HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 03(2013)ORDINANCE NO. 03(2013)
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
IDENTIFYING THE TEMPORARY RE -LOCATION OF REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
A. RECITALS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR, CALIFORNIA, HEREBY FINDS AND
DETERMINES AS FOLLOWS:
1. Government Code section 54954 of the Brown Act requires the City Council to establish
the time and place for holding regular meetings by ordinance, resolution, bylaws, or some other rule.
2. The City has established the time and place for holding regular City Council meetings
by ordinance.
3. It has come to the, City's attention that the place established for the holding of regular
meetings will be unavailable due to remodeling.
4. Pursuant to Government Code section 36934 an ordinance- can become effective
immediately upon introduction, provided that the City Council makes findings to support the urgency
in accordance with Government Code section 36937 and passes the Ordinance by a four-fifths vote.
Now, Therefore, the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Pursuant to Ordinance No. 4A(1989), codified as Section 2.08.010 of the
Diamond Bar Municipal Code, regularly scheduled meetings of the City Council of the City of
Diamond Bar are held at 21865 East Copley Drive which is a facility that is owned by the South Coast
Air Quality Management District ("SCAQMD").
Section Z Due to the unavailability of the meeting location at 21865 East Copley Drive
due to work being performed on the facility by the SCAQMD, the Diamond Bar City Council meetings
scheduled for July 2, 2013, July 16, 2013, August 6, 2013, August 20, 2013, September 3, 2013 and
September 17, 2013 are unable to be held at the location set by Section 2.08.010.
Section 3. If this Ordinance is not adopted as an urgency ordinance, pursuant to
Government Code section 36934 the Ordinance would not become effective until July 18, 2013, as
such the City Council would not be able to hold its regular meeting on July 2, 2013, and would be
unable to conduct the official business of the City at its regular time. As such, this Ordinance needs
to be adopted as an urgency ordinance in order for the City Council to meet at its regularly scheduled
meeting and conduct the official business of the City in compliance with state law.
Section 4. Therefore, .the City Council will hold its regular City Council meetings for
July 2, 2013, July 16, 2013, August 6, 2013, August 20, 2013, September 3, 2013 and September 17,
2013 in the Windmill Room located at the Diamond Bar City Hall, at 21810 Copley Drive.
Section 5. At the conclusion of the City Council meeting of September 17, 2013, this
Ordinance shall,. by its own terms terminate and no longer be of any force and effect and the location
of the City Council meetings will be, governed by Section 2.08.010 of the Diamond Bar Municipal
Code_
Section 6. The Mayor shall sign this ordinance and the City Clerk shall cause the same
to be posted within fifteen (15) days after its passage in at least (3) public locations in the City of
Diamond Bar pursuant to Resolution No. 89-6(A).
Section 7. Since this Ordinance is effective only on an interim basis, it shall not be
codified in the Diamond Bar Municipal Code.
Jack Tanaka, Mayor
I, Tommye Cribbins, City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar held on
the 4th day of June , 2013 and was finally passed at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar held on 4th day of June , 2013, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Chang, Herrera, Tye, M/Tanaka
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: MPT/Everett
ABSTAINED: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
Tommye A. Cribbins, City Clerk