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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MORENO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING AND
REPLACING LEGISLATIVE POLICY 1.10, OPERATING
POLICY FOR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND
COMMITTEES
WHEREAS, Title 2 (Administration and Personnel) of the Moreno Valley Municipal Code (“Municipal Code”) currently sets forth the purpose of each City Council advisory body, which includes the Parks, Community Services and Trails Committe e, Airport Commission, Environmental and Historic al Preservation Board, Senior Citizens Board, Utilities Commission, Arts Commission, Traffic Safety Commission , and Library Commission (collectively, “advisory bodies”); and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Code currently includes provisions pertaining to the composition, number of members, terms of office, general powers and duties, and rules of procedures for each advisory body, with some having provisions that address absences, the frequency of their regular meetings and quorums; and
WHEREAS, Legislative Policy 1.10 (Operating Policy for Boards, Commissions and Committees) which was adopted by resolution and subsequently amended by resolution, includes numerous provisions pertaining to the same advisory bodies, which address not only some of the same issues contained in the Municipal Code, but also a variety of general issues such as eligibility, the application process, the role of alternates, automatic forfeiture of office, etc.; and
WHEREAS, currently there are inconsistencies between the provisions contained in Title 2 (Administration and Personnel) of the Municipal Code and Legislative Policy
1.10 (Operating Policy for Boards, Commissions and Committees) regarding the subject advisory bodies; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk and City Attorney have recommended that the City Council reconcile these inconsistencies by amending Title 2 (Administration and Personnel) of the Municipal Code by ordinance and repealing and replacing Legislative Policy 1.10 (Operating Policy for Boards, Commissions and Committees) by resolution; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is vested with the legal authority to act in a legislative manner, which essentially includes the power to adopt local laws, rules, regulations and policies via ordinances, resolutions and in some cases by minute order ; and
WHEREAS, although the City Council is prohibited from delegating away its legislative authority (with some very limited exceptions such as the Planning 2 Resolution No. 2025-YY____
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Commission) to any board or commission created by the City Council , the City Council is authorized to create boards an d commissions that are vested with the powers and duties to provide advice and recommendations to the City Council on legislative matters.
NOW, THEREFO RE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MORENO VALLEY CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals
That the recitals set forth above are true and correct.
Section 2. Amendments
That the City Council hereby repeals, in its entirety , Legislative Policy 1.10 (Operating Policy for Boards, Commissions and Committees) and adopts as its replacement, Legislative Policy 1.10 (City Council Advisory Boards and Commissions) as attached hereto, and incorporated by this reference as though set forth at length herein.
Section 3. Severability
That the City Council declares that, should any provision, section, paragraph, sentence or word of this Resolution be rendered or declared invalid by any final court action in a court of competent jurisdiction or by reason of any preemptive legislation, the remaining provisions, sections, paragraphs, sentences or words of this Resolution as hereby adopted shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4. Effective Date
That this Resolution shall take effect immediately upon the date of adoption.
Section 5. Certification
That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this _____ day of _______________, 2025.
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Ulises Cabrera
Mayor
City of Moreno Valley
ATTEST:
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M. Patricia Rodriguez, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Steven B. Quintanilla, City Attorney
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RESOLUTION JURAT
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF MORENO VALLEY )
I, M. Patricia Rodriguez, City Clerk of the City of Moreno Valley, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 2025-YY was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Moreno Valley at a regular meeting thereof held on the _____ day of______, 2025 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
(Council Members, Mayor Pro Tem and Mayor)
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M. PATRICIA RODRIGUEZ, CITY CLERK
(SEAL)