ORDINANCE NO. 3250-23
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 2-9-401 AND 2-9.403 PERTAINING TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION PAGE 1
ORDINANCE NO. 3250-23
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS
2-9.401 AND 2-9.403 OF TITLE 2, CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 4
OF THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
PERTAINING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PUBLIC
WORKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION
WHEREAS, at the November 15, 2022 Council Meeting, the Redondo Beach City Council directed staff to return with ordinances amending the title, powers and duties of the Public Works Commission; and
WHEREAS, the direction was to include a new title of "Public Works and Sustainability Commission" as well as to add an additional duty of the commission to advise the Mayor and City Council on all environmental issues, including evaluating solutions to City problems and overall advancement through an environmental sustainability lens; and
WHEREAS, on February 7, 2023, staff returned to the City Council with the amended ordinances for first reading and introduction; and WHEREAS, on February 21, 2023, the City Council approved and the amended ordinances for second reading and adoption.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Section 2-9.401 of Title 2, Chapter 9, Article 4 is hereby amended to read as follows:
“2-9.401. Created
There is hereby created a Public Works and Sustainability Commission.” SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Section 2-9.403 of Title 2, Chapter 9, Article 4 is hereby amended to read as follows:
“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.
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(b) The Commission shall advise the Mayor and City Council on all environmental issues, including evaluating solutions to City problems and overall advancement through an environmental sustainability lens.
(c) 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.”
SECTION 3. 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 4. 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 5. This ordinance shall be published by one insertion in the official newspaper of said 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 21st day of February, 2023. ______________________________
William C. Brand, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Michael W. Webb, City Attorney Eleanor Manzano, CMC, City Clerk ORDINANCE NO. 3250-23
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF REDONDO BEACH )
I, Eleanor Manzano, City Clerk of the City of Redondo Beach, California, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 3250-23 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 7
th day of February, 2023, and approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 21st day of February, 2023, and there after signed and approved by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk, and that said Ordinance was adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Eleanor Manzano, CMC
City Clerk