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CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
FEBRUARY 5, 2007
TITLE:
APPROVED
ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE IV
OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE SANTA ANA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO THE
SANTA ANA YOUTH COMMISSION
o As Recommended
o As Amended
o Ordinance on 1 st Reading
o Ordinance on 20d Reading
o Implementing Resolution
o Set Public Hearing For
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
Adopt Ordinance No. amending Article IV, Section 2.451 of the Santa
Ana Municipal Code relating to the Santa Ana Youth Commission.
DISCUSSION
The Santa Ana Youth Commission was created by City Council to encourage
greater youth participation in the community's development and to foster a
greater understanding of the issues and concerns facing today's youth.
Santa Ana is the youngest city of the one hundred largest cities in the
Uni ted States. The City has a population of 351,697 of which 61,683 are
youth between the ages of five and 17. Currently, regular and alternate
members of the Youth Commission are limited to high school aged students
between the ages of 14 and 18 and associate members are limited to
intermediate school students between the ages of 11 and 13.
To provide an opportunity for Youth Commission members to establish greater
consistency and to allow for a wider range of youth participation, it is
proposed that the membership requirements be expanded. It is proposed that
regular and alternate members be limited to individuals between the ages of
14 and 21, and associate members be limited to individuals between the ages
of 11 and 17. It is further proposed that a four-year term limit be
established for regular and alternate members.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact
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Gerardo Mouet
Executive Director
Parks, Recreation and Com.
associates with this item.
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ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 2-451
OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICPAL CODE
MODIFYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF
MEMBERSHIP ON THE YOUTH COMMISSION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds,
determines and declares as follows:
A. The City Council believes it is important that the Youth Commission
members represent a broad cross-section of the youth population of
the City. The Council also desires to increase the experience level of
the members and to foster greater continuity of membership on the
Commission.
B. In order to accomplish the above stated goals, the Council desires to
amend section 2-451 of the Municipal Code to expand the age limit of
members of the Commission to 21 years of age and adjust the age
limit of the associate members in a like fashion. The Council also
desires to add a 4 year term limit to Commission membership.
C. All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated
herein are repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of
section 418 of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Any such
restatement of existing provisions of the Code is not intended, nor shall
it be interpreted, as constituting a new action or decision of the City
Council, but rather such provisions are repeated for tracking purposes
only in conformance with the Charter.
Section 2. Section 2-451 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended
to increase the age limits for membership and add a term limit for members such that it
reads as follows (new language in bold, deleted language in strikeout for tracking purposes
only):
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Ordinance No. NS-XXX
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Sec. 2-451. Requirements of Membership.
Each member of the youth commission shall be a student, as well as a
resident of the City of Santa Ana. Regular and alternate members are
limited to high school Llged individuals fages 14-21-~ and associate
members are limited to intermediate school aged individuals fages 11--
17~. Should any member cease to reside within the City of Santa Ana,
cease to attend classes as a student, by either graduation or termination
of education, or reach the age of nineteen (-is) twenty-two (22), his/her
office shall automatically be vacated. All prospective members under the
age of 18 shall provide written proof of parental or guardian permission to
qualify for appointment. Each member shall be limited to a 4 year term
on the Commission.
Section 3. 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 of 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
anyone or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be
declared invalid or unconstitutional.
ADOPTED this
day of
,2007
Miguel A. Pulido
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney
By:
Joseph Straka
Assistant City Attorney
Ordinance No. NS-XXX
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AYES: Councilmembers
NOES: Councilmembers
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers
NOT PRESENT: Council members
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify that
the attached Ordinance No. NS-XXX to be the original ordinance adopted by the
City Council of the City of Santa Ana on , and that said
ordinance was published in accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana.
Date:
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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Ordinance No. NS-XXX
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