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Santa Monica, California
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City Council Meeting 10-9-90
STAFF REPORT
FROM:
Mayor and City Council
city Attorney
TO:
SUBJECT:
Ordinance Adding Chapter lA to Article I
of the Santa Monica Municipal Code Relating
to the Posting of Agenda Notices
At its meeting on August 7, 1990, the City council directed
the city Attorney to prepare an ordinance to require agendas to
be posted at least 72 hours in advance of city council meetings.
The accompanying ordinance has been prepared in response to
this direction.
The ordinance mirrors the language of the
state's open meeting law, the Brown Act, and would affect city
Council meetings as well as meetings of City boards and
commissions. In addition, the ordinance adopts the language of
the Brown Act with respect to special and emergency meetings.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the accompanying
ordinance be introduced for first reading.
PREPARED BY: Robert M. Myers, city Attorney
Joseph Lawrence, Assistant City Attorney
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Sidewalk Repair 90-164
NAME RALF & JOAN SIEGEMUND
NAME-2
MAIL-STREET 16749 MARQUEZ TERRACE
~mIL-CITY-STATE PACIFIC PALISADES, CA 90272
SITE-STREET 1521 12TH STREET
TRACT SANTA MONICA - PARCEL 4282-032-018
LOT-&-BLOCK LOT T, BLOCK 32
TOTAL-COST 300.00
ASMNT-COST1 150.00
WORK-DONE-l REMOVE & REPLACE 50 SQ. FT. SIDEWALK
WORK-DONE-2
WORK-DONE-3
WORK-DONE-4
NAME RAYMOND URODE
NAME-2
MAIL-STREET 3349 MANDEVILLE CANYON ROAD
MAIL-CITY-STATE LOS ANGELES, CA 90049
SITE-STREET 1519 12TH STREET
TRACT SANTA MONICA - PARCEL 4282-032-019
LOT-&-BLOCK LOT V, BLOCK 32
TOTAL-COST 300.00
ASMNT-COSTl 150.00
WORK-DONE-l REMOVE & REPLACE 50 SQ. FT. SIDEWALK
WORK-DONE-2
WORK-DONE-3
WORK-DONE-4
NAME ROBERT L. HARGROVE CO. TR
NAME-2
MAIL-STREET 460 34TH STREET
MAIL-CITY-STATE MANHATTAN BEACH, CA 90266
SITE-STREET 1208 BROADWAY
TRACT SANTA MONICA - PARCEL 4282-032-023
LOT-&-BLOCK LOT X, BLOCK 32
TOTAL-COST 1050.00
ASMNT-COSTl 525.00
WORK-DONE-l REMOVE & REPLACE 175 SQ. FT. SIDEWALK
WORK-DONE-2
WORK-DONE-J
WORK-DONE-4
(b) Action may only be taken on
items appearing on the posted agenda
unless one of the following conditions
are met:
(~) 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 Emerqency Meetinqs.
(a) At least 24 hours before a
special meeting of the City Councilor
any City 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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with all objections and protests as required by section 5618 of the
streets and Highway Code,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The report of the Superintendent of streets heretofore
filed and above-described be, and the same hereby is, confirmed.
SECTION 2. All protests and objections of every kind and nature
to the report of the Superintendent of streets be and the same hereby
are, overruled and denied.
SECTION 3. The cost of the repairs, as set forth in the report of
the Superintendent of streets, shall be assessed against the
properties therein described, which properties front the sidewalk upon
which the repairs were made.
SECTION 4. If such assessment is not paid within the time
permitted by law, the same shall constitute a special assessment
against and lien on the properties therein described in the amount set
forth in the report of the Superintendent of streets, which lien shall
continue until the assessment and all interest thereon is paid or
until it is discharged of record.
SECTION 5. If the assessment is not paid within the time
permitted by law, the Superintendent of Streets, in accordance with
section 5628 of the streets and Highway code, shall deliver a Notice
of Lien, prepared in the manner required by Section 5626 of the
streets and Highways Code, to the County Auditor who shall collect the
assessment together with all other taxes against the property.
SECTION 6. The city Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full
force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS
City Attorney
Adopted and approved this 9th day of october, 1990.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 8107(CCS)
was duly adopted by the city Council of the City of Santa Monica
at a meeting thereof held on October 9, 1990 by the following
Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Abdo, Finkel, Genser, Jennings,
Reed, Mayor Zane
Noes: Councilrnembers: None
Abstain: Councilrnembers: Katz
Absent: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
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