HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2023-3546ORDINANCE NO. 3546
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
SECTION 2.04.050 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO WORKSHOPS
WHEREAS, Section 2.04.050 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code (“CVMC”) establishes
rules, policies, and guidelines related to the convening of City Council workshops; and
WHEREAS, CVMC Section 2.04.050(A) provides that “[t]he Mayor may announce, or the
Council on majority vote may direct, at any regular Council meeting, the convening of a Council
workshop on the first Thursday of the month…” and further provides that such meetings “shall be
conducted in a “workshop” context according to the rules, policies, and guidelines herein set forth
in this section”; and
WHEREAS, in order to ensure the efficient scheduling and proper noticing of workshops,
staff recommends removing the requirement to announce the convening of a workshop at a regular
Council meeting and clarifying that related noticing shall be in accordance with the Brown Act; and
WHEREAS, CVMC Section 2.04.050(E) provides that “Council workshop meetings shall
be deemed a regular City Council meeting for all intents and purposes, and the City Council shall
have the full authority to take any and all actions which the City Council is otherwise authorized
by law or Charter to take at meetings”; and
WHEREAS, in order to support the efficient conduct of workshops, staff recommends
deeming workshops to be special meetings of the City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
Section I. Section 2.04.050(A) of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is amended to read
as follows:
The Mayor may announce, or the Council on majority vote may direct the convening of a
Council workshop. Workshops shall be held on the first Thursday of the month at 4:00
p.m. in the Council Chambers in the Civic Center Complex, Administration Building, at
276 Fourth Avenue, unless otherwise noticed. Said meeting shall be known as a “Council
workshop,” conducted in a “workshop” context consistent with the provisions of this
section, and noticed in accordance with the Brown Act.
Section II. Section 2.04.050(E) of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is amended to read
as follows:
Council workshop meetings shall be deemed a special City Council meeting for all intents
and purposes, and the City Council shall have the full authority to take any and all actions
which the City Council is otherwise authorized by law or Charter to take at meetings.
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Section III. Severability
If any portion of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for any
reason held to be invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional, by a court of competent jurisdiction,
that portion shall be deemed severable, and such invalidity, unenforceability or unconstitutionality
shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining portions of the Ordinance, or its
application to any other person or circumstance. The City Council of the City of Chula Vista
hereby declares that it would have adopted each section, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, sentences, clauses or
phrases of the Ordinance be declared invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional.
Section IV. Construction
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista intends this Ordinance to supplement, not to
duplicate or contradict, applicable state and federal law and this Ordinance shall be construed in
light of that intent.
Section V. Effective Date
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force on the thirtieth day after its final passage.
Section VI. Publication
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause
the same to be published or posted according to law.
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Presented by Approved as to form
By:
Maria V. Kachadoorian Jill D.S. Maland
City Manager Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak
Acting City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 28th day of March 2023, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, Chavez, Gonzalez, Preciado, and McCann
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
John McCann, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 3546 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 7th day of March 2023,
and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 28th day
of March 2023 and was duly published in summary form in accordance with the requirements of
state law and the City Charter.
Dated Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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