HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2025-3591ORDINANCE NO. 3591
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.61.070
RELATED TO MEASURE P CITIZENS OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE TERMS
WHEREAS, the Measure P Citizens’ Oversight Committee (COC) was established in 2016
to oversee the 10-year duration of the original transactions and use tax; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 3394 was adopted on December 13, 2016, implementing the
COC and setting the initial terms for committee members to expire on June 30, 2021, which
resulted in all members’ terms expiring in the same year; and
WHEREAS, voters approved the extension of Measure P for another 10 years in 2024,
requiring the COC to continue its work; and
WHEREAS, to prevent an abrupt change from multiple members' terms expiring in the
same year, the City Council desires to amend the terms of seated COC members so that terms are
staggered over a four-year cycle, in alignment with the staggered term structure of all other Chula
Vista boards and commissions, as outlined in Charter Section 602(B).
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
Section I. Section 2.61.070 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
2.61.070 Terms.
A. In General. Terms for COC members shall be determined in accordance with the City
Charter and CVMC Chapter 2.25.
[Subsection B remains unchanged]
Section II. 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.
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Section III. 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 IV. Effective Date
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force on the thirtieth day after its final passage.
Section V. 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
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC Marco A. Verdugo
City Clerk City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 15th day of April 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Chavez, Fernandez, Inzunza, 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. 3591 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 1st day of April 2025,
and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 15th day
of April 2025 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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