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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2003-2936ORDINANCE NO. 2936 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING CHAPTER 2.46 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE, CHANGING THE MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS AND TERM OF OFFICE OF THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION WHEREAS, in April 2003, the City Council approved re-establishing the City's Youth Advisory Commission for a four-year trial period; and WHEREAS, the current ordinance states that the Youth Advisory Commission shall consist of two voting members per high school and one student from each middle school; and WHEREAS, during the initial process to appoint new commissioners, it was determined that changes needed to be made in the ordinance related to membership requirements and term of office; and NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION I: That Chapter 2.46 of the Chula Vista Municipal code is hereby amended to read as follows: 2.46.040 Membership A. Number of Members The Commission shall consist of 15 voting members between and including the ages of 12 and 19, with up to, but no more than, two members from the same school or household, a staff ex-officio member, and up to three general ex-officio members between and including the ages of 12 and 19. B. Designation of Members 1. Voting Members Voting members shall be appointed by the City Council upon recommendation of the Mayor from qualified residents of the City between and including the ages of 12 and 19 in accordance with Section 600 seq. of the Charter. Members of the Youth Commission shall be residents at least 12 years of age at the time of appointment and shall maintain residence throughout the term of office and must be under the age of nineteen as of the commencement of the term to which they are appointed. 2. Staff Ex-officio Member The City Manager or his/her designated representative shall be an ex-officio member of the commission who shall not be required to be a qualified elector of the City, and who shall have no vote ("staff ex-officio member"). Ordinance 2936 Page 2 General Ex-officio Members The City Council, or its designee, may appoint not greater than three additional ex-officio members of the commission, who shall not be required to be residents of the City, but any such appointed ex-officio members shall have no vote ("general ex-officio member"). 2.46.050 Term of Office A. Term of Office - All Classes of Members 1. Post-Initial Terms of Voting Members The post-initial term of each appointed voting member shall commence upon appointment and shall be for a period of four years. 2. General Ex-Officio Members The term of general ex-officio members shall be for a period of four years from the time of appointment. 3. Staff Ex-officio Member The term of the staff ex-officio member shall be indefinite. 4. Holdover Office Notwithstanding, the end of any member's initial term or post-initial term as herein provided, a member, other than the staff ex-officio member, shall be permitted to continue to exercise the privileges of the former office after the end of the term until the office to which he or she was assigned is filled by reappointment or by the appointment of a qualified successor to office. 5. Vacancies Notwithstanding the term of office to which a member is assigned said office shall be deemed vacant upon any of the following events ("Event of Vacancy"): a. The death or disability of said member that renders said member incapable of performing the duties of office. b. The termination of status as a member of the commission or the classification which was assigned to be represented on the commission. c. The member's conviction of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude. d. The member's absence from three regular, consecutive meetings of the commission, unless excused by majority vote of such board or commission expressed in its official minutes. e. The member has submitted a resignation which resignation has been accepted by the City Council. f. The membership has been terminated by a majority vote of the City Council. Ordinance 2936 Page 3 g. The member has graduated from high school. h. The member has reached their twentieth birthday. Upon the occurrence of an event of vacancy as hereinabove listed, the City council shall so declare the office to be vacant, and shall expeditiously take such steps as are necessary to fill said vacancy. B. Number of Terms 1. Voting Members a. Initial classification of members shall be consistent with Section. 602(b) of the Charter. b. No voting member shall be appointed to more than two terms except as herein provided c. A voting member assigned to an initial term of less than two years may be appointed at the natural expiration of their initial term to two terms in addition to their initial term. A voting member who currently occupies an office under an initial term may not be appointed to fill the unexpired term of another office which has become vacant. d. A voting member appointed to the commission to fill the unexpired term of an office of a voting member which has become vacant ("unexpired term") which has less than two years remaining on said unexpired term, may be appointed to two terms in addition to their unexpired term. A voting member who currently occupies an office may not be re-appointed to fill the unexpired term of another office which has become vacant. 2. General Ex-officio Members General ex-officio members may be reappointed without limitation as to number of terms. 3. Staff Ex-officio Member The staff ex-officio member shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council. SECTION II: This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force on the thirtieth day from and after its second reading and adoption. Presented by Approved as to form by Assistant City Manager Ann Moore City Attomey Ordinance 2936 Page 4 PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 7th day of October, 2003, by the following vote: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: Councilmembers: Councilmembers: Councilmembers: Davis, McCann, Rindone, Salas and Padilla None None ATI'EST: S~tephe-~n ~.~a~lil' la, Mayor Susan Bigelow, CMC, City E~/erk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2936 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 30th day of September, 2003 and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 7th day of October, 2003. Executed this 7th day of October, 2003. Susan Bigelow, CMC, City Clerk