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ORDINANCE NO.07-1277
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA,
ESTABLISHING AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ADVISORY
COMMISSION AND AMENDING THE HERMOSA BEACH MUNICIPAL
CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Title 2 of the Hermosa Beach Municipal Code is amended by adding
thereto a new Chapter 2.38 to read as follows:
Chapter 2.38 Emergency Preparedness Advisory Commission
2.38.010 Emergency Preparedness Advisory Commission created;
An Emergency Preparedness Advisory Commission is hereby created and established. It
shall be known as the "Hermosa Beach Emergency Preparedness Advisory Commission."
2.38.020 Composition; Appointment of Members; Terms of Members; Vacancies
The Emergency Preparedness Commission shall be composed of five residents of the City
appointed by the City Council for a term of four years. Members shall not be employees of the
City, Members serve at the pleasure of the City Council and may be removed. at any time and
without cause by a majority vote of the Council. Upon expiration of a term, members shall
continue to serve until a successor is appointed and qualified.
If a vacancy shall occur other than by expiration of a term, the vacancy shall be advertised
as required by state law and the Council shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired portion of the
term.
In the event that a member is absent from more than two regularly scheduled meetings of
the Commission within a calendar quarter, or from more than four regularly scheduled meetings
within a calendar year, the City Clerk shall report the member's attendance record to the City
Council. The City Council shall consider whether to remove the member, giving consideration to
the reasons for the absences and the member's continued willingness to serve.
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1 2.38.030 Internal Organization of Commission
The members of the Commission shall annually elect by majority vote one of its members
to serve as chair and another of its members as vice -chair. The chair and vice -chair shall serve
until a successor is elected. There is no limit on the number of consecutive terms a member may
serve as chair or vice -chair, The chair, and in the absence of the chair, the vice -chair, shall
preside over and be responsible for the orderly conduct of the meetings of the Commission.
The Commission shall establish a regular meeting schedule that provides for not less than
one regular meeting per month. The Commission shall adopt such rules and procedures as it
deems necessary to govern the conduct of its meetings. A majority of the Commission shall
constitute a quorum for the conduct of business. The meetings of the Commission shall in all
respects be governed by the Brown Act, Government Code Section 54950 et seq.
The City Manager shall assign a City employee to staff the Commission, which
performance of which function shall include preparation and posting of agendas, preparing staff
reports, maintaining the records of the Commission and taking minutes of Commission meetings.
2.38.040 Duties and Responsibilities of the Commission.
The duties and responsibilities of the Commission shall be as follows, in addition to such
others as the City Council may from time to time prescribe:
A. Provide advice and make recommendations to the City Council relative to
preparedness of the City government and the City's populace to respond swiftly and responsibly
to emergencies in order to save life and minimize loss of property.
B. Prepare for City Council approval an up-to-date emergency preparedness plan.
C. Keep abreast of federal and state laws, regulations and policies pertaining tc
emergency response.
D. Assist the City Council in promoting and communicating emergency preparednes!
I to the community.
E. Assist in coordinating neighborhood volunteers for emergency response.
F, Assist in the preparation of grant applications for the purpose of enhancing
diversifying and expanding sources of emergency preparedness revenues.
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SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect from
and after thirty (30) days of its final passage and adoption.
SECTION 3. Prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days after the date of its adoption, the
City Clerk shall cause this ordinance to be published in the Easy Reader, a weekly newspaper of
general circulation published and circulated, in the City of Hermosa Beach in the manner provided
by law.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance,
shall enter the same in the book of original ordinances of said city, and shall make minutes of the
passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council at which the
same is passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 27th of February 2007 by the following vote:
AYES: Bobk Keegan, Tucker, Mayor Edgerton
NOES:
ABSENT e czky
ABSTAIN:
(ATTEST -
City Clerk
r of the City Council and MAYOR of the City of Hermosa Beach, California
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
• COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH
I, Elaine Doerfling, City Clerk of the City of Hermosa Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 07-1277 was duly and regularly passed,
approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach at a regular
meeting held at the regular meeting place thereof on the 27th day of February, 2007, and
said Ordinance was published in the Easy Reader newspaper on March 8, 2007.
The vote was as follows:
• AYES: Bobko, Keegan, Tucker, Mayor Edgerton
NOES: None
ABSENT: Reviczky
ABSTAIN: None
DATED: March 13, 2007
City Clerk
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