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ORDINANCE NO. 13 -978U
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY, AMENDING CHAPTER 1,
SECTION 2100 OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE MEETING
LOCATION OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY DOES ORDAIN:
Whereas, the City Council has authority to adopt an urgency ordinance pursuant to Government
Code sections 36934 and 36937 when such an ordinance is necessary to protect the public peace,
health, or welfare.
Whereas, since 1965 the Temple City Regular City Council meeting has been held in the Council
Chamber at the City Hall, at 5938 Kauffman Avenue, Temple City, California at seven thirty o'clock (7:30)
P.M. on the first and third Tuesday of each month of the year;
Whereas, the City Council has scheduled renovations to the Council Chamber beginning on
September 4, 2013 and continuing until at least November 5, 2013;
Whereas, during the Council Chamber renovation period of September 4 to November 5, 2013,
Council meetings will be held at various locations within the City;
Whereas, the California Government Code in sections 36934 and 36935 states that ordinances,
as well as resolutions and orders for the payment of money, shall only be adopted at regular meetings of
the City Council;
Whereas, the City cannot be without the power to adopt resolutions and orders for the payment
of money during the renovation period, and should not ever be without the power to adopt ordinances,
because the lack of such powers puts the regular and orderly running of the City's business at risk, could
cause City contractors to suspend services to the City for non - payment, could leave the City vulnerable to
changes in Federal or State law that are not reflected in the City's Municipal Code due to the failure to
adopt ordinances reflecting such changes, would put the City at risk of failing to meet its Housing Element
duties under California law due to the planned adoption of a new Housing Element during the Council
Chamber renovation period, and would otherwise burden the functioning of the City;
Whereas, the City generally has the right to hold regular City Council meetings anywhere in the
jurisdiction of the City Council, but has previously limited the meeting location to the Council Chamber;
and
Whereas, immediate removal of that limitation is necessary to protect the public peace, health, or
safety by immediately authorizing the holding of regular City Council meetings in locations other than the
Council Chamber to ensure that the City Council may continue to adopt resolutions and orders for the
payment of money, as well as ordinances; and
Whereas, the next planned regular meeting of the City Council is schedule for a date after the
Council Chamber renovation period begins, so there is no reasonably feasible means by which to adopt a
permanent ordinance to address the potential threat to public peace, health, or safety caused by the
existing meeting location limitation.
Now therefore, the City Council of the city does ordain
SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Section 2100 of the Temple City Municipal Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
2100. Council Meetings. Regular meetings of the City Council shall be held in the City Council Chamber
at the city hall, 5938 North Kauffman Avenue, Temple City, California, or at such location within the City
as designated by the Mayor or City Manager, at seven thirty o'clock (7:30) P.M. on the first and third
Tuesday of each month of the year.
SECTION 2. Effective Date. This ordinance is an urgency ordinance enacted under California
Government Code sections 36934 and 36937(b). This urgency ordinance is effective upon adoption by a
four -fifths (4/5) vote of the City Council.
SECTION 3. Publication. The City Clerk is directed to cause this ordinance to be published in
the manner required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 20th day of August, 2013.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO ORM:
City Attorney
I, Peggy Kuo, City Clerk of the City of Temple City, hereby certify that the foregoing Urgency
Ordinance No. 13 -978U was introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Temple
City held on the 20th day of August 2013, and was duly passed, approved and adopted by said Council at
the regular meeting held on August 20, 2013 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember- Chavez, Vizcarra, Blum, Sternquist
NOES: Councilmember -None
ABSENT: Councilmember -Yu
ABSTAIN: Councilmember -None
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