ORDINANCE A
ORDINANCE NO.2776 c.s.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
ARTICLE 4 OF CHAPTER 9, TITLE 2 OF THE
REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE AND REPEALING
ARTICLE 5 THEREOF TO CONSOLIDATE THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION
AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
INTO A PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION
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WHEREAS, by the adoption of Article 4, Chapter 9, Title 2 of the Redondo Beach Municipal Code (Section 2-9.401 et seq.), the City Council created the Environmental and Public Utilities Commission and established its powers and duties and regulations governing the appointment and terms of its members; and
WHEREAS, by the adoption of Article 5, Chapter 9, Title 2 of said Code (Section 2-9.501 - et seg), the City Council created the Traffic Commission and established its powers and duties and regulations governing the appointment and terms of its members; and WHEREAS, the City Council now desires to amend said Article 4 and repeal said Article 5 to consolidate the Environmental and Public Utilities Commission and the Traffic Commission into a Public Works Commission;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Article 5 entitled "Traffic Commission" of Chapter 9. Title 2 of the Redondo Beach Municipal Code is hereby repealed in its entirety and Article 4 entitled "Environmental and -
Public Utilities Commission" of Chapter 9, Title 2 of said Code is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"Article 4. Public Works Commission
Sec. 2-9.401. Created.
There is hereby created a Public Works Commission.
Sec. 2-9.402. Appointment and Terms of Members.
(a) The Commission shall consist of seven (7) members. Unless otherwise authorized by the City Council, one (1) member shall be appointed from each Council district and two (2) members shall be appointed at large.
(b) The original term of one (1) member shall expire on September 30, 1997; the original term of two (2) members shall expire on September 30, 1998; the original term of two (2) members shall expire on September 30, 1999; and the original term of two (2) members shall expire on September 30, 2000.
Sec. 2-9.403. Powers and Duties.
(a) The Commission shall advise the Mayor and City Council in all matters relating to public works, capital improvement programs, solid waste and hazardous waste disposal, public utilities, traffic and transportation as directed by the City Council and in such other matters as may also be directed by the City Council. (b) Wherever any powers and duties are assigned to either the Environmental and Public Utilities Commission or the Traffic Commission by any of the provisions of this Code, the elements of the General Plan or any resolution or directive of the City Council, such powers or duties shall be performed by the Public Works Commission. 2 •
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 above, the Traffic Commission and the Environmental and Public Utilities Commission shall remain in existence with authority to perform their powers and duties previously established until the first meeting of the Public Works Commission at which a quorum of the membership is present. The City Clerk shall notify each member of the Traffic Commission and the Environmental and Public Utilities Commission when such event occurs.
SECTION 3. Wherever the words "Traffic Commission" or "Environmental and Public Utilities Commission" appear in the General Plan or in any ordinance, resolution or regulation of the City, the powers and duties of said Commission thereunder shall be exercised by the Public Works Commission.
SECTION 4. Any provisions of the Redondo Beach Municipal Code, or appendices thereto, or any other ordinances of the City inconsistent herewith, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is for - any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 6. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be published by one insertion in the Easy Reader-Redondo Beach Hometown News, the official newspaper of said 3 City, and same shall go into effect and be in full force and operation from and after thirty (30) days after its final passage and adoption.
Passed, approved, and adopted this & day of Aug: 1996.
W.B.e Part
Mayor
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS
CITY OF REDONDO BEACH )
I, JOHN OLIVER, City Clerk of the City of Redondo Beach, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 2776 c.s. was introduced at an additional regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on the 23rd day of July, 1996, and that the same, thereafter, on the 6th day of August, 1996, was adopted by said City Council by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Dawidziak, Hill,
Pinzler and White.
NOES: Councilmember Gin.
ABSENT: None.
City of
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) S S
CITY OF REDONDO BEACH J
The undersigned, the duly elected, qualified, and acting City Clerk of the City of Redondo Beach, California, does hereby certify that a full, true, and correct copy of
Ordinance No. 2776 c.s., entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ARTICLE 4 OF CHAPTER 9, TITLE 2 OF THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE AND REPEALING ARTICLE 5 THEREOF TO CONSOLIDATE THE
TRAFFIC COMMISSION AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION INTO A PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION, was posted at City Hall, in said City, after the introduction of said ordinance for a period of not less than five (5) days prior to the date of adoption.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City of
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Redondo Beach, California