HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2009-3129ORDINANCE NO.3129
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
SECTION 2.04.020 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO TIME AND PLACE OF COUNCIL
MEETINGS
WHEREAS, Section 306 of the Chula Vista City Charter requires the City Council to
hold regulaz meetings at least once each month at such times as it shall fix by ordinance or
resolution; and
WHEREAS, 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 the 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 Council hereby finds and declazes that
pursuant to the State of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Title 14,
Division 6, Chapter 3, Article 20, Section 15378(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 declazes
that pursuant to Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, Article 5, Section 15060(c)(3), the proposed
activity is not subject to CEQA.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, that 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 regulaz
meetings in the council chambers of the Civic Center Complex, 276 Fourth Avenue 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 p.m. When the day for any regular meeting of the council falls on
a legal holiday, no meeting shall be held on such holiday.
Ordinance No. 3129
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It 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 following the Thanksgiving holiday, the week
following Easter, the Tuesday following Labor Day, and the week of Christmas and New Yeaz'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
J .Sandoval
C' Manager
Approved as to form by
Bart-2. Miesfeld
City Attorney ~
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 9th day of June 2009, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Bensoussan, Castaneda, Ramirez, and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: McCann
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Cheryl Cox, fay r
ATTEST:
Donna R. Norris, C ,City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 3129 had its first reading at a regulaz meeting held on the 2nd day of June 2009
and its second reading and adoption at a regulaz meeting of said City Council held on the 9th day
of June 2009; and was duly published in summary form in accordance with the requirements of
state law and the City Charter.
Executed this 9th day of June 2009.
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Donna R. Noms, CMC, City Clerk