HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1866ORDINANCE NO.-, 1866-2011
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
AMENDING SECTION 3.28.010 OF THE BURLINGAME MUNICIPAL CODE
TO REVISE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE BEAUTIFICATION
COMMISSION FROM SEVEN COMMISSIONERS TO FIVE COMMISSIONERS
Section 1: Findings
WHEREAS, the City established the Beautification Commission in 1968 to
provide recommendations to the City Council regarding all matters related to City trees
and heritage trees within the City with the goal of enhancing the City's urban forest; and
WHEREAS, with the exception of the Planning Commission, all City Boards
and Commissions, such as the Library Board and the Traffic Safety Parking Commission,
are composed of five members; and
WHEREAS, the Beautification Commission has seven members which has
occasionally made achieving a quorum difficult because four members would have to be
present at a meeting for business to be conducted; and
WHEREAS, in the recent past, the City has been unable to secure a sufficient
number of applicants for the Beautification Commission and last year, the City extended
the application deadline twice to no avail; and
WHEREAS, reducing the number of board members of the Beautification
Commission will make the process of recruitment easier.
Section Z: Amendment to Municipal Code section 3.28.010
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BURLINGAME DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 3.28.010 of the Burlingaine Municipal Code, "Organization, Teams of Members,
Compensation", is hereby amended to delete the first sentence of the section and to
replace it with the following sentence:
"There shall be a beautification commission in the city consisting of
five (5) members, appointed by the council; their terms of office shall
be for a period of three (3) years and until their successors are appointed
and qualified."
The balance of section 3.28.010 shall remain unchanged.
Section 3: Publication
The
City
Clerk is directed to publish
this ordinance according to the provisions of state
law.
Section 4: Severability
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason
held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this Ordinance. The Council hereby declares that it would have adopted the Ordinance
and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact
that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared
invalid.
TcrryTlagel, M4yor
I, Mary Ellen Kearney, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify
that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held
on the 6th`h day of September, 2011, and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the
City Council held on the 19th day of September, 2011, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:BAYLOCK, DEAL, BROWNRIGG,KEIGHRAN, NAGEL
NOES: Councilmembers:NONE
ABSENT: Councilmembers:NONE
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Mary Ellen Kearney, City Clerk