Ordinance No. XX- 2024 Page 1 of 2 DRAFT
ORDINANCE NO. XX-2024
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FREMONT AMENDING
FREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.20.560 TO AMEND
THE COMPOSITION OF THE PATTERSON HOUSE
ADVISORY BOARD
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. FMC § 2.20.560 AMENDED
Fremont Municipal Code Title 2, Chapter 2.20, Section 2.20.560 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2.20.560 Regulations for subject bodies.
(a) There is a George W. Patterson House advisory board, which shall consist of nine members, as follows:
(1) Public at large: Three members.
(2) Recreation commission: One member.
(3) East Bay regional park district: One member.
(4) Mission Peak heritage foundation: Two members.
(5) Washington Township historical society: Two members.
(b) In addition, for each of the said (regular) members, an alternate member may be appointed to act in the absence of the regular member. All members shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to confirmation by the city council.
(c) Any member of the George W. Patterson House advisory board may be a resident of the cities of Fremont, Newark and Union City. The representative from East Bay Regional Park District need not be a resident of a specific city or county.
SECTION 2. CEQA
The City Council determines that this ordinance is exempt from and not subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because, without limitation, it is not a “project” as defined in CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(2) and/or 15378(b)(5) as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the environment per CEQA Guidelines Section 15601(b)(3), each as a separate and independent basis for CEQA compliance.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held by Ordinance No. XX- 2024 Page 2 of 2 a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such a decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Fremont hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each section or subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall take effect and will be enforced thirty (30) days after its adoption.
SECTION 5. PUBLICATION AND POSTING
The City Clerk has prepared and published at least five days before the date of adoption, this ordinance once in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in Alameda County and circulated in the City of Fremont. A certified copy of the full text of the ordinance was posted in the office of the City Clerk since at least five days before this date of adoption. Within fifteen (15) days after adoption of this ordinance, the City Clerk shall cause the ordinance to be published again with the names of those City Council members voting for and against the ordinance; and the City Clerk shall post in the office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the full text of this adopted ordinance with the names of those City Council members voting for and against the ordinance.
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The foregoing ordinance was introduced before the City Council of the City of Fremont at the regular meeting of the City Council, held on the ____ day of ______, and finally adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the ____ day of _______, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney