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Ordinance No. 1168ORDINANCE NO. 1168 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON AMENDING SECTION 2.1 OF THE VERNON CITY CODE RELATING TO THE TIME, PLACE AND AGENDA TOPICS OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WHEREAS, Section 2.1 of Article I of Chapter 2 the Vernon City Code provides that the regular meetings of the City Council shall be held every Monday at 9:00 a.m.; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon desires to set an earlier meeting time for regular meetings of the City Council covering matters relating to the Light & Power Department; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon desires to set a second regular meeting to immediately follow the Light & Power Department meeting covering all other matters. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true and correct. SECTION 2: Section 2.1 of Article I of Chapter_2 of the Vernon ,City Code is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: "Sec. 2.1. Time, place and topics of council meetings. (a) There shall be two regular meetings of the City Council of the City of Vernon held in the City Council Chamber at the City Hall located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue in the City of Vernon, California on the first and third Monday of each month. The first regular meeting shall convene at the hour of 8:00 a.m., and shall be limited to agenda items regarding matters relating to the Light & Power Department. The second regular meeting shall convene at the hour of 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the first regular meeting may adjourn, and shall be limited to agenda items regarding any matter other than those relating to the Light & Power Department. (b) If the regular meetings of the City Council are scheduled to fall on a recognized holiday, the meetings shall be cancelled for that week and take place on the next regularly scheduled Monday, at the same time and place. (c) If a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council is adjourned due to a lack of quorum, the adjourned meeting shall be cancelled for that week and take place on the next regularly scheduled Monday, at the same time and place." SECTION 3: Any ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby superseded. SECTION 4: Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in this Ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases or words be declared unconstitutional, or - 2 - invalid, or ineffective. SECTION 5: Book of Ordinances. The City Clerk shall attest and certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause this Ordinance and the City Clerk's certification to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of the Council of this City. The City Clerk shall cause this ordinance to be published or posted as required by law. SECTION 6: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in full force and effect at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty- first (31st) day after its passage. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 24th day of May, 2010. WILLARD G. YP4A$UCHI, City Clerk 9LL Name: Hilario Gonzales Title: Mayor /-� Dr-= -m °'= - 3 - STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ss COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) I,, WILLARD G. YAMAGUCHI, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1168, was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Vernon, held in the City of Vernon on Monday, May 17, '2010, and thereafter adopted at a meeting of said City Council held on Monday, May 24, 2010, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Mayor Gonzales, McCormick, Davis, Maisano, Newmire NOES: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None and thereafter was'duly signed by the Mayor or Mayor Pro-Tem of the City of Vernon. Executed this day of May, 010, at Vernon, California. XILLRD 'GCAq29,PHI City Clem (SEAL) _ 4 _ CITY CLERK'S OFFICE INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM DATE: May 25, 2010 TO: Rory Burnett, Finance Director/City Treasurer Masami Higa, Controller Alex Kung, Senior Accounting Manager Joaquin Leon, Deputy City Treasurer Donal O'Callaghan, City Administrator/Director of Light & Power Lewis Pozzebon, Director of Environmental Health & Control Steve Towles, Chief of Police Martha Valenzuela, Director of Personnel/Business Services and Purchasing Mark Whitworth, Fire Chief Kevin Wilson, Director of Community Services & Water FROM: Willard Yamaguchi, City Clerk I / RE: Ordinance No. 1168 - An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Vernon Amending Section 2.1. of the Vernon City Code Relating to the Time, Place and Agenda Topics of City Council Meetings Transmitted herewith is a copy of Ordinance No. 1168 referenced above, which was approved by City Council on May 24, 2010. Thank you. WY:dj c: Ordinance No. 1168 MAY 1 2 2010 STAFF REPORT CITY CLERK'S OFFICE CITY ADMINISTRATION OFFICE DATE: May 12, 2010 lIU l TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council FROM: City Administrator RE: Recommendation to Adopt an Ordinance Amending Section 2.1 of the Vernon City Code to Establish a Separate Regular Meeting on Light and Power Matters to Commence at 8:30 a.m. every Monday Discussion Light & Power Department issues are often quite different from those relating to general City governance. In an effort to separate Light & Power Department matters from general governmental issues, I have asked the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance establishing two weekly regular meetings of the City Council, both of which will occur on Mondays. The first regular meeting is proposed to convene at 8:30 a.m. on each Monday, except holidays, and will be dedicated to matters relating to the Light & Power Department. The second regular meeting will convene at 8:45 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the first regular meeting adjourns, and will cover any matter other than those relating to the Light & Power Department. Also, as part of this recommended change, the City will fold into the second regular meeting the police and fire reports to the City Council. The City Attorney's office researched the history of the Police and Fire Commission and found it was initially formed as a sub -committee of the City Council. Now that the City Council is meeting as a whole, it seems appropriate to have those police and fire reports presented as part of the City Council meeting. Recommendation recommend that the City Council waive full reading of the proposed ordinance, introduce the ordinance and read by title only. cc: City Clerk City Administration Light & Power ORDINANCE NO. 1168 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON AMENDING SECTION 2.1 OF THE VERNON CITY CODE RELATING TO THE TIME, PLACE AND AGENDA TOPICS OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WHEREAS, Chapter 2.1 of Article I of Chapter 2 the Vernon City Code provides that the regular meetings of the City Council shall be held every Monday at 9:00 a.m.; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon desires to set an earlier meeting time for regular meetings of the City Council covering matters relating to the Light & Power Department; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon desires to set a second regular meeting to immediately follow the Light & Power Department meeting covering all other matters. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true and correct. SECTION 2: Section 2.1 of Article I of Chapter 2 of the Vernon City Code is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: "Sec. 2.1. Time, place and topics of council meetings. (a) There shall be two regular meetings of the City Council of the City of Vernon held in the City Council Chamber at the City Hall located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue in the City of Vernon, California on every Monday of each month. The first regular meeting shall convene at the hour of 8:30 a.m., and shall be limited to agenda items - 1 - regarding matters relating to the Light & Power Department. The second regular meeting shall convene at the hour of 8:45 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the first regular meeting may adjourn, and shall be limited to agenda items regarding any matter other than those relating to the Light & Power Department. (b) If the regular meetings of the City Council are scheduled to fall on a recognized holiday, the meetings shall be cancelled for that week and take place on the next regularly scheduled Monday, at the same time and place. (c) If a regularly scheduled meeting of ,the City Council is adjourned due to a lack of quorum, the adjourned meeting shall be cancelled for that week and take place on the next regularly scheduled Monday, at the same time and place." SECTION 3: Any ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby superseded. SECTION 4: Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in this Ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, - 2 - sentences, clauses, phrases or words be declared unconstitutional, or invalid, or ineffective. SECTION 6: Book of Ordinances. The City Clerk shall attest and certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause this Ordinance and the City Clerk's certification to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of the Council of this City. The City Clerk shall cause this ordinance to be published or posted as required by law. SECTION 7: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in full force and effect at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty- first (31st) day after its passage. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of May, 2010. ATTEST: lard G. Yamaguchi, City Clerk Name: Title: Mayor / Mayor Pro-Tem - 3 - STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) I, Willard G. Yamaguchi, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1168 was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Vernon, held in the City of Vernon on Monday, May 17, 2010, and thereafter adopted at a meeting of said City Council held on Monday, 2010, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: NOES: Councilmembers: ABSENT: Councilmembers: And thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor or Mayor Pro-Tem of the City of Vernon. Executed this day of 2010, at Vernon, California. WILLARD G. YAMAGUCHI, City Clerk (SEAL) - 4 - Ile (t C' cj1�It�Yd/�`RECEIVED MAY 2 0 2010 CITY CLERK'S OFFICE STAFF REPORT City Attorney Department DATE: May 19, 2010 p TO; Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Laurence S. Wiener, City Attorney RE: Ordinance No. 1168 Background: Ordinance No. 1168 was introduced at the City Council meeting held on May 17, 2010. Upon introduction, the Ordinance was amended by the City Council to provide that the City Council will henceforth meet on the first and third Mondays of each month and that the City Council will hold two meetings on these days. The first meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. and will include matters related to the Light and Power Department. The second meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the first meeting ends, and will include all other matters of City Council business. Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council adopt Ordinance No. 1168 at the May 24, 2010 meeting: Impact: If the City Council adopts this Ordinance on May 24t", it will become effective 30 days later, June 23d. Therefore, no meeting will be held the following Monday, June 28t", as June 28th will be the fourth Friday of the month. The following Monday, July 51h, will be a holiday and the first meetings under the new schedule will therefore occur on July 12th C E! L. -P I MAY 1 9tr;�l ORDINANCE NO. 1168 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON AMENDING SECTION 2.1 OF THE VERNON CITY CODE RELATING TO THE TIME, PLACE AND AGENDA TOPICS OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WHEREAS, Section 2.1 of Article I of Chapter 2 the Vernon City Code provides that the regular meetings of the City Council shall be held every Monday at 9:00 a.m.; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon desires to set an earlier meeting time for regular meetings of the City Council covering matters relating to the Light & Power Department; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon desires to set a second regular meeting to immediately follow the Light & Power Department meeting covering all other matters. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true and correct. SECTION 2: Section 2.1 of Article I of Chapter 2 of the Vernon City Code is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: "Sec. 2.1. Time, place and topics of council meetings. (a) There shall be two regular meetings of the City Council of the City of Vernon held in the City Council Chamber at the City Hall located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue in the City of Vernon, California on the first and third Monday of each month. The first regular meeting shall convene at the hour of 8:00 a.m., and shall be limited to agenda items regarding matters relating to the Light & Power Department. The second regular meeting shall convene at the hour of 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the first regular meeting may adjourn, and shall be limited to agenda items regarding any matter other than those relating to the Light & Power Department. (b) If the regular meetings of the City Council are scheduled to fall on a recognized holiday, the meetings shall be cancelled for that week and take place on the next regularly scheduled Monday, at the same time and place. (c) If a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council is adjourned due to a lack of quorum, the adjourned meeting shall be cancelled for that week and take place on the next regularly scheduled Monday, at the same time and place." SECTION 3: Any ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby superseded. SECTION 4: Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in this Ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this Ordinance -or any part thereof. .The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases or words be declared unconstitutional, or - 2 - invalid, or ineffective. SECTION 5: Book of Ordinances. The City Clerk shall attest and certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause this Ordinance and the City Clerk's certification to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of the Council of this City. The City Clerk shall cause this ordinance to be published or posted as required by law. SECTION 6: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in full force and effect at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty- first (31st) day after its passage. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 24th day of May, 2010. ATTEST: WILLARD G. YAMAGUCHI, City Clerk Name: Title: Mayor / Mayor Pro-Tem - 3 - STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES } I, WILLARD G. YAMAGUCHI, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1168 was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Vernon, held in the City of Vernon on Monday, May 17, 2010, and thereafter adopted at a meeting of said City Council held on Monday, May 24, 2010, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: NOES: Councilmembers: ABSENT: Councilmembers: And thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor or Mayor Pro-Tem of the City of Vernon. Executed this day of ,.2010, at Vernon, California. WILLARD G. YAMAGUCHI, City Clerk (SEAL) - 4 - VERNON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Educate • Advocate • Engage OFFICERS TOM ANDERSEN Chairman of the Board JIM BOLTINGHOUSE Vice Chair/Finance JAMES ANDREOLI, JR Vice Chair JULIET GOFF Vice Chair JOHN MANIATAKIS Vice Chair JOHN NORTON Vice Chair BILL SCHNEIDER Vice Chair JON STARTZ Vice Chair MARISA OLGUIN President/CEO DIRECTORS TOM ANDERSEN Morgan Stanley ALMAARREDONDO United Steel Fence Company PHILLIP ATTALLA NAI Capital JIM BOLTINGHOUSE Sweetener Products HOWARD CHOI Neptune Foods PETER CORSELLI U.S. Growers Cold Storage SALLY DAVIDSON Thermo King of Southern California PETER DRAKE Bank of America CLAREEMERSON Air Products & Chemicals STEVE FREED Mt. Vernon Industrial, Inc. JULIET GOFF KAL Plastics PETE de GRANDIS The Union Ice Company JOHN INGRASSIA Preferred Freezer GLENN KRISKE Walters Wholesale Electric GREGLONGSTREET Farmer John Meats, LLC JOHN MANIATAKIS NI Industries ROSE NORDBROCK Venbrook Insurance Service JOHN NORTON All American Manufacturing KENNETH OLDMIXON Siemens Water Technologies STEVE SCHAFFER Steel Services Grinding BILL SCHNEIDER World Variety Produce/Melissa's JON STARTZ National Food Service 3301 S SANTA FE AVENUE VERNON, CA 90053 P 323 583 3313 F 323 583 0704 www.vernonchamber.org May 16, 2010 Vernon City Council Vernon, California RECEIVED MAY 17 2010 CITY CLERK'S OFFICE Honorable City Councilmen of Vernon: I am writing to you regarding proposed Ordinance 1168. The proposed ordinance would move the start of city council meetings from 900 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on Mondays (excepting holidays). This seemingly insignificant change only exacerbates an ongoing concern of the business community, "the public" that you serve. This concern involves California's Brown Act, and the ability of the public to respond to proposed changes by governmental entities at all levels. The Brown Act was put in place, in part, to provide persons a reasonable period of time to view, study, and create a response to proposed changes to codes and laws that may have an impact on the public. As things now stand, the public only has an opportunity to view the agenda outline; without details, when it is posted late in the day on Thursday prior to the meeting on Monday. Since the clerk's office is closed on Friday, opportunity to study the agenda details can only be done on Monday. This means that someone seeking to know about a change that may affect them, only has one to two hours on Monday to study the change in detail, and then prepare a response. Although this may follow the letter of the Brown Act, it has the practical effect if denying the public an opportunity to respond to changes that may have an effect on them and their businesses. If you want to start the Council meetings at 8:30 a.m., that is fine. However, I would urge you to consider moving the Council meeting day to Tuewsday from Monday., This way, the city would avoid the appearance of trying to evade the BrownAct;. 194 Sincerely, Tom Andersen Chairman of the Board, Vernon Chamber of 40 STAFF REPORT City Attorney Department DATE: June 9, 2010 TO: The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council FROM: Laurence S. Wiener, City AttorneY �X0 C CC: Donal O'Callaghan, City Administrator RE: City Council Meeting Date Following the July 5t" Holiday Background: With the adoption of Ordinance No. 1168, regular meetings :of the City Council will now take place on the first and third Monday of every month. In the event a regularly scheduled meeting falls on a City holiday, the Ordinance further provides that "the meetings shall be cancelled for that week and take place on the next regularly scheduled Monday, at the same time and place." The phrase "next regularly scheduled Monday" refers to the Monday on which the next regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council would occur. Monday, July 5t" is a City holiday. In my staff report dated May 19, 2010, I indicated that the first meeting under the new schedule would occur on July 12th. The report should have read that the first regular meeting under the new schedule will occur on July 19th. Recommendation: Due to the July 5t" City holiday, the meeting scheduled for July 5t" will be automatically cancelled, per Ordinance No. 1168. The next regular City Council meeting following the holiday will occur on July 19, 2010. No City Council action is required at this time. C �� Vni, JUN 1 0 2010 &BY _ CSO Juarez, Debbie From: Enomoto, Kristen Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 7:03 AM To: Gena Stinnett' Cc: Yamaguchi, Willard; Laurence S. Wiener; Juarez, Debbie; Muro, Evangelina Subject: Publication and Posting Requirements for Ordinances, Once Adopted Thank you, Gena. We will not publish or post ordinance 1168 or any future ordinances unless the requirements change. Kristen -----Original Message ----- From: Gena Stinnett [mailto:gstinnett@rwglaw.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 5:36 PM To: Enomoto, Kristen Cc: Yamaguchi, Willard; Laurence S. Wiener Subject: RE: Publication and Posting Requirements for Ordinances Once Adopted Hi Kristen: No need to publish or post Ordinance 1168, Section_1 10 of the VCC is poorly written, and we may revise when the opportunity presents itself. Basically, the code provision requires the posting'of notices as required by State law or the 'ordinances df the City. So if the ordinances of the city require posting, Section 1.10 specifies :where to post. Since neither state law nor the ordinances of the City require posting, we do not have to post. Best regards, =Gena= -----Original Message- -- From: Enomoto, Kristen [ma.ilto:Kenomoto@ci.vernon.`ca.us]- Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 3:15 PM To: Gena Stinnett Cc: Yamaguchi, Willard; Laurence S. Wiener Subject: Publication and Posting Requirements for Ordinances Once Adopted Hi Gena, Willard and I are unclear on what our publication and/or posting requirements are, if any, .for ordinances once they are adopted. If it's easier or taster to explain over the phone, please give me a call when you have a chance. I am aware that ordinance summaries were being published each time an ordinance was adopted from the.time the Vernon Sun was established as the newspaper of.general circulation (basically, January 2.009) through June. 2009, From July 2009 through the present, including, the last ordinance adopted (1161 in February 2010), we have been posting copies in the three publicplacesidentified in Section 1.10 of the VCC. However, based on your explanation/'interpretation below, it sounds like we are not required to publish or post ordinances/ordinance summaries upon their adoption. Is this accurate? How do we. know or `determine when, if ever, federal or state law requires such publication and/or posting? In particular, what are our requirements with regard to Ordinance 1168 (attached), which 1 was adopted yesterday? Thank you for your help. Kristen Enomoto Deputy City Clerk City of Vernon 4305:Santa .Fe Avenue Vernon,. CA 90058 Phone; 323-583-8811 Ext. 398 E-mail: kenomoto@ci.vernon.ca.us - ---Original message ----- From: Laurence S. Wiener [mailto:LWiener@rwglaw.com], Sent; Tuesday, September 22, 2009 5:41 PM To; Gena Stinnett; Lehr, Judy Cc; Yamaguchi, Willard; Christopher J. Diaz; Giron, Nelly Subject: Re Water Conservation Ordinance I would add that, in terms of proof of publication., I believe that most City Clerks cut out of the newspaper the publication and file it with the ordinance. Nelly may already be doing this. I think that would be a better practice than relying on publication language. I agree with Gena that we should not cede our charter authority by referring to the government code for the process to adopt an ordinance. ---- Original Message ----- From: Gena Stinnett To: 'Lehr, Judy.' <JLehr@ci.vernon.ca.us> Cc: Yamaguchi, Willard <WYamaguchi@ci.vernon.ca.us>; Christopher J. Diaz; Laurence S. Wiener; Nelly Giron (E-mail) <ngiron@ci.vernon.ca.us> Sent: Tue Sep 22 17:20:58 2009 Subject: RE: Water Conservation Ordinance Hi Judy, You asked why we eliminated from the Water Conservation' Ordinance the section discussing publication of the ordinance based upon Section 36933 of the Government Code. You are concerned that the City Clerk will not know whether she is obligated to publish.the ordinance without that language. First, if there is any question about whether a particular ordinance must be published, we will be happy to answer that question for the City Clerk. - Second, we believe that Section 36933 does not apply to charter cities, so we eliminated any reference to it in the Ordinance. The City Clerk is required to publish the ordinance only if the Charter or the VCC requires it (or, as discussed below, another provision of state law so requires). Chapter 4.2 of.the Charter provides the procedure for adoption of an ordinance, and indicates "[t]he city council may provide by ordinance for any publication or posting of ordinances as it deems appropriate." Section 1.9.3 of the VCC provides that publication is required if state.law applicable to a.particular type of ordinance so requires publication. We view Section 36933 as not incorporated by Section 1.9-3, as Section 36933 is applicable generally; and not to a "particular type of ordinance" as required forSection1.9-3 to apply'. Aside from Section 1.9-3 of the VCC, no other provision of the VCC requires publication or posting. Section 1.9-1 only provides the method if an ordinance requires publication, but does not imppse a publication requirement. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance. Best regards, 2 Gena M. Stinnett Richards Watson & Gershon 355 South Grand Avenue, 40th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071-3101 Voice; 213.253.0240 Facsimile: 213.626.0078 -- --Original Message7 --- From:.Lehr, Judy [mailto:JLehr@ci.vernon.ca.usJ Sent Tuesday, September 22, 2009 2:36 PM To: Gena Stinnett; Christopher J. Dian Cc: Yamaguchi, Willard Subject: RE: Water Conservation Ordinance Gena, I noticed that you took out our normal paragraph respecting publication and just said that the Clerk shall cause the ordinance to be published or posted as required by law._ Shouldn't paragraph instruct the Clerk which one will be required for the particular ordinance otherwise, how will she know? Before adoption of Ordinance 1152, our standard paragraph was: There being no newspaper printed, published or circulated in the City of Vernon, the City Clerk is hereby directed to certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall post the same, or cause the same to be posted, within fifteen (15) days after its passage in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code, in three (3) of the most public places in the City of Vernon, to wit: the northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe Avenue, the northeast cornier of Leonis Boulevard and Pacific Boulevard, and on the bulletin board located outside on the wall near the second floor entrance to the City Hall of said City, located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all in the City of Vernon, County of Los Angeles, State of California. 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