TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Quinn M. Barrow, City Attorney
Liza Tamura, City Clerk
George Gabriel, Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Proposed Revisions to: City Council Meeting Management Rules; Sunshine Policy; and Municipal Code Revisions Provisions to the Zoning Code Regarding Appeal and Council Review (City Attorney Barrow and City Clerk Tamura).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 17-0077, APPROVE REVISIONS AND INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO. 17-0008
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Adopt Resolution No. 17-0077 revising City Council meeting management rules,
2. Approve Revisions to the Sunshine Policy,
3. Introduce Ordinance No. 17-0008.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
No fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
At the May 3, 2017 City Council Adjourned Regular Meeting, the City Council conducted a retreat to discuss their vision, priorities and goals.
During its discussion on Agenda Item L of Procedures of Protocols, City Council directed staff to return with a variety of revisions to facilitate effective and efficient meeting management, greater transparency and meaningful public participation.
Discussed below are the changes directed by City Council that revise and restate the current meeting management rules, agenda structure, future agenda items, appeals and review of Planning Commission items.
To ensure internal consistencies staff has attached revisions to three documents for City Council consideration.
DISCUSSION:
Based on City Council direction, staff has made the following revisions to the meeting management rules and the Sunshine Policy.
1. Revise public comment rules to allow speakers:
a. A maximum of three minutes during the public comment section of the agenda to discuss any matter that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council, inc...
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