HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-17 - City Council Appointment of Commissions, Boards and CommitteesORDINANCE NO. 04-17
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING TITLES 2, 12, AND 13 OF THE
COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENT OF
COMMISSIONS, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Title 2, section 2-4, subdivision (b), of the Costa Mesa
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 2-4. City council policies; commissions, boards and
committees; terms and procedures.
(b) All commissions, boards and committees appointed by the
city council, except as otherwise provided by the city council in this
Code or by policy or as otherwise required by law, shall consist of
five members with each member having a term of office of four
years, provided, that in order to have overlapping terms, two or
three members may initially be assigned two-year terms. The term
of any member shall be automatically extended, if necessary, until
his or her replacement is appointed. All members will serve at the
sole pleasure of the city council and may be removed at any time
without cause."
Section 2. Title 12, section 12-59, of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 12-59. Membership.
The parks and recreation commission shall consist of five members
appointed by a majority vote of the entire city council. The city
council may, by majority vote, remove any member of the parks
and recreation commission. Additional details for the appointment
procedures and member qualifications, terms, and compensation
may be set by city council policy."
Section 3. Title 13, section 13-10, subdivision (b), of the Costa Mesa
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
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"Sec. 13-10. Planning commission.
(b) Appointment of commission. The Planning Commissioners
shall be appointed, and may be removed, by a majority vote of the
entire city council. Additional details for the appointment procedures
and member qualifications, terms and compensation may be set by
city council policy."
Section 4. Appointment of Staggered Terms.
When the City Council makes the new appointments pursuant to the
provisions of this ordinance, it shall appoint two of the Planning Commissioners
and two of the Parks and Recreation Commissioners to two-year terms. The four
commissioners who receive two-year terms shall be determined by random
drawing of their names.
Section 5. Severability.
If any chapter, article, section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause,
phrase, or portion of this Ordinance, or the application thereof to any person, is
for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court
of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portion of this Ordinance or its application to other persons. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each
chapter, article, section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or
portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections, subdivi-
sions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions of the application thereof to any
person, be declared invalid or unconstitutional. No portion of this Ordinance shall
supersede any local, State, or Federal law, regulation, or codes dealing with life
safety factors.
Section 6. Publication.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect thirty (30)
days from and after its passage and, before the expiration of fifteen (15) days
after its passage, shall be published once in the NEWPORT BEACH/COSTA
MESA DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in
the City of Costa Mesa, or, in the alternative, the City Clerk may cause to be
published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified copy of the text of this
Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk five (5) days prior to the
date of adoption of this Ordinance, and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the
City Clerk shall cause to be published the aforementioned summary and shall
post in the office of the City Clerk a certified copy of this Ordinance together with
the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of January, 2005
ATTEST:
Dell City CI rk of the
City of Costa Mesa
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, JULIE FOLCIK, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance
No. 04-17 was introduced and considered section by section at a special meeting
of said City Council held on the 13th day of December, 2004, and thereafter
passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City Council held on
the 3rd day of January, 2005, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mansoor, Monahan, Bever, Dixon
NOES: Foley
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 5th day of jan„ary , 2005.
Deput ity Clerl and ex -officio
Clerk of the City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa