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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: December 3, 2002
SUBJECT: Public Hearing: Amendments to the Dublin Municipal Code Chapter 2.12-Planning
Commission - Second Reading.
Report Prepared By: doni Pattillo, Assistant City Manager
ATTACHMENTS: 1 .) Ordinance Amending the City of Dublin Municipal Code
Chapter 2.12- Planning Commission
RECOMMENDATION~(~/v~
1) Open Public Hearing On Amendments to the Municipal Code
Chapter 2.12- Planning Commission
2) Receive Public Testimony
3) Close Public Hearing
4) Deliberate
5) Waive reading and ADOPT Ordinance
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION:
At its meeting of November 1.9, 2002, City'Council introduced an Ordinance amending Dublin Municipal
Code (DMC) Chapter 2.12- Planning Commission (Attachment 1). City Council's intent in making these
amendments were twofold: 1) to ensure that Commission terms lengths encourage increased participation
by a wider variety of Dublin citizens; 2) to ensure that proper procedures are in place with attendance at
both the regular and special Commission meetings. The amendments would change Ordinance as
follows:
[] Commissioners may serve a maximum of eight (8) years with two (4)-year terms.
[] Commissioners must attend 75% of regular and special meetings in a 12-month period.
COPIES TO:
ITEM NO. ~
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ca The term ending date will change from November to December. ·
In closing, Staff recommends that the City Council:
Open the public hearing on the amendments to the Municipal Code Chapter 2.12- Planning Commission
receive public testimony, close public hearing, deliberate, waive the reading, and ADOPT the Ordinance
amending Dublin Municipal Code Chapter 2.12- Planning Commission.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
AMENDING DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.12
TO PROVIDE FOR TERM LIMITS AND REMOVAL FOR LAPSE IN
ATTENDANCE FOR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. PURPOSE
Ordinance No. 5 Sections 2 and 3 in 1982 established thc membership,
appointment and term and removal, of Planning Commissioners, as amended by
Ordinances 12-84 and 16-92. The purpose of this Ordinance is to establish term limits
and attendance requirements for the Planning Commission.
Section 2. AMENDMENT OF THE ML~ICIPAL CODE
A. An amendment of Section 2.12.020 to read as follows:
They shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years...-~.~-~w~ .... + +~..+~.~ ,...^._.. ~r~ ..~^c+~.~
........................... ~,.~ .~ ......... Terms shall be n in December of
even-numbered election years and end in No-vembev December of even
numbered years (or until successors are appointed). If a vacancy occurs
otherwise than by expiration of term, it shall be filled by appointment for the
unexpired portion of the term.
B. A new Section 2.12.020C is hereby added to thc Municipal Code to read as
follows:
Section 2.12.020 Membership-Appointment-Term-Removal
"Section 2.12.020C
Planning Commissioners must attend at least 75 percent of regular and special
Planning Commission meetings in any 12-month period. Any Planning
Commissioner who is absent from 25% or more meetings within a 12-month
period or is absent from three (3) consecutive Planning Commission meetings
may be removed from the Planning Commission pursuant to Section
2.12.020B of thc Municipal Code."
C. A new Section 2.12.060 is hereby added to the Municipal Code to read as
follows:
"Section 2.12.060 Term Limits
No person shall serve as a Planning Commissioner for more than two (2)
consecutive four (4) year terms. As used herein, a person shall be considered
to have served a "term" of office as a Planning Commissioner if such person
has served as a Planning Commissioner for two (2) years plus one (1) day."
Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE AND POSTING OF ORDINANCE
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and after
the date of its passage. The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to be
posted in at least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section
36933 of the Government Code of the State of California.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Dublin
this __ day of ,2002, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk