Ordinance No. MC-1626
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5 ORDINANCE NO. MC-1626
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING SECTION 2.58.010 OF CHAPTER 2.58 OF
TITLE 2 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE,
RELATING TO THE TIME AND LOCATION OF REGULAR
MEETINGS
WHEREAS, the City San Bernardino, California is a chartered city and municipal corporation, duly organized under the California Constitution and laws of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, Section 309 of the City Charter for the City of San Bernardino requires the City Council to establish the time and place of its regular council meetings; and WHEREAS, on April 17, 2017, the Mayor and City Council adopted Ordinance No. MC- 1438 amending Chapter 2.58 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code to establish regular meeting procedures, and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend Section 2.58.010 of Chapter 2.58 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code to change the time and update the location of regular City Council meetings.
THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Incorporation of Recitals. The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. Amendment of Section 2.58.010. Section 2.58.010 of Chapter 2.58 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
“2.58.010 Meetings of the Mayor and City Council
A. (1) Regular meetings of the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Bernardino shall be held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at the Bing Wong Lecture Hall, Feldheym Central Library, 555 West 6th Street, San Bernardino, California, or such other location within the City as may be properly noticed. The time of regular meetings shall be set forth in a Resolution adopted by a majority vote of the membership of the Council. (2) Special meetings of the Mayor and City Council may be called by the Mayor, called by four members of the Council or scheduled by the City Manager in accordance with the Brown Act and may be held at any location within the City boundaries as specified in the special meeting notice to the public.
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5 B. The City Council, as the elected body serving all of the residents of the City, shall perform its duties and exercise its powers in a manner that serves the best interests of the entire City, rather than any particular geographic area or special interest.” All meetings of the Mayor and City Council shall be held in accordance with the Brown Act.
SECTION 3. CEQA. The City Council determines that the Ordinance is categorically exempt from further review per State CEQA Guidelines (14 Cal. Code Regs., § 15000 et seq.).
The whole of the Ordinance is exempt, because the code amendment is an administrative activity which will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change to the environment. (§ 15060(c)(2).) The whole of the Ordinance is also exempt because the code amendment is not a “project” as defined by section 15378, since it has no potential for resulting in a direct or indirect physical change to the environment. (§ 15060(c)(3).) The City Council hereby directs City staff to file a Notice of Exemption within five days of the adoption of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4.Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or any part thereof, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase be declared unconstitutional. If for any reason any portion of this ordinance is found to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the balance of this ordinance shall not be affected.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its adoption.
SECTION 6.Notice of Adoption. City Clerk of the City of San Bernardino shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause publication to occur in a newspaper of general circulation and published and circulated in the City in a manner permitted under section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California.
APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council and signed by the Mayor and attested to by the Clerk this 17th day of January, 2024.
Helen Tran, Mayor
City of San Bernardino
Attest:
Ordinance No. MC-1626
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5 Genoveva Rocha, CMC, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
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5 CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO) ss
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO )
I, Genoveva Rocha, CMC, City Clerk, hereby certify that the attached is a true copy of Ordinance No. MC-1626, introduced by the City Council of the City of San Bernardino, California, at a regular meeting held the 17 th day of January 2024. Ordinance No. MC-1626 was approved, passed and adopted at a regular meeting held the ___ day of _______________, 2024, by the following vote:
Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT
SANCHEZ _____ _____ _______ _______
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FIGUEROA _____ _____ _______ _______
SHORETT _____ _____ _______ _______
REYNOSO _____ _____ _______ _______
CALVIN _____ _____ _______ _______
ALEXANDER _____ _____ _______ _______
WITNESS my hand and official seal of the City of San Bernardino this ___ day of _______________, 2024.
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Genoveva Rocha, CMC, City Clerk