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Ordinance No. 5632
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending PAMC Section 2.22.030 to
Update Quorum and Other Procedural Requirements Reflecting a Seven Member Human
Relations Commission
The Council of the City of Palo Alto ORDAINS as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds and declares as follows:
A.The City has a Human Relations Commission as detailed in Chapter 2.22 of the Palo Alto
Municipal Code.
B.In March and April 2023, the City Council adopted Ordinance 5583 to expand the
membership of the Human Relations Commission from five to seven members.
C.The City Council now desires to clean up the quorum requirements and other
procedural aspects of Chapter 2.22 to reflect the seven member commission.
SECTION 2. Section 2.22.030 (Officers, meetings and procedures) of Chapter 2.22 (Human
Relations Commission) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAMC) is hereby amended and restated
as follows (deleted text is in strikethrough, new text is underlined):
2.22.030 Officers, meetings and procedures.
(a)The commission shall elect one of its members chairperson who shall hold office for one
year and until a successor is elected unless the chairperson’s term as a member of the
commission sooner expires.
(b)The Human Relations Commission shall establish a regular time, date and place of
meeting and shall ordinarily hold meetings monthly. Special meetings may be called by the
chairperson or by any three four members of the commission upon personal notice being given
to all members or by written notice being mailed to each member twenty-four hours prior to
such meeting unless such notice requirement is waived in writing.
(c)Three Four of the five seven members shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative votes
of a majority of members present are required to take any action.
(d)The commission may establish ad hoc committees of two up to three commission
members for advisory and investigative purposes. The commission shall, by majority vote,
appoint members of ad hoc committees.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason
held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion or sections
of the Ordinance. The Council hereby declares that it should have adopted the Ordinance and
each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one
or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
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SECTION 4. The Council finds that this project is exempt from the provisions of
the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), pursuant to Section 15061 of the
CEQA Guidelines, because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the
ordinance will have a significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be effective on the thirty-first day after the date of
its adoption.
INTRODUCED: AUGUST 19, 2024
PASSED: SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
AYES: BURT, KOU, LAUING, LYTHCOTT-HAIMS, STONE, TANAKA, VEENKER
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____________________________ ____________________________
City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
____________________________ ____________________________
Assistant City Attorney City Manager
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Director, Community Services Department
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Subject: ORD 5632 - Updates Reflecting a 7 Member Human Relations Commission
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Tim Shimizu
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Director
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Ed Shikada
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City of Palo Alto
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Vice Mayor
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Mahealani Ah Yun
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City Clerk
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