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Home My WebLink About2019-08-27; City Council; ; Adoption of Ordinance No. CS-356 Amending Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 2.28, Sections 2.15.050 and 2.12.125 to update the Traffic Safety Commission's Name and Duties~ CITY COUNCIL ~ Staff Report Meeting Date: To: From: Staff Contact: Aug. 27,2019 Mayor and City Council Scott Chadwick, City Manager Sheila Cobian, City Clerk Services Manager sheila.cobian@carlsbadca.gov or 760-434-2917 CA Review 11::L,G- Subject: Adoption of Ordinance No. CS-356 Amending Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 2.28, Sections 2.15.050 and 2.12.125 to update the Traffic Safety Commission's Name and Duties Recommended Action Adopt Ordinance No. CS-356 amending Chapter 2.28, Sections 2.15.050 and 2.12.125 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code to update the Traffic Safety Commission's name and duties. Executive Summary /Discussion Ordinance No. CS-356 was introduced and first read at the City Council meeting held on Aug. 20, 2019. On a motion by Mayor Pro Tern Bhat-Patel, seconded by Council Member Blackburn, the City Council voted 4/0 (Hall -Absent) to introduce the Ordinance. The second reading allows the City Council to adopt the ordinance which will become effective thirty days after adoption. Fiscal Analysis The proposed changes to the Carlsbad Municipal Code have no fiscal impact. Next Steps The City Clerk will have the ordinance or a summary of the ordinances published in a newspaper of general circulation within fifteen days following adoption of the ordinance. Environmental Evaluation (CEQA) Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, the proposed amendments to the municipal code do not constitute a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in that it has no potential to cause either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and therefore does not require environmental review. Public Notification and Outreach This item was noticed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act and was available for viewing at least 72 hours prior to the meeting date. Exhibits 1. Ordinance No. CS-356. August 27, 2019 Item #4 Page 1 of 4 ORDINANCE NO. CS-356 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2.28, SECTION 2.15.050 and SECTION 2.12.125 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE WHEREAS, on July 2, 1968 the City Council of the City of Carlsbad established a traffic safety commission to study and make recommendations regarding traffic safety; and WHEREAS, the City Council has established a goal to have the City of Carlsbad become a leader in multimodal transportation systems and creative approaches to moving people and goods through and within the City of Carlsbad; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to expand the scope ofthe traffic safety commission so that the commission can assist the City Council in meeting this goal; and NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, does ordain as follows: SECTION I: The above recitations are true and correct. SECTION II: That Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 2.28 is amended to read as follows: Sections: 2.28.010 2.28.050 2.28.010 Created. Duties. Created. Chapter 2.28 TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION A traffic and mobility commission for the city is established. 2.28.050 Duties. It shall be the duty of the traffic and mobility commission to study matters concerning mobility and traffic safety, including implementation of the General Plan Mobility Element, and to make written recommendations to the city council and planning commission regarding measures that should be taken to promote mobility and traffic safety within the city as follows: A. Review staff studies and reports, and make recommendations to the city council and planning commission on mobility and traffic safety matters, including but not limited to those related to pedestrian, bicycle, vehicular, and transit modes of travel, and parking and school safety; B. Provide a public forum to review community input regarding mobility and traffic safety matters, including but not limited to those related to pedestrian, bicycle, vehicular, and transit modes of travel, and parking and school safety; August 27, 2019 Item #4 Page 2 of 4 C. Review and provide recommendations for revision to the city codes and plans on mobility and traffic safety matters, including but not limited to pedestrian, bicycle, vehicular, and transit modes of travel, and parking and school safety. SECTION Ill: as follows: That Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 2.15, section 2.15.050 is amended to read 2.15.050 Appointments. A. Appointments to the planning commission, parks and recreation commission, and traffic and mobility commission, shall be made by the following process: 1. The mayor and each councilmember shall nominate one individual to serve on each of the commissions for a term coinciding with the term of the councilmember making the appointment. The mayor shall nominate two additional individuals to serve on each of the commissions. All nominations shall be subject to ratification by a majority vote of the city council. If a nominee is not approved by a majority vote of the city council, the councilmember making the nomination may nominate another individual at the same or a subsequent meeting. In the event that a member of the city council does not make any nomination within 45 days of the date the councilmember is sworn into office or within 60 days of the occurrence of a vacancy, the appointment will be made by the mayor with the approval of the city council. 2. Although each member of the city council elected by a district shall use his or her best efforts to appoint individuals residing in that district to these commissions, members of the city council may appoint individuals not residing in their districts in their discretion in order to assure that the most interested and qualified individuals serve on the commissions. B. Appointments to all other city boards and commissions shall be made by the mayor with the approval of the city council. SECTION IV: as follows: That Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 2.12, section 2.12.125 is amended to read 2.12.125 Attendance at commission meetings. The city manager may attend any and all meetings of the planning commission, parks and recreation commission, harbor commission, library commission, traffic and mobility commission and any other commissions, boards or committees created by the city council, upon the city manager's own volition or upon direction of the city council. At such meetings which the city manager attends, he or she shall be heard by such commissions, boards or committees as to all matters upon which the city manager wishes to address the members thereof, and he or she shall inform the members as to the status of any matter being considered by the city council, and the city manager shall cooperate to the fullest extent with the members of all commissions, boards or committees appointed by the city council. August 27, 2019 Item #4 Page 3 of 4 EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoption; and the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause the full text of the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance prepared by the City Attorney to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen days after its adoption. INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 20th day of August 2019, and thereafter. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 27th day of August 2019, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Hall, Bhat-Patel, Blackburn, Schumacher, Hamilton. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ~ ~4', ~ Q ,. • '< - CELIA A. BREWER, City Attorney r~ Hcc+or Gomez, .fa BARBARA ENGLESON, City Clerk Pe.p~ C;.t) (SEAL) Cieri August 27, 2019 Item #4 Page 4 of 4