TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, City Manager
FROM:
Patricia Matson, Assistant City Clerk
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Request by Mayor Lesser and Councilmember Howorth to Discuss the Fines Associated with Violations of the City's Tree Preservation Ordinance on Private Property: Manhattan Beach Municipal Code Section 10.52.120, Subsections L & M; and Chapter 7.32 (City Manager Mirzakhanian).
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council discuss and provide direction regarding the request by Mayor Lesser and Councilmember Howorth to discuss the fines associated with violations of the City's tree preservation ordinances - Manhattan Beach Municipal Code (MBMC): Section 10.52.120, Subsections L & M (trees on private properties in Residential Zones, Area Districts I and II); and Chapter 7.32 (trees on City property and the public right-of-way).
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
Pursuant to the Brown Act, the City Council cannot discuss items not on an agenda unless under limited circumstances. The City Council has developed a process to allow individual Councilmembers to request, with the support of another Councilmember, that items be placed on a future agenda for City Council discussion. At that future meeting, the item is identified on the agenda in full compliance with the Brown Act. Discussion allows an opportunity to the public to provide input and the City Council, as a body, to decide whether City resources (staff time, etc.) should be incurred to present a more comprehensive report at a third City Council meeting.
Accordingly, individual Councilmembers can initiate future agenda items by following the following three-step process:
STEP ONE:
During "Future Agenda Items," a Councilmember may request that an item be pla...
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