the duties and compensation, if any, and the manner of removing Directors and filling vacancies shall be as set forth in the Bylaws of this Association.

Article IV

Members

1. The qualifications of members of the Association, the different classes of membership, if any, the voting and other rights and privileges of members, and their liability for dues and assessments and the method of collection, and the termination and transfer of membership shall be as stated in the Bylaws.

2. If the voting or other rights or interests, or any of them, be unequal, the Bylaws shall set forth the rule or rules by which the voting or other rights or interests of each member or class of members are fixed and determined.

3. A member's interest in the Association is the personal property of the member. Property owned by the Association, including, but not limited to, personal property, real property, and incorporeal property, shall belong to the Association, and not to any member or members.

Article V

Dissolution

This Association shall be dissolved and its affairs wound up by the vote or written consent of eighty percent (80%) or more of its members and not otherwise.

Article VI