Ord 2008-72t
ORDINANCE NO. 72
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT
ESTABLISHING AGENDA DISTRIBUTION RULES
WHEREAS, the Brown Act provides that agendas for Board meetings are public
records and must be made available to the public for their review; and
WHEREAS, the Brown Act provides that the public agency may charge for
copies provided to the public; and
WHEREAS, the Board desires to codify its distribution rules and provide for
certain circumstances in which those materials are made available without charge;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District
does hereby ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. That Section 3.01.075 is hereby added to the Costa Mesa Sanitary District
Operations Code to read as follows:
"3.01.075 Agenda Distribution. Agenda materials shall be made available to the
public in accordance with the Brown Act. The District shall normally charge for copies.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the District Clerk may make copies available without
charge to public officials who might have a position with another public agency that
interfaces with the District and its functions."
Section 2. Should any part, clause or section of this Ordinance be declared by any Court
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall
nevertheless be and remain in full force and effect and the Board of Directors of the Costa
Mesa Sanitary District of Orange County, California, hereby declares that each and every
section, clause, provision or part of this Ordinance would have been adopted and made a
part of this Ordinance without the adoption of any portion thereof and that the invalidity of
any part or provision hereof shall not in any way affect the validity or enforcement of the
remaining provisions of this Ordinance that may stand on their own.
Section 3. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sections 6490 and 6491.3, the Clerk shall
cause this ordinance or a summary thereof to be published in a newspaper of general
circulation printed and published in the District according to law.
PASSED and ADOPTED this J3A4, day of nmtm — 2008.
Secretary
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
CJJUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, JOAN REVAK, Clerk of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Ordinance No. 72 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by
said Board of Directors at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 23rd day of October
2008 by the following vote:
AYES: Arthur Perry, Arlene Schafer, Robert Ooten, James Ferryman,
Gary Monahan
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, this 23rd day of October 2008.
Clerk of the osta,Mes Sanitary District
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