TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Jeff Gibson, Interim Community Development Director
SUBJECT:Title
Consider Request by Councilmember Steve Napolitano and Councilmember Suzanne Hadley to Discuss Potentially Eliminating Construction Hours on Saturday (Interim Community Development Director Gibson).
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 Steve Napolitano and Councilmember Suzanne Hadley to discuss potentially eliminating construction hours on Saturday at a future City Council meeting. 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 process:
STEP ONE:
During "Future Agenda Items," a Councilmember may request that an item be placed on the agenda. This Step One occurred on September 3, 2019.
STEP TWO:
The item is placed on the agenda. After discussion, the City Council has the following options:
a) Receive and File the report.
b) Direct staff to perform the necessary work to prepare a more comprehensive staff report and schedule the item for a future City Council meeting.
c) ...
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