ORD 033 repealed ORDINANCE NO. 33
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, CREATING AND
ESTABLISHING A HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEE.
The city council of the City of La Quinta, California, does ordain
as follows:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Sections 50262 et seq. of the Govern-
ment Code of the State of California, there is hereby established
for the city a human relations committee, which shall consist of
five members, serving without compensation, and appointed in the
manner and for the terms prescribed in Sections 2.04.060 and 2.06.010,
respectively, of the La Quinta Municipal Code.
SECTION 2. The Committee shall have the responsibilities and
obligations set forth in Sections 50264 and 50265 of the Government
Code, and in particular as follows:
(a) To foster mutual respect and understanding among all
racial, religious and nationality groups in the
community.
(b) To make such studies in any field of human relation-
ship in the community as in the judgment of the
committee will aid in effectuating its general purposes.
(c) To inquire into incidents of tension and conflict
among or between various racial, religious and
nationality groups, and to take action by means of
conciliation, conference, and persuasion to alleviate
such tensions and conflict.
(d) To conduct and recommend such educational programs as,
in the judgment of the committee, will increase good
will among inhabitants of the community and open new
opportunities into all phases of community life for
all inhabitants.
SECTION 3. Pursuant to Section 50262 of the Government Code,
in selecting the membership of the Committee, the City Council shall
take into consideration, among other things, the various religious,
racial, nationality and political groups in the community. The
Committee shall designate its own chairperson and vice-chairperson.
SECTION 4. Meetings and Procedures. Regular meetings of the
Committee shall be held quarterly on such days, times and locations
as are determined by the Committee and may be adjourned from time to
time as the Committee may deem appropriate. The Chairman of the
Committee may call special meetings in the manner provided for by
law. All meetings shall comply with the requirements of the Ralph M.
Brown Act and shall be structured so as to permit the broadest exchange
of viewpoints and communication of ideas between members of the
Committee, members of the community and other interested parties.
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SECTION 5. Minutes and Reports. The Committee shall forward
minutes of its meetings to the City Council and City Manager as soon
as is practicable after each regular and special session. Further,
the Committee may forward reports to the City Council and/or the City
Manager as appropriate.
SECTION 6. Staffing Assistance. The Committee shall have
reasonable access to, and cooperation of, all City staff as necessary
to proper performance of the functions described above. Requests for
additional professional staff and/or financial assistance shall be
directed to the City Manager and may be subject to subsequent approval
by the City Council.
SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full
force and effect thirty (30) days after passage.
SECTION 8. POSTING. The City Clerk shall within 15 days after
passage of this ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least the 3
public places designated by resolution of the City Council; shall
certify to the adoption and posting of this ordinance; and shall cause
this ordinance and its certification, together with proof of posting,
to be entered in the book of ordinances of this City.
The foregoing ordinance was approved and adopted at a meeting
of the City Council held on this 21st day of June , 1983, by
the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Allen, Cox, Henderson, Wolff and Mayor Baier.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was adopted
by the City Council of the City of La Quinta, California, at a
meeting held June 21, 1983, and that the Ordinance was posted in
at least three public places specified for such postings by the
City Council.
Frank M. U , y Clerk