HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2009-3137ORDINANCE NO. 3137
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
SECTION 2.04.050 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO TIME AND PLACE OF COUNCIL
WORKSHOPS
WHEREAS, Chapter 2.04.050 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code establishes the time
and place of Chula Vista City Council workshops; and
WHEREAS, the current ordinance sets the time for City Council workshops on the fourth
Thursday of the month at four p.m. in the Council Conference Room; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to amend Chapter 2.04.050 of the Chula Vista Municipal
Code to set the time for City Council workshops on the first Thursday of the month at four p.m.
in the City Council Chambers unless otherwise noticed.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1:
Section 2.04.050 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
2.04.050 Workshops
A. The 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
in such event, the Council shall conduct a Council meeting on said 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," and shall be conducted in a "workshop" context according to the rules, policies, and
guidelines herein set forth in this section.
B. The primary purpose of the Council workshop meeting shall be to address matters which
are primarily of a planning character or other matters which require extensive deliberation of
such length, duration or complexity as to be not conveniently capable of being addressed at the
regular Tuesday Council meetings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, other matters may be
addressed which, in the opinion of the City Manager, have some aspect of urgency to them or
should be addressed at such meeting in subsequent Tuesday City Council meeting.
C. Notice requirements for special Council conferences, other than Council workshops
noticed in the manner herein provided, shall be the same as those for special Council meetings.
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D. At such Council workshops or special conferences, the City Council may require the
attendance of members of any boards and commissions or members of the administrative staff
for the purpose of discussing those items that appeaz on the Council conference agenda.
E. Council workshop meetings shall be deemed a regulaz 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.
F. The City Clerk, unless otherwise directed by the City Council, may limit the record of
Council workshop meetings to a record of actions taken ("action minutes") by the Council.
SECTION 2:
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect on the thirtieth day from and afrer
its adoption.
Presented by
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es D. Sandoval
C ity Manager
Approved as to form by
B C. Miesfel
City Attorney
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 6th day of October 2009, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Bensoussan, Castaneda, Ramirez, Thompson and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
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Cheryl Cox, Mayo
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Donna R. Norris, MC, 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. 3137 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 15th day of September
2009 and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
6th day of October 2009; and was duly published in summary form in accordance with the
requirements of state law and the City Charter.
Executed this 6th day of October 2009.
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Donna R. Norr s, CMC, City Clerk