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VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO TIME fu'ill
PLACE OF COUNCIL MEETINGS
\VHEREAS, Section 306 of the Chula Vista City Charter requires the City
Council to hold regular meetings at least once each month at such. times as it shall fL'{ by
ordinance or resolution; and
WrIEREAS, Chapter 2.04.020 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code establishes the
time and place of Chula Vista City Council meetings; and
WHEREAS, the current ordinance sets the time for City Council meetings on the
first Tuesday of each month at four p.m., and on t\je second, third, and fourth Tuesday of
each month at six p.m.; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to amend Chapter 2.04.020 of the Chula Vista
Municipal Code to set the time for all regular City Council meetings at four p.m.; and
WHEREAS, after preliminary review the City COUllcil hereby finds and declares
that pursuant to the State of California Environmental Quality Act CCEQA") Guidelines,
Tltle 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, Article 20, SectionI5378(b)(5), the proposed activity is
not a "Project" because it involves only a change in City Council meeting times and
therefore is an organizational or administrative activity of government that will not result
In a direct or indirect physical change In the environment; therefore, the City Council
hereby further finds and declares that pursuant to Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, Article
5, Section 15060(c)(3), the proposed acti,ity is not subject to CEQA.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, the Council of the City of Chula Vista
does hereby amend Section 2.04.020 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code relating to time
and place of Council meetings:
SECTION 1:
Section 2.04.020 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
2.04.020
Meetings-Time and place.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 306 of the Charter, the council shall hold
regular meetings in the council chambers of the Civic Center Complex, 276 Fourth
A venue in the city, or In such other place as may be determined by the council, on the
first, second, third, and fourth Tuesday of each month at four pm. \Vhen the day for any
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regular meeting of the council falls on a legal holiday, no meeting shall be held on such
holiday.
[t shall be the general policy of the city council to cancel any meetings in the last
week of June and the first week of July, the Tuesday follov.ing the Thanksgiving holiday,
the week follov.ing Easter, the Tuesday follov.ing Labor Day, and the week of Christmas
and New Year's. Any of these meetings may be reinstituted if necessary by a majority of
the counciL
SECTION 2:
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect on the thirtieth day from
and after its adoption.
Presented by
James D. Sandoval
City Manager
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