HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 2020-2483 Amend Section 16.09.010 Reducing and Modifying Membership Veterans and Military Families Advisory CommitteeORDINANCE NO. 2020 — 2483
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
AMENDING THE NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 16.09.010 OF CHAPTER
16.09 OF TITLE 16 BY REDUCING AND MODIFYING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE
VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, on February 21, 2017 the City Council adopted an Ordinance
establishing the Veterans and Military Families Advisory Committee, consisting of eleven
members; and
WHEREAS, it was not until August 2018 that all eleven members had been
interviewed, appointed and sworn into office; and
WHEREAS, due to the size of the membership of committee, it was difficult
to achieve a confirm quorum attendance resulting in the first Veterans and Military
Families Advisory Committee meeting not taking place until February 28, 2019; and
WHEREAS, on August 18, 2020, the City Council directed City staff to draft a
proposed Ordinance amending Municipal Code Section 16.09.010 by reducing and
modifying the membership of the Veterans and Military Families Advisory Committee.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of National City does ordain as
follows:
Section I. Reducing and Modifying the Membership
Section 16.09.010 of Chapter 16.09 of Title 16 is amended to read as follows:
16.09.010 Created. Pursuant to the authority granted by Sections 36505 —
36506 of the California Government Code, there is hereby created a Veterans and Military
Families Advisory Committee, consisting of seven (7) voting members to be appointed by
the Mayor subject to confirmation by the City Council, and serving at the pleasure of the
Mayor and City Council. Of the seven (7) voting members, of which at least five (5) shall
be residents, and up to two (2) may be non-residents.
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 National City 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. Ordinance Effective Date
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 15th day of September, 2020.
ATTEST:
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Mic ael R. DallCity Clerk
lejandra Sotelo-Solis, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
orri -Jones, City Attorney
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Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on
September 15, 2020 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Cano, Quintero, Rios, Sotelo-Solis.
Nays: Morrison.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY:
By:
ALEJANDRA SOTELO-SOLIS
Mayor of the City of National City, California
National City, California
Deputy
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 September 1, 2020 and on September 15, 2020.
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. 2020-2483 of the City Council of the City of National City, passed
and adopted by the Council of said City on September 15, 2020.
By:
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
Deputy