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City Council Meeting 7-8-03 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2087 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA CHANGING THE NAME OF THE
COMMISSION ON OLDER AMERICANS TO THE
COMMISSION FOR THE SENIOR COMMUNITY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS
SECTION 1. Chapter2.48 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Chapter 2.48
COMMISSION FOR THE SENIOR COMMUNITY
Section 2.48.010 Commission for the Senior Community.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1000 of the Santa Monica
Municipal Charter, the City Council does hereby create a Commission forthe
Senior Community. The membership of said Commission shall be appointed
by the City Council and shall consist of nine members to be electors of the
City. None of the voting members shall hold any paid office or employment
in City Government. At least five of the Commissioners shall be over sixty
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years of age.
All non-voting seats in effect at the time of passage of this Section
shall terminate as of June 30, 1989, and the City Council shall not fill any
vacancies of Commission non-voting seats if any such seat is vacated prior
to June 30, 1989.
Section 2.48.020 Powers and duties of said Commission.
The Commission forthe Senior Community shall have the power and
be required to perform the following:
(1) Act in an advisory capacity to the City Council in all matters
pertaining to older Americans and their needs;
(2) Be empowered to assemble information on problems and their
solutions for older Americans through all available means including the
holding of public hearings;
(3) Be empowered on its own initiative to make recommendations to
the City Council on matters within its purview;
(4) Act to facilitate coordination between existing and proposed
programs for the elderly.
Section 2.48.030 Commissioner{s) Emeritus.
The City Council may appoint up to three Commissioners Emeritus
who may serve simultaneously on the Commission forthe Senior Community
("Commission"). The appointments shall be based upon the
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recommendations of the Commission. To be eligible for appointment, a
person must have served two full terms as a Commissioner on the
Commission and must be a resident within the City. Each Commissioner
Emeritus shall be a nonvoting member of the Commission, may represent
the Commission at community and other functions as directed by the
Commission, may serve on Commission committees and shall abide by the
bylaws of the Commission. The term for a Commissioner Emeritus shall be
two years, and each Commissioner Emeritus may serve a maximum of two
consecutive terms. A Commissioner Emeritus shall not be eligible to serve
simultaneously as a voting member on another City Commission.
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, or phrase not
declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance
would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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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 8th day of July, 2003.
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Richard Bloom, Mayor
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I, Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 2087 (CCS) had its introduction on June 24, 2003, and was
adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting held on July 8, 2003, by the
following vote:
Council members: O'Connor, Holbrook, Genser, Katz, Mayor Pro Tem
McKeown, Feinstein, Mayor Bloom
Council members: None
Abstain: Council members: None
Absent: Council members: None
ATTEST:
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Maria M. Stewart, Q.ity Clerk