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City Council Meeting 10-23-90
Santa Monica, California
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STAFF REPORT
SUBJECT:
Mayor and City Council
City Attorney
Ordinance Adding Chapter 1A to Article I
of the Santa Monica Municipal Code Relating
to the Posting of Agenda Notices
TO:
FROM:
At its meeting on October 9, 1990, the City Council
introduced for first reading an ordinance to require agendas to
be posted at least 72 hours in advance of city Council meetings.
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 10-23-90
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER l556(CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADDING CHAPTER 1A TO ARTICLE I
OF THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING
TO THE POSTING OF AGENDA NOTICES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1A is added to Article I of the Santa
Monica Municipal Code to read as follows:
CHAPTER IA - NOTICE OF MEETINGS
SECTION 1120.
Posting of Aqendas
for Reqular Meetinqs.
(a) At least 72 hours before a
regular meeting of the ci ty Councilor
any City board or commission, an agenda
of the meeting shall be conspicuously
posted specifying the time and location
of the meeting and a brief general
description of each item of business to
be
transacted
or discussed
at
the
meeting.
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(b)
Action may only be taken on
items appearing on the posted agenda
unless one of the following conditions
are met:
(1) By a majority vote the
City
Council,
board
or
commission
determines that an emergency situation
exists
that
severely
impairs
public
health or safety.
(2) By a two-thirds vote, or
if less than two thirds of the body is
present by a unanimous vote, the City
Council, board or commission determines
that the need to take action arose
subsequent to the agenda being posted.
(3) The matter was continued
from an earlier meeting held not more
than five calendar days prior to date
action is taken on the item, and at the
prior meeting the item was continued to
the meeting at which action is being
taken.
SECTION 1121.
Posting of Agendas
for Special and Emergency Meetinqs.
(a) At least 24 hours before a
special meeting of the City Councilor
any ci ty board or commission, an agenda
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of the special meeting shall be
conspicuously posted specifying the time
and location of the special meeting and a
brief general description of each item of
business to be transacted or discussed at
the special meeting.
(b) Notice of the meeting shall be
provided city Council and board members
or commissioners in the manner provided
for in Government Code section 54956.
(c) Unless an emergency occurs
that severely impairs public health or
safety, no business other than that which
appears on the posted agenda may be
transacted at the special meeting.
(d) Emergency meetings of the city
Council, boards and commissions may be
called and conducted in accordance with
the provisions of Government Code section
54956.5.
SECTION 2. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code or appendices thereto inconsistent 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 this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid
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or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of any competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining 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
any portion of the Ordinance would be subsequently declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
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 in the official newspaper
within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective after 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS \j .
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 30th day of October, 1990.
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Mayor Pro Tempore
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1556 was
duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City Council on
the 9th day of October 1990; that the said Ordinance was
thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the City council on the
30th day of October 1990 by the following Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Al::>do, Genser, Jennings, Ka t z ,
Reed, Mayor Pro Tempore Finkel
Noes: Councilmembers: none
Abstain: Councilmembers: none
Absent: Councilrnernbers: Mayor Zane
ATTEST:
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City Clerk