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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 2019-2477 Advisory Housing Committee - AmendmentORDINANCE NO. 2019 — 2477 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AMENDING SECTION 16.06.060 OF THE NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE ADVISORY HOUSING COMMITTEE BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of National City as follows: Section 1. That Section 16.06.060 of the National City Municipal Code is amended as follows: 16.06.060 Functions and authority —Planning Commission to function as an advisory housing committee —Ex officio members. A. In addition to the functions conferred upon it by the municipal code and by state law, the Planning Commission shall also act in the capacity and carry out the functions of an advisory Housing Committee to the Board of Commissioners of the Community Development Commission -Housing Authority of the City of National City (the "housing committee"). B. The Housing Committee shall be comprised of the seven members of the Planning Commission, who shall sit as the board of the Housing Committee when the commission is acting in the capacity and carrying out the functions of the Housing Committee. In addition, the City Council shall appoint two ex officio members to four-year terms, for a total of nine members. These two appointed members shall have subject matter expertise in housing - related matters. Examples of subject matter experts include housing policy specialists, for and non-profit developers, housing and land use attorneys, or other housing professionals in housing -related matters. Said ex officio members shall sit with the seven members of the commission on such occasions as the commission is acting in the capacity and carrying out the functions of the Housing Committee. Said ex officio members shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council. C. The commission, when acting in the capacity of and carrying out the functions of the housing committee, shall utilize a housing committee agenda, which shall be separate and distinct from the commission agenda. Except for Special Meetings of either body, meetings of the commission and the Housing Committee shall be scheduled for the same date and time, unless it is impracticable to do so, with the meeting of one body to be held consecutively after the other. D. The Chair and Vice -Chair of the Planning Commission shall also be the chair and vice -chair of the housing committee. The two ex officio members shall not receive compensation, but shall be eligible for reimbursement of expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. The two ex officio members shall disclose reportable financial interests as members of the Housing and Community Development Committee pursuant to the City's Conflict of Interest Code. E. The purpose of the Housing Committee shall be to encourage communication from persons, organizations and institutions in the City of National City, and to give advice and make recommendations to the Housing Authority or to the projects, programs and policies that seek to, for example: (1) pursue new housing options at all income levels; (2) ensure preservation of existing affordable housing; (3) streamline permitting and improve code compliance; and (4) enhance the city's role in reducing homelessness. F. The Housing Committee shall, after its establishment, limit its review and recommendations to those matters set forth in subsection E through its by-laws. G. For purposes of this Chapter 16.03, "ex officio" means by virtue or because of an office; by virtue of the authority implied by office. Section 2. The City Council declares that the judicial invalidity of any provision of this ordinance shall not affect the validity of any other remaining provisions, and that the City Council would have adopted each of those remaining provisions, notwithstanding any later declared invalidity. If any provision of this ordinance determined to be invalid can either be judicially severed or interpreted in a way that could harmonize it with the remaining provisions, then it may be severed or interpreted and applied so as to give full purpose, meaning, and effect to the remaining provisions of this ordinance. Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect Thirty (30) days after its passage, and before the expiration of Fifteen (15) days after its passage a summary or the ordinance in its entirety shall be published, with the names of the members voting for and against the same, once in a local newspaper of general circulation in the City of National City, State of California. PASSED and ADOPTED this 3rd day of December, 2019. ATTE ppf Michael R..Qalla, City Clerk APPROVED S O FORM: orris Jon-s ttorney 411,204i Alejan. ra ote o 's, Mayor Amending NCMC Section 16.06.060 December 3, 2019 2 Ordinance No. 2019 — 2477 Housing Advisory Committee Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on December 3, 2019 by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Councilmembers Cano, Morrison, Quintero, Rios, Sotelo-Solis. Nays: None. Absent: None. Abstain: None. AUTHENTICATED BY: ALEJANDRA SOTELO-SOLIS Mayor of the City of National City, California City Clerk of the City of National City, California By: I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was not finally adopted until seven calendar days had elapsed between the day of its introduction and the day of its final passage, to wit, on November 19, 2019 and on December 3, 2019. I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT said Ordinance was read in full prior to its final passage or that the reading of said Ordinance in full was dispensed with by a vote of not less than a majority of the members elected to the Council and that there was available for the consideration of each member of the Council and the public prior to the day of its passage a written or printed copy of said Ordinance. I FURTHER CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of ORDINANCE NO. 2019-2477 of the City Council of the City of National City, passed and adopted by the Council of said City on December 3, 2019. By: City Clerk of the City of National City, California Deputy