HomeMy WebLinkAbout1755 - ORDINANCES - 2/18/2009 ORDINANCE NO. 1755
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2.28 OF THE PALM
SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE
SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.
City Attorney Summary
This Ordinance changes the name of the Resource
Conservation Commission to the Sustainability Commission to
reflect the City's overall commitment to sustainability, and
further establishes revised duties of the Sustainability
Commission.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The name of the Resource Conservation Commission as established
pursuantto Chapter2.28 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is amended and changed to
"Sustainability Commission"and the City Clerk is authorized to make appropriate revisions
to the Code in furtherance of this amendment.
SECTION 2. Section 2.28.050 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is amended to read:
2.28.050 Powers and Duties of the Commission.
Within the limitations provided by law, the Sustainability Commission shall
have the following powers and duties:
(1) Establish a schedule of regular meeting times;
(2) Advise, assist, and make recommendations to the City Council regarding:
(a) Efforts to make City operations more sustainable;
(b) Efforts to educate and inform the citizenry of the efforts to make the
City more sustainable,
(c) Progress of the creation, maintenance, and promotion of regular
sustainability indicators, and a monitoring and reporting program;
(d) City policies and plans to enhance the sustainability of the City as a
whole including, but not limited to, water and energy efficiency,
renewable sources, climate change strategies, air quality, waste
management and recycling, water resources, building and
infrastructure, transportation, and natural resource conservation;
(e) Sustainability project finance options.
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(3) Perform such other duties as the City Council may assign or designate-
SECTION 4. If any section or provision of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, or contravened by reason
of any preemptive legislation, the remaining sections and/or provisions of this ordinance
shall remain valid. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this
Ordinance, and each section or provision thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or
more section(s)or provision(s) may be declared invalid or unconstitutional or contravened
via legislation.
SECTION 5. 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 passage.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED THIS 118th �DAYOF F/E�BRUARY, 2009.
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_` • 5TE EN P. POUGNET, MAYOR
ATTEST:
MES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, California, do hereby certify
that Ordinance No. 1755 is a full, true and correct copy, and was introduced at a regular
meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on the 4th day of February, 2009, and adopted at
a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 18th day of February, 2009 by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember Hutcheson, Councilmember Weigel,
and Mayor Pougnet.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem Mills.
ABSTAIN: None.
Thompson, City Clerkimes
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