TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
Alexandria Latragna, Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Consider Request by Mayor Pro Tem Montgomery and Mayor Hersman to Discuss Funding for Manhattan Beach Residents to Attend the TEDx Manhattan Beach Event (City Manager Moe).
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 Mayor Pro Tem Montgomery and Mayor Hersman to consider funding for Manhattan Beach Residents to attend the TEDx Manhattan Beach event 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. If another Councilmember concurs with placing the item on the agenda, the item is placed on a future agenda. This Step One occurred on September 3, 2019.
STEP TWO:
The item has been 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) Continue the item to a future date.
STEP THREE:
If City Council chooses option b) in Step Two above, the item is placed on a future City Council meeting agenda for action.
DISCUSSION:
At the request of Mayor Pro Tem Montgomery and Mayor Hersman at the September 3, 2019, City Council meeting, staff has placed this item on the agenda for further discussion.
The City of Manhattan Beach has been sponsoring the TEDx event since Fiscal Year (FY) 2012-2013, allocating between $2,500 and $5,500 per year until FY 2019-2020 when the sponsorship funding was reduced by $4,000 to $1,500 by City Council during budget discussions.