Ordinance No. 550ORDINANCE NO. 550
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
ADDING ARTICLE VIII TO CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF CYPRESS ESTABLISHING AN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Article VIII, entitled "Industrial and Commercial Develop-
ment Commission," hereby is added to Chapter 2 of the Code of the City of
Cypress to read as follows:
ARTICLE VIII
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
Sec. 2 -80. Creation. In order to seek and attract industry
and commerce to the City, there is created hereby an Industrial and Com-
mercial Development Commission as provided herein.
Sec. 2 -81. Composition and Appointment of Members. The Indus-
trial and Commercial Development Commission shall consist of nine members,
including the City Manager, the Manager of the Cypress Chamber of Commerce,
a member of the City Council to be determined by the Mayor, and a member
of the Board of Directors of the Cypress Chamber of Commerce, to be selected
by said Board. These four shall recommend to the City Council the names
of individuals to fill the remaining positions on the Commission. The City
Council shall appoint the remaining members of the Commission based upon the
aforesaid recommendation; provided, however, that the remaining members shall
include at least one representative from one of the major public utilities
serving the City.
Sec. 2 -82. Oath of Office. All members of the Industrial and
Commercial Development Commission shall be required to take an oath of
office as approved by the City Council prior to commencing their term
of office.
Sec. 2 -83. Term of Office. The term of office of the members
of the Industrial and Commercial Development Commission shall be for a term
of four years; provided, however, that any person who is a member of said
Commission by reason of his holding one of the positions mentioned in
Section 2 -81 shall cease to be a member of the Commission at such time
as he ceases to hold such position, and, further provided that the Com-
mission members representing the City Council and the Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors shall serve at the pleasure of the body appointing them
to the Commission.
Sec. 2 -84. Removal. If a member of the Industrial and Commercial
Development Commission shall be absent from three consecutive meetings of the
Commission without cause, the office of such member shall be vacant and the
term of such member terminated, and the City Clerk shall immediately inform
the City Council of such termination. An absence due to illness or unavoidable
absence from the City and written notice with explanation thereof to the City
Clerk on or before the day of any regular meeting of the Commission shall be
absence for cause. The City Council may remove any member of the Commission
appointed by it at any time and without cause.
Sec. 2 -85. Meetings. The Industrial and Commercial Development
Commission shall meet regularly at least once each month in the Council Chambers
of the City of Cypress, except as otherwise provided by law. Special meetings
may be called by the chairman or by a majority of the members of the Commission.
All meetings shall be open to the public except as otherwise authorized by law.
Regular minutes of such meetings shall be maintained by the Commission and
available for public inspection.
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Sec. 2 -86. Organization. The Industrial and Commercial Development
Commission shall elect one of its members as chairman and one of its members
as vice - chairman; the chairman and vice - chairman shall hold office for one
year and until their respective successors are chosen. 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 the laws of the State or the Charter or the
ordinances of the City.
Sec. 2 -87. Compensation. Members of the Industrial and Commercial
Development Commission shall receive such compensation as may be provided
by resolution of the City Council.
Sec. 2 -88. Duties. The principal purpose of the Industrial and
Commercial Development Commission is to advise the staff and City Council
how best to seek and attract industry and commerce to the City. In that
connection, the Commission shall have the following duties:
(a) To identify any and all factors which tend to inhibit
industrial and commercial development in the City and to report the same
to the City Council;
(b) To develop, adopt, and recommend to the Council for its adoption,
positive promotional campaigns which would encourage industrial and commercial
development, which campaigns may include slide presentations, promotional bro-
chures, and other such devices by which the advantages of Cypress can be pre-
sented to industrial and commercial concerns seeking to relocate;
(c) To investigate and report to the City Council the methods by
which a program to encourage industrial and commercial development can be
funded, including any available federal and State grant programs; and
(d) To perform such other studies and provide such other advice
as may be requested from time to time by the City Council.
SECTION 2. Severability.
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.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a
regular meeting held on the 14th day of April, 1975.
MAYOR OF THE TY OF CYPRESS
ATTEST:,
CITE' CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE 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
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said City Council
roll call vote:
AYES: 4
NOES: 0
ABSENT: 1
held on the 14th day of April, 1975, by the following
COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
Harvey, Lacayo, Sonju and Frankiewich
None
Kanel
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CITY` G�LERK OF THE Crfi OF CYPRESS
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