ATTACHMENT B
PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO
EXPAND AIRPORT COMMISSION
ORDINANCE NO. _____
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION
2.16.020 OF THE PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE TO
EXPAND THE PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
COMMISSION TO TWENTY MEMBERS, NINETEEN
VOTING MEMBERS AND ONE NON-VOTING MEMBER
REPRESENTING VISIT GREATER PALM SPRINGS
City Attorney’s Summary
This ordinance expands the City’s Airport Commission from nineteen to twenty members.
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Springs (“City”) is a charter city organized pursuant to Article XI, Section 5 of the California Constitution and pursuant to the authority so granted, the City has the power to make and enforce within its limits all ordinances and regulations with respect to municipal affairs not in conflict with its own charter.
WHEREAS, Chapter 2.16 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code establishes the Palm Springs International Airport Commission and the number of members the commission shall consist of.
WHEREAS, expanding the membership of the Palm Springs International Airport Commission from nineteen to twenty members, nineteen voting members and one non- voting member from (and representing) Visit Greater Palm Springs, will provide the necessary support and resources to effectively manage and implement the growing number of projects within the Palm Springs International Airport; and
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Findings. That the findings and determinations reflected above are true and correct, and are incorporated by this reference herein as the cause and foundation for the action taken by the and through this Ordinance.
SECTION 2. Amendment of Palm Springs Municipal Code Section 2.16.020.
Section 2.16.020 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
“2.16.020 Membership—Creation.
(a) There is created in the city an international airport commission, which shall consist of nineteen twenty members. The nineteen twenty members shall be appointed in the following manner: ten members, appointed in accordance with Ordinance No. ____
Section 2.04.060 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code; one member to represent Visit Greater Palm Springs nominated by the City Council Boards and Commissions Ad Hoc Subcommittee; and nine members, each appointed by the Palm Springs City Council from candidates nominated by each of the city councils of Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta, Palm Desert, and Rancho Mirage, and the board of supervisors of Riverside County. The twentieth non-voting member shall not be counted toward quorum requirements, nor toward required vote counts, nor does their term count towards City term limits prescribed in Title 2 of this code.” SECTION 3. Compliance with California Environmental Quality Act. The City Council finds that this Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the State CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. Further, if the activity is deemed a project this City Council finds that this Ordinance is exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines, as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this Ordinance may have a significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any entity, person or circumstance is held for any reason to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are severable. The City Council of the City of Palm Springs hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days following its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY
COUNCIL THIS ______ DAY OF ____________________, 2026.
NAOMI SOTO
MAYOR
ATTEST:
Ordinance No. ____
BRENDA PREE, MMC, CERA
CITY CLERK
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, BRENDA PREE, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, California, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. ____ is a full, true, and correct copy, and was introduced at a regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on June 10, 2026, and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the June ___, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Palm Springs, California, this _______ day of ______________________, 2026.
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BRENDA PREE, MMC
CITY CLERK