HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_2895ORDINANCE NO. 2895
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS AMENDING CHAPTER
2.66 OF THE REDLANDS MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO HUMAN
RELATIONS COMMISSION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 2.66 of the Redlands Municipal Code, entitled "Human Relations
Commission" is hereby deleted in its entirety and rewritten to read as follows:
"Chapter 2.66
HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
2.66.010: Established:
2.66.020: Membership:
2.66.030: Members; Forfeiture of Office by Absence:
2.66.040: Organization:
2.66.050: Powers, Duties and Responsibilities:
2.66.010: ESTABLISHED:
There is a human relations commission established to serve in an advisory capacity to the city
council and to aid the city in achieving better human relations by providing assistance to all
persons and groups in promoting goodwill and better relations among all people.
2.66.020: MEMBERSHIP:
The human relations commission shall consist of nine (9) members who shall each, with the
exception of the student member, serve for a four (4) year term and until his or her successor is
appointed. Vacancies on the commission shall be filled by members of the city council on a
rotational basis and the term of a commissioner appointed to fill a vacancy shall be for a four (4)
year period. No person shall serve more than two (2) consecutive terms unless appointed to an
additional term by a four -fifths (4/5) vote of the city council. The commission members shall
serve without compensation, shall each be a resident of the city, with the exception of the student
member, and shall be neither a member of any other standing commission, board, or committee
of the city, nor an employee thereof One commission member appointed by the city council
shall be from the junior class of a Redlands high school. The student members term shall be for
one year, beginning January 1 when the student is a junior and ending December 31 when the
student is a senior. The student member shall be considered one of the nine (9) members of the
commission with full voting powers. Five (5) members of the commission shall constitute a
quorum.
2.66.030: MEMBERS; FORFEITURE OF OFFICE BY ABSENCE:
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Any member of the commission who absents himself or herself from any three (3) consecutive
regular meetings of the commission, unless excused from such absence by consent of the
commission expressed by action recorded m its minutes, shall there by automatically forfeit his
or her position as a member of the commission immediately after adjoununent of any such third
consecutive meeting at which such member has not appeared. The Chairperson or Secretary of
the conanission shall thereupon, within three (3) business days, notify in writing the City
Council, and any such person so ceasing to be a member of the commission, of such fact;
whereupon the vacancy so created shall be filled by appointment pursuant to section 2.66.020 of
this chapter.
2.66.040: ORGANIZATION:
The commission shall annually elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson and there is no
prohibition to the number of terms a member may serve in either capacity. The commission shall
keep records of all of its proceedings and actions and shall have regular meeting dates noticed in
accordance with law. Five (5) members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
2.66.050: POWERS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The powers, duties and responsibilities of the commission shall include, but are not necessarily
Iimited to, the following:
A. To foster mutual respect and understanding with regard to race, religion, national origin, age,
gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or other minority affiliation;
B. To undertake such studies in any field of human relationship in the community as in the
judgment of the commission will aid in effectuating its general purposes;
C. To recommend such educational programs as, in the judgment of the commission, will
increase goodwill among inhabitants of the commmunity and open new opportunities into all
phases of community life for all inhabitants;
D. To hold public meetings, in the interest of the constructive resolution of prejudice and
discrimination occasioned thereby;
E. To issue such publications and reports as in its judgment will tend to effectuate the purposes
of this chapter;
F. To enlist the cooperation and participation of the various racial and nationality groups,
community organizations, industry and labor organizations, media or amass communication,
fraternal and benevolent associations, and other groups in an educational campaign devoted to
fostering among the diverse groups of the community mutual esteem, justice and equity;
G. To recommend to the city council that agencies under the jurisdiction of the city take such
action as will fulfill the purposes of this chapter;
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H. To submit an annual report to the city council.
Section 2. The Mayor shall sign this ordinance and the City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this ordinance and shall cause it, or a summary of it, to be published once in the
Redlands Daily Facts, a newspaper of general circulation within the City, and thereafter, this
ordinance shall take effect as provided by law.
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ATTEST:
Je& Donaldson, City Clerk
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I, Jeanne Donaldson, City Clerk, City of Redlands, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance
was duly adopted by the City Council at the regular meeting thereof, held on the 16 day of July
2019, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers Barich, Tejeda, Momberger, Davis; Mayor Foster
NOES:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
ABSENT:
None
Jea onaldson, City Clerk
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