Ordinance No. 638ORDINANCE NO. 638
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
AMENDING ARTICLE VI OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE CYPRESS CITY CODE
CHANGING THE NAME OF THE I CREATION AND PARKS COAMISSION
TO THE RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COPMLISSION.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS HEREBY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Article VI of Chapter 2 of the Cypress City Code hereby
is amended to read as follaws:
ARTICLE VI.
Recreation and Community Services Commission.
Sec. 2 -41. Composition. The recreation and community
services commission shall consist of seven (7) members.
No officers or employees of the city or persons under
an employment contract subject to the jurisdiction
of the city council shall be members of such commission.
(Ord. No. 445, 02, 3- 8 -71.)
Sec. 2 -42. Oath of office. All members of the recreation
and community services commission shall be required to
take an oath of office as approved by the city council prior
to commencing their term of office. (Ord. No. 445, §3,
3-8-71.)
Sec. 2 -43. Appointment of members. The mayor shall
appoint the members of the recreation and community ser-
vices commission, with a majority vote of confirmation
by the city council. The recreation and parks director
shall be a permanent ex officio member of the recreation
and community services commission and will serve as secretary
to the commission. An elected representative from the
Cypress Teen Center shall, without appointment by the mayor,
be an ex officio member of the recreation and community
services commission. No ex officio member of the recreation
and community services commission shall be entitled to vote.
(Ord. No. 445, §4, 3 -8 -71; Ord. No. 486, 01, 7- 10 -72; Ord.
No. 493, 9- 11 -72.)
Sec. 2 -44. Omitted.
Sec. 2 -45. Removal. If a member of the recreation and
community services commission shall be absent from three
(3) consecutive regular greetings of the commission
without cause, the office of such member shall be vacant
and the term of such member ipso facto terminated, and
the city clerk shall immediately inform the city council
of such termination. An absence due to illness or un-
avoidable absence from the city and written notice with
explanation thereof to the city clerk on or before the
day of any regular greeting by the commission shall be
absence for cause. (Ord. No. 445, 06, 3 -8 -71; Ord. No.
486, ®2, 7- 10 -72; Ord. No. 505, 2- 26 -73.)
Sec. 2 -46. Meetings. The recreation and community
services commission shall greet regularly at least once
a month in the council chambers in the City of Cypress,
except as authorized by the city council or as other-
wise provided by law. Special meetings may be called by
the chairman or the majority of the members of the commis-
sion. All greetings shall be opened to the public except
as otherwise authorized by the laws of the State of
California. Regular minutes of such meetings shall
be maintained by the commission and available for
public inspection at all times. (Ord. No. 445 67,
3 -8 -71; Ord. No. 554, 7- 28 -75.)
Sec. 2 -47. Organization. The recreation and community
services commission shall elect one of its members
as chairman and one of its members as vice- chairman,
who shall hold office for one year and until his
successor is elected. The commission shall establish
such rules and regulations as it deems necessary for
governing itself and for the performance of its duties.
Such rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent
with laws of the state or the ordinances of the city.
(Ord. No. 445, 68, 3- 8 -71.)
Sec. 2 -48. Compensation. Members of the recreation
and community services commission shall receive
such compensation as provided by resolution of
the city council. (Ord. No. 445, 69, 3- 8 -71.)
Sec. 2 -49. Duties. The recreation and community
services commission shall advise the city council
on all matters subject to the jurisdiction of the council
pertaining to the acquisition, development and main-
tenance of public parks and recreational facilities
as well as facilities and programs relating to
artistic and cultural activities within the com-
munity. The commission shall also review and
advise the council regarding the financing of
and budgeting for such functions, including but
not limited to, the financing and budgeting of
any subsidiary district of the city. The commission
shall also advise the recreation and parks director
from time to time. (Ord. No. 445, 610, 3- 8 -71.)
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Sec. 2 -50. Commissioner qualifications. All
members of the recreation and community services
commission shall be qualified registered voters.
Sec. 2 -51. Public hearings. Whenever the com-
mission determines, by a two - thirds (2/3) majority
of those members present, that its deliberations
with respect to a particular matter or matters
would be substantially aided by the presentation
of testimony from the citizens of the city, or of
a certain area of the city, the commission may
direct that a public hearing be held concerning
such matter or matters. Notice of such a hearing
shall be provided by publication in a newspaper
of general circulation published in the City of
Cypress and /or by posting the same in at least
three (3) public places, not later than seven (7)
days prior to the date of the hearing. Such
hearings shall be conducted in accordance with
the rules established for the conduct of hearings
before the city council unless the council, by
resolution, shall otherwise provide. (Ord. No.
528, 4- 22 -74.)
SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence,
clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance, or the application
thereof to any person or place, 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 or
its application to other persons or places. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance, and
each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase,
or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases,
or portions, or the application thereof to any person or place,
be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk hereby is authorized and directed
to certify as to the passage of this ordinance and to give notice
thereof by causing copies of this ordinance to be posted in three
public places within the City.
FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held
on the 12th day of March 1979 and finally adopted and ordered posted at a
regular meeting of said Council held on the 26th day of March 1979.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk -of the City of Cypress
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MAYOR 0 TH CITY OF CYPRESS
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gATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the
said City Council held on the 26th day of March 1979; by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Evans, Lacayo, MacLain, Rowan and Hudson
None
None
ITY ERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS