ORDINANCE NO. 2026-XXX
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY AMENDING SECTION 2.21.020 “CREATION - MEMBERSHIP” OF THE
UNION CITY MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD A THIRD ALTERNATE
COMMISSIONER TO THE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Union City has established the Park and Recreation Commission to advise the City Council on matters related to parks and recreational programs; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to provide additional flexibility and continuity in Park and Recreation Commission participation by authorizing an additional Alternate Commissioner position; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance amends the Union City Municipal Code to increase the number of Alternate Commissioners permitted to serve on the Park and Recreation Commission from two (2) to three (3).
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Recitals. The above recitals (“Recitals”) are true and correct and incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. CEQA. Approval of the amendments is exempt from further environmental review under the general rule in California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) that CEQA only applies to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. As a series of text amendments and additions, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the ordinance will have a significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 3. Municipal Code Amendments. Union City Municipal Code Section
2.21.020 is hereby amended to read as follows (replacements in bold; deletions in strikethrough):
Section 2.21.020. Creation—Membership. There is created in the City a City Park and Recreation Commission to consist of five members plus two up to three alternates which shall be designated as the Park and Recreation Commission of the City.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance, including the application of such part or provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in full force and effect. To this end, provisions of this Ordinance are severable. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase hereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be held unconstitutional, invalid, or unenforceable.
Ordinance No. 2026-XXX
Adding a Third Alternate Commissioner to the Parks and Recreation Commission
SECTION 5. Publication and effective date. Within fifteen (15) days from and after adoption, this Ordinance shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in Alameda County and circulated in the City of Union City, in accordance with California Government Code Section 36933. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Union City held on January 27, 2026, PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting held on February 10, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED:
GARY SINGH
Mayor
ATTESTED: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
THAI NAM N. PHAM
City Clerk
KRISTOPHER J. KOKOTAYLO
City Attorney