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vacant position, upon being qualified under subsection (g). If both alternate members are eligible, they will draw lots to determine who will fill the vacancy. An alternate member does not have authority as a regular member, does not have a vote on the commission, and does not have a right to participate in commission discussions except as a member of the public. Alternate members may participatc, however, in commission workshops. (f) The council shall appoint eligible persons to fill vacancies in positions of alternate members. Persons appointed to these vacancies serve the remainder of the term of the alternate member they replace. If a vacancy occurs in a position of a regular member at a time when no alternate member is currently eligible to assume the position, the council shall make an appointment of an eligible person to directly fill the vacancy, subject to qualification under the training requirements in subsection (g). (g) A newly appointed regular member, to be qualified to take office, and a newly appointed alternate member, to be qualified to fill a vacant position as a regular member, must have attended an orientation meeting with the director of planning and development services, and must have attended a seminar on land use, environmental and planning issues approved by the director. Attendance at required training before a person is appointed as a regular or alternate member must have occurred within three years prior to the appointment for the training to satisfy these requirements. The director will advise newly appointed members who do not already meet these requirements of the date and location of approved seminars, and will facilitate their registration and attendance at the seminars. frfl€i The members are entitled to reimbursement for reasonable costs of attendance. If a newly appointed regular or alternate member does not already meet these attendance requirements at the time of appointment, and the member fails to fulfill these attendance requirements within six three months of being appointed, the appointment is automatically rescinded and the city council will make a new appointment. SECTION 2. If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or paragraph of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this ordinance will continue in force if they can be given effect without the invalid portion. SECTION 3. All ordinances and resolution or parts of ordinances or resolutions in conflict with this ordinance are repealed. SECTION 4. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance commits a misdemeanor and is subject to the penalty provided in Section 1.015 of the San Marcos City Code upon conviction. SECTION 5. This Ordinance will take effect 10 days after the date of its final passage, and the City Secretary will publish notice of its adoption in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading April 23, 2001. PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading May 14, 2001. C:\TEMP\PZrcvisions.doc 2