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Adopt an ORDINANCE Amending Title 1, Chapter 1-3, Article 15, of the San Leandro Municipal Code to Include Updated Language to the Description and Goals of the Senior Commission
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The City of San Leandro does ORDAIN that Title 1, Chapter 1-3, Article 15 be amended as follows:
SECTION 1. PURPOSE. The following changes will be added to the San Leandro Municipal Code and will promote San Leandro’s vision of inclusiveness, community and diversity.
SECTION 2. CEQA. Approval of the amendments is exempt from further environmental review under the general rule in California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) that CEQA only applies to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. As a series of text amendments and additions, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the ordinance will have a significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 3. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Title 1, Chapter 1-3, Article 15, of the San Leandro Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:
San Leandro Municipal Code Section 1-3-1505 POWERS AND DUTIES.
1-3-1505 POWERS AND DUTIES.
The Commission shall advise the Council on matters relating to the status and condition of senior citizens within the City, assess and report to the Council the social, cultural, health and other needs of senior citizens, recommend to the Council inclusive methods of meeting such needs, and assist the Council in marshaling the resources necessary to accomplish the foregoing. In discharge of this responsibility, the Commission shall:
(a) Assess the social, economic, educational, cultural, emotional and other needs of senior citizens within the City and create citizen awareness of those needs;
(b) Conduct informational hearings on matters affecting senior citizens in the community;
(c) Monitor legislative developments concerning senior citizens, and inform the City Council, seniors, and the public of such developments;
(d) Encourage better coordination in the delivery of services to senior citizens, seek to improve the quality of such services, and foster increased communication between providers of such services within the community and the residents of the City, through voluntary public and private initiatives;
(e) Assess paratransit and other transportation needs of the community’s senior citizens, and make recommendations to enhance transportation services for senior citizens;
(f) Review the City Manager’s budget recommendations as they affect programs concerning senior citizens, as part of the City’s annual budget process;
(g) Advise and make recommendations to the City Council on all matters relating to the community’s senior citizens, including delivery of city services; funding for senior services, facilities, and programs except funding provided through the Community Assistance Grant funding process; and availability of various funding opportunities for senior citizen-related programs and services that may be available to the City;
(h) Consider and act upon as necessary all matters relating to the social needs of senior citizens, and all other matters relating to senior citizens heretofore referred to or considered by the Human Services Commission;
(i) Consider and act upon as necessary all matters relating to recreation and cultural programs targeted to senior citizens, policies for the management and improvement of any public facility dedicated for the use of senior citizens, and all other matters relating to senior citizens heretofore referred to or considered by the Recreation and Parks Commission.
The Commission shall not be limited to those duties hereinbefore specifically set forth, but shall perform such other functions and render such reports and recommendations as may be directed by the City Council, and do all things necessary to identify the role and responsibility of the City of San Leandro in relation to the needs and aspirations of its senior citizens and to assist in the assumption of such role and the discharge of such responsibility by the City of San Leandro. In so doing, the Commission shall work with and seek the cooperation of individuals and public and private entities in developing programs to meet the assessed needs of older adults, and to assure the aging population the dignity and care they deserve.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of this Ordinance, or its application to any other person or circumstance. The City Council of the City of San Leandro hereby declares that it would have adopted each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases hereof is declared invalid or unenforceable.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE AND PUBLICATION. This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after adoption. The City Clerk is directed to publish the title once and post a complete copy thereof on the City Council Chamber bulletin board for five (5) days prior to adoption.