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city Council Meeting 1-14-92 Santa Monica, California
STAFF REPORT
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: city Attorney
SUBJECT: Ordinance Amending Santa Monica Municipal Code
Section 2905 Extending the Deadline for the
Charter Review Commission to Issue its Report
At its meeting on December 17, 1991, the city Council
introduced for first reading an ordinance amending Municipal Code
Section 2905 extending the deadline for the Charter Review
Commission to issue its report. The ordinance is now presented
to the City Council for adoption.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the accompanying
ordinance be adopted.
PREPARED BY: Robert M. Myers, City Attorney
Joseph Lawrence, Assistant city Attorney
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city council Meeting 1-14-92 Santa Mon1ca, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER l6ll(CCS)
(City council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL
CODE SECTION 2905 EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR THE
CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION TO ISSUE ITS REPORT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 2905 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code
1S amended to read as follows:
SECTION 2905. Creation of Charter
Review Commission.
(a) Pursuant to Section 1000 of
the City Charter, a Charter Review
Commisslon is hereby established. The
Commissl.on shall consist of 15 members
appointed by the city Council as follows:
(1) Two members of the
Commisslon selected by each city
Councilmember.
(2 ) A chair of the
Commission selected by the City Council.
(b) The Commission and
Commissloners shall be subject to all of
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the terms of Article X of the city
Charter sett~ng forth procedures for
removal of comm~SSloners, terms, and
meetings. The Commissioners shall be
appointed no earlier than the first
meeting following the swearing in of new
Councilmembers after the November 6,
1990, general mun1clpal elect~on.
(c) The Commission shall, prior to
March 31, 1992, report to the City
Counc1l 1n writing whether or not the
City Charter should be amended in the
following areas:
( 1) The method of selection
of members of the city council and Mayor.
(2 ) Whether or not City
Charter Section 602 should be amended to
provide compensation and benefits for
members of the City council and if so,
what compensation and beneflts should be
provided.
(3 ) Whether or not any
limitatlon should be placed on the terms
of office of members of the City Council.
(4) The method of selection
of the City Attorney and the City Clerk.
(5) Review Article X of the
City Charter to determine whether or not
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the. Boards and Commissions established
thereby should continue to be mandated by
the Clty Charter and review the me.thod of
selection of the Planning commission.
(6 ) Whether City Charter
Section 612 relating to special meetings
should be amended to conform to the Brown
Act.
(7) Whether City Charter
Sect~on 613 relating to the place of City
Council meetings should be amended to
provide more flexibility to holding
meetlngs within the city.
(8 ) Whether City Charter
Section 717 relatlng to a city Health
Officer should be deleted.
(9) Whether City Charter
Section 1515 relating to claims against
the City should be revised to conform to
state law.
(10) Whether city Charter
Section 608 should be amended to increase
the dollar amount requlring competitive
bldding on pUblic works proJects.
(11) Whether city Charter
section 1300 relating to official bonds
should be amended or deleted.
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(12) Whether City Charter
section 1501 relating to Cash Basis Fund
and city Charter section 1511 relating to
Capital Outlays Fund should be amended or
deleted.
(13) Whether City Charter
Section 1513 relating to the presentation
of demands should be amended or deleted.
(14) Such other matters as
the city council by motion may refer to
the CommlSS1on.
(d) The City council may by
resolution extend the date by which the
Commission shall issue its report.
SECTION 2. Any provlsion of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code or appendices thereto inconslstent with the provisions of
this Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no
further, are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary
to affect the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 3 . If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase of th1s Ordinance ~s for any reason held to be lnvalid
or unconstitutional by a decislon of any court of any competent
jurisdictionl such declsion shall not affect the validity of the
remalning portions of this Ordinance. The City council hereby
declares that it would have passed this ordinance, and each and
every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not
declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether
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any portion of the Ordinance would be subsequently declared
invalid or unconst~tutional.
SECTION 4 . The Mayor shall sign and the city Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall
cause the same to be published once ln the off1cial newspaper
within 15 days after ~ts adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective after 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS .
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 14th day of January, 1992.
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Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1611(CCS)
,.,as duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the city
council on the 17th day of December 1991; that the said Ordinance
was thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on
the 14th day of January 1992 by the following Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Abdo, Holbrook, Katz, Olsen,
Vazquez, Zane, Mayor Genser
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councl1members: None
ATTEST:
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