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STAFF REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
DATE: August 15, 2017
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM:
Christopher L. Foss, City Manager
SUBJECT:
Second Reading of an Ordinance to Amend Chapter 2.12 (Planning
Commission) of the Dublin Municipal Code
Prepared by: Hazel L. Wetherford, Assistant to the City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City Council will hold a second reading of an Ordinance to update Chapter 2.12
(Planning Commission) of the Dublin Municipal Code.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Waive the reading and adopt an Ordinance Amending Dublin Municipal Code Chapter
2.12 (Planning Commission).
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None
DESCRIPTION:
On April 18, 2017 meeting, the City Council directed Staff to revise the bylaws for City
Commissions and Committees and include a new policy that would result in an
automatic vacation of office after the third absence in any 12 -month period.
On July 18, 2017, the City Council waived the reading and introduced an amended
ordinance amending Dublin Municipal Code Ch apter 2.12 (Planning Commission). The
amended ordinance establishes a new absenteeism policy that allows for an automatic
vacation of office after the third absence from a regularly scheduled meeting within any
twelve (12) month period. The amended ordinance also permits teleconferencing by
Planning Commissioners at regular and special Planning Commission meetings in rare
and exceptional circumstances.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
The Staff Report was provided to members of the Planning Commission.
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ATTACHMENTS:
1. Ordinance of the City of Dublin Amending Chapter 2.12 (Planning Commission)
ORDINANCE NO. __ - 17
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN AMENDING
CHAPTER 2.12 (PLANNING COMMISSION) OF THE DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE
The City Council of the City of Dublin does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1:
Section 2.12.020 of Chapter 2.12 of the Dublin Municipal Code is amended as follows
(with additions in italics and deletions in strikethrough):
2.12.020 Membership—Appointment—Term—Removal
A. The Planning Commission shall consist of five (5) members. They shall be
appointed for a term of four (4) years. Terms shall begin in January following even-
numbered election years and end in 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. Members shall be appointed to the Planning Commission by the Mayor, subject to
the approval of the City Council. A Planning Commissioner can be removed at any
time during the Commissioner’s term of office by a majority of t he City Council.
Removal and appointment of Planning Commission members shall be made only at
a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council. Members of the Planning
Commission shall be residents of the city.
C. Planning Commissioners must attend at least seventy-five (75) percent of regular
and special Planning Commission meetings in any twelve (12) month period. Any
Planning Commissioner who is absent from twenty-five (25) percent or more
meetings within a twelve (12) month period or is absent from three (3) consecutive
Planning Commission meetings may be removed from the Planning Commission
pursuant to subsection B of this section Planning Commission members should
endeavor to attend all regular and special meetings of the Planning Commission.
The Secretary to the Planning Commission shall provide the Mayor with monthly
attendance reports and a quarterly overview of attendance by Commi ssioners. After
the third absence from a regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting within
any twelve (12) month period, said Commissioner automatically vacates his or her
office.
D. Teleconferencing. In rare cases and exceptional circumstances, the Planning
Commission permits teleconferencing by Planning Commissioners at regular and
special Planning Commission meetings. Only one (1) Planning Commissioner is
permitted to attend via teleconference per meeting. The first Planning Commissioner
who notifies the City Clerk of his or her intention to do so will be permitted to attend
by teleconference. Only audio teleconferencing is permitted. Video conference or
any other form of non-telephonic communication are not approved forms of
teleconferencing of Planning Commission meetings.
Section 4. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable and if any provision,
clause, sentence, word or part thereof is held illegal, invalid, unconstitutional, or inapplicable to
any person or circumstances, such illegality, invalidity, unconstitutionality, or inapplicability shall
not affect or impair any of the remaining provisio ns, clauses, sentences, sections, words or
parts thereof of the ordinance or their applicability to other persons or circumstances.
Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be enforced on September
15, 2017.
Section 7. Posting. 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 this 15th day of August, 2017
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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