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AGENDA REPORT Reviewed: Initial
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Finance Director N/A
DECEMBER 3, 2024
ALDO E. SCHINDLER, CITY MANAGER
ERICA N. YASUDA, CITY CLERK
SUBJECT: SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 1548 —
REVISING THE START TIME OF REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION
SUMMARY:
Adoption of Ordinance No. 1548 amends the Tustin City Code to change the start time of
the City Council's regular meetings to 4:30 p.m. for closed sessions during regular meetings
and 6:00 p.m. for open session regular meetings, and to revise the start time for the
Planning Commission's regular meetings to 6:00 p.m.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council have second reading by title only and adoption of Ordinance No.
1548.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact associated with this item.
CORRELATION TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN:
Starting the open session meetings of regular meetings an hour earlier will enhance public
participation by helping to ensure that meetings end at an earlier hour in the evening,
advancing Goal E of the City's Strategic Plan ("Organization Excellence and Customer
Service") to be a high performance organization with effective customer service provided
by a professional workforce.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
On November 19, 2024, the City Council had first reading by title only of Ordinance No.
1548.
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City Council Agenda Report
Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 1548
December 3, 2024
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ORDINANCE NO. 1548
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN REPLACING AND
SUPERSEDING TUSTIN CITY CODE SECTION 1301 REGARDING REGULAR
MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND TUSTIN CITY CODE SECTION 1515
REGARDING REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
Erica N. yasuda
Erica N. Yasuda
City Clerk
Attachment:
1. Ordinance No. 1548
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ORDINANCE NO. 1548
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN REPLACING AND
SUPERSEDING TUSTIN CITY CODE SECTION 1301 REGARDING REGULAR
MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND TUSTIN CITY CODE SECTION 1515
REGARDING REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: Section 1301 of Chapter 3 of Article 1 of the Tustin City Code is replaced
and superseded in its entirety to read as follows:
1301 - REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
A. Regular meetings of the City Council shall be held on the first and third
Tuesdays of each calendar month at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Tustin
City Hall, 300 Centennial Way, Tustin, California. Closed sessions of the
regular meetings shall convene at 4:30 on the same days and at the same
location. An alternative time or location for one or more regular meetings,
and/or for one or more closed sessions, may be approved by City Council
Resolution approved at least seven (7) calendar days prior to the meeting date.
When the regular meeting date falls on a legal holiday, the meeting shall be
held on the following day that is not a legal holiday.
B. If necessary, closed sessions not completed prior to the open session portion
of a regular meeting will be considered at the conclusion of the open session
portion of the meeting, or as otherwise determined by the City Council.
C. Nothing in this section limits the authority of the City or the Council to schedule
a special meeting, an adjourned regular meeting, a continued regular meeting,
or an emergency meeting in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act.
SECTION II: Section 1515 of Chapter 5 of Article 1 of the Tustin City Code is replaced
and superseded in its entirety to read as follows:
1515 - REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
A. The Planning Commission shall hold its regular meetings on the second and
fourth Tuesdays of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Tustin
City Hall, 300 Centennial Way, Tustin, California. An alternative time or
location for one or more regular meetings may be approved by Planning
Commission Resolution approved at least seven (7) calendar days prior to the
meeting date.
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B. Nothing in this section limits the authority of the City or the Planning
Commission to schedule a special meeting, an adjourned regular meeting, a
continued regular meeting, or an emergency meeting in accordance with the
Ralph M. Brown Act.
SECTION III: If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, word, 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 hereby declares that it
would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence,
clause, phrase, word, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, words or portions
thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION IV: The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same, or the summary thereof, to be
published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law and this Ordinance shall take
effect thirty (30) days after adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, at a regular meeting of the City Council for the City of Tustin
on this day of , 2024.
AUSTIN LUMBARD,
Mayor
ATTEST:
ERICA N. YASUDA,
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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DA E37KETgDIG,
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF TUSTIN )
CERTIFICATION FOR ORDINANCE NO. 1548
I, Erica N. Yasuda, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council
of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 1548 was duly
and regularly introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council held on the 19t" day of
November, 2024, and was given its second reading, passed and adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council held on the 3rd day of December, 2024, by the
following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES:
COUNCILMEMBER NOES:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBER RECUSED:
The title of Ordinance No. 1548 was included on the published agenda for meetings at
which the Ordinance was introduced and passed, and a copy of the full Ordinance was
made available to the public online and in print at the meeting prior to the introduction or
passage.
ERICA N. YASUDA,
City Clerk