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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1885 - Amending Santa Ana Municipal Code by Changing Time and Place for City Council Meetings, ...EJC:jd (3) 12/8/86 ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1885 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE BY CHANGING THE TIME AND PLACE FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, SETTING FORTH CER- TAIN AGENDA REQUIREMENTS, AND DELETING THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Section 2-100 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 2-100. Council meetings, time and place. Regular meetings of the city council shall be held at the hour of 2:00 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month. At a time determined by the council, said Monday meetings shall be recessed until 7:30 p.m. of the same day, at which hour the council shall reconvene. Council meetings shall be convened on the fourth floor of the city hall, Santa Ana, California, and all meetings shall be opened therein, and thereafter convened in the council chambers in city hall, but may adjourn to such other place or places as the council may order. If, by reason of damage, repair, or alteration of the structure, or other emergency, said place is determined to be unsafe, meetings may be held for the duration of the emergency at such place as may be determined by the mayor or four (4) members of the council. SECTION 2: That Section 2-102 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 2-102. Agenda. The clerk of the council shall prepare an agenda for each regular meeting of the council containing all items known by such officer to be considered by the council. The order of placing items on the agenda shall be as directed by the council. ORDINANCE NO. NS-1885 Page two The agenda shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the city council. Ail items proposed for the agenda shall be filed with the clerk of the council before Tuesday noon preceding each regular meeting and the clerk shall cause a copy of the agenda, together with information copies of'important agenda material, to be delivered to each coun- cilmember at the place designated by him or her in the city during the Thursday next pre- ceding the regular council meeting. Copies of the prepared agenda shall be made available to the members of the public attending the regular council meeting by placing the same near the entrance to the place of meeting. At least seventy-two (72) hours prior to the regular meeting of the council, the clerk of the council shall post a copy of the agenda in a location that is freely accessible to mem- bers of the public. SECTION 3: That Section 2-107 of the Santa Ana Muncipal Code, is hereby repealed. SECTION 4: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court or compe- competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 5: Neither the adoption of this Ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provi- sion applicable to any cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to ORDINANCE NO. NS-1885 Page three be posted, filed or deposit pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue full force and effect. ADOPTED this 5th day of January , 1987. ATTEST: Janice C. Guy, Clerk of the Council COUNCILMEMBERS: Young Aye McGuigan Absent Acosta Aye Griset Absent Hart Aye May Aye Pulido Aye D~iel ~. Young, ~ayor/ APPROVED AS TO FORM: