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ROH - 07/28/14 RESOLUTION NO. 2014 -24 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING AND ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS Section 1. The Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. The powers and duties of the Planning Commission are specified in Section 910 of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana and in Section 2 -350, et seq., of the Santa Ana Municipal Code. B. The City Charter requires that each board or commission prescribe rules and regulations governing its operations. C. The current Bylaws of the Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana are set forth in Resolution No. 01 -44, adopted September 24, 2001. D. The Planning Commission desires to amend its Bylaws herein. All portions of Planning Commission Resolution No. 01 -44 not revised by this resolution shall remain in full force and effect. E. All provisions of the Planning Commission Bylaws that are repeated herein are repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of Section 418 of the City Charter. Any such restatement of existing provisions of the Bylaws is not intended, nor shall it be interpreted, as constituting a new action or decision of the Planning Commission, but rather such provisions are repeated for tracking purposes only in conformance with the Charter. Section 2. The Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana hereby approves and adopts the following amendments to the Bylaws of the Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana as follows (new language underlined): 9. ABSTENTIONS AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST a. No member of the Commission shall abstain from any vote unless disqualified. b. A member shall openly state the fact and nature of his /her disqualification and then absent himself /herself from the room during debate and vote on the matter.