O2482City Council Meeting: March 24, 2015 Santa Monica, California
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE • COUNCIL OF OF
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WHEREAS, the Santa Monica Arts Commission was created to "ensure
a regular and ongoing assessment of art programs in the City "; and
WHEREAS, in order to ensure representation of diverse interests within
the City, the Commission was created as an unusually large legislative body,
numbering thirteen members; and
WHEREAS, experience has indicated that a slightly smaller body could
fulfill the Commission's purpose equally well and much more efficiently; and
WHEREAS, Council has determined that the Commission's size should
be reduced, and
WHEREAS, there are currently two vacancies on the Commission, and
WHEREAS, the present circumstances provide an unusual opportunity to adjust
the size of the Commission without disrupting members' service.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1, Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 2.64.020 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
2.64.020 Creation of Arts Commission.
(a) Pursuant to Section 1000 of the City Charter, an
Arts Commission is created. The Commission shall consist
of eleven members. A majority of the members in office at
any time shall constitute a quorum. The members shall be
appointed by the City Council. Except as otherwise provided
in this Chapter, the Commission and Commissioners shall
be subject to all the terms of Article X of the City Charter
setting forth procedures for appointment of Commissioners,
terms, and meetings.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in Section
2.64.080, all Commissioners shall reside or work in the City
and shall be actively involved in the arts. From and after
April 10, 1990, any person appointed as a Commissioner
must be a Director of the Santa Monica Arts Foundation. The
Commission shall represent the diversity of the community
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and shall include minorities and working artists in the
following disciplines:
dance.
(1) Performing arts such as drama, music, and
(2) Visual arts such as painting, sculpture,
photography, graphics, video art, and applied art.
(3) Communications arts such as film, television,
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(4) Literary arts such as literature, poetry, and
journalism.
Commissioners may represent one or more of the
disciplines indicated above.
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, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary
to effect 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 or unconstitutional by a decision of any
court of 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,
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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 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Approved and adopted this 24th day of March, 2015.
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Kevin McKeown, Mayor
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of Santa Monica )
I, Sarah P. Gorman, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Ordinance No. 2482 (CCS) had its introduction on February 24,
2015, and was adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting held on March
24, 2015, by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Davis, Himmelrich, O'Connor, O'Day, Winterer
Mayor McKeown, Mayor Pro Tern Vazquez
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: None
A summary of Ordinance No. 2482 (CCS) was duly published pursuant to
California Government Code Section 40806 .
ATTEST:
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Sarah 'Gorman, City Clerk