HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2794 - Repealing Section 2-550 Through Section 2-554 to Santa Ana Municipal Code Related to Early Prevention and Intervention CommissionQxs 08/10/09)
ORDINANCE NO. NS-2794
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA REPEALING SECTION 2-550 THROUGH
SECTION 2-554 TO THE SANTA ANA MUNICPAL CODE
RELATED TO EARLY PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION
COMMISSION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines
and declares as follows:
A. The City's budget challenges and the potential impacts on the City's ability to
preserve high quality core services to the public has- lead the City Council to
evaluate the current structure of the City's appointive boards and their cost.
B. The City agencies which staff the various boards and commissions have
reviewed all costs associated with providing support to the appointive boards
including materials and supplies, training and travel, staff time, and member
compensation.
C. The City's commitment to EPIC's core mission of prevention, that is,
equipping at-risk youth to lead productive lives and to provide alternatives to
gang affiliation, violence and drugs shall continue. The Ad Hoc Committee on
Board and Commission Review is recommending the creation of a new
smaller Board combining the efforts of the current Human Relations
Commission and EPIC which shall be equipped to provide leadership in the
area of prevention.
D. The following action will preserve valuable community input and participation
in city government while contributing to necessary reductions in city
expenditures.
E. All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated herein are
repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of section 418 of the
Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Any such restatement of existing provisions
of the Code is not intended, nor shall it be interpreted, as constituting a new
action or decision of the City Council, but rather such provisions are repeated
for tracking purposes only in conformance with the Charter
Section 2. Sections 2-550 through 2-554 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code are
hereby deleted in their entirety.
Ordinance No. NS-2794
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Section 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it
would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
ADOPTED this 17th day of August, 2009.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Joseph W. Fl~e#.e#-i~r, ~;ity~
ing Senior Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers: Alvarez Bustamante Martinez Pulido, (4)
NOES: Councilmembers: None (0)
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None (0)
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Benavides Sarmiento, Tinaiero (3'.
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, MARIA D. HUIZAR, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify that the
attached Ordinance No. NS-2794 to be the original ordinance adopted by the City
Council of the City of Santa Ana on August 17, 2009, and that said ordinance was
published in accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana.
Date: ~?J/S~~t~i
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G~v~o~,
Maria D. Huizar
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
Ordinance No. NS-2794
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