TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Mark Leyman, Parks and Recreation Director
Quinn Barrow, City Attorney
SUBJECT:Title
Consider Request by Councilmember Hadley and Mayor Pro Tem Montgomery Amending the City's Banner Policy (Parks and Recreation Director Leyman).
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council discuss and provide direction regarding the request by Councilmember Hadley and Councilmember Montgomery to discuss the City's banner policy. Body
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. The steps are:
STEP ONE:
During "Future Agenda Items," a Councilmember may request that an item be placed on the agenda. If another Councilmember concurs with placing the item on the agenda, the item is placed on a future agenda. This occurred on August 6, 2019.
STEP TWO:
Accordingly, this item has been placed on the agenda. The current banner policy has been attached. After discussion, the City Council has the following options:
a) Receive and File the report.
b) Provide direction to staff.
c) Continue the item to a future date.
STEP THREE:
If City Counc...
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