HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 2303-12085.SECOND READING: Adopt an Ordinance to Expand the Human Relations Commission
(HRC) from Five to Seven Members; CEQA status – not a project (FIRST READING: March
27, 2023 PASSED 7-0)
City Council
Staff Report
Report Type: CONSENT CALENDAR
Lead Department: City Clerk
Meeting Date: April 10, 2023
Report #: 2303-1208
TITLE
SECOND READING: Adopt an Ordinance to Expand the Human Relations Commission (HRC) from
Five to Seven Members; CEQA status – not a project (FIRST READING: March 27, 2023 PASSED
7-0)
BACKGROUND
This was heard by the City Council on March 27, 2023 for a first reading and was approved 7-0.
No changes were made to the Ordinance; it is now before you for a second reading.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: Ordinance Expanding the Human Relations Commission from Five to Seven
Members
APPROVED BY:
Lesley Milton, City Clerk
*Not Yet Approved*
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Ordinance No._____
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending PAMC Section
2.22.010 to Expand the Human Relations Commission from Five to Seven
Members
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. The City Council desires to expand the membership of the Human Relations Commission
from five to seven members.
C. The two new members shall initially have one-year terms in order to stagger the
introduction of new members as detailed in Section 3 of this ordinance.
SECTION 2. Section 2.22.010 (Membership) 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):
2.22.010 Membership.
There is created a human relations commission composed of five seven members who are not
council members, officers or employees of the city, who are residents of the city, and who shall
be appointed by the city council.
SECTION 3. The two new seats on the Human Relations Commission created by this
ordinance shall initially have shortened terms to expire on March 31, 2024, subject to extension
under the provisions of PAMC 2.22.020 (Term of office). After that, successive terms shall be
consistent with the term lengths in PAMC section 2.22.020 and any other applicable section of
the PAMC. This Section 3 shall be uncodified.
SECTION 4. 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.
*Not Yet Approved*
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SECTION 5. 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 6. This ordinance shall be effective on the thirty-first day after the date of its
adoption.
INTRODUCED:
PASSED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
____________________________ ____________________________
City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
____________________________ ____________________________
Assistant City Attorney City Manager
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Director, Community Services Department