TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Stephanie Katsouleas, Public Works Director
Mark Leyman, Park and Recreation Director
SUBJECT:Title
Consider a Request by Councilmember Napolitano and Mayor Pro Tem Montgomery to Discuss Options for a Historical Museum Facility (Public Works Director Katsouleas and 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 Councilmembers Napolitano and Montgomery to provide options for a Historical Museum facility, including possibly redirecting $200,000 previously allocated for the existing Red House maintenance to a new facility.
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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:
On October 15, 2019, Councilmembers Napolitano and Montgomery requested to discuss options for a Historical Museum Facility.
STEP TWO:
The item is placed on the agenda at the section titled, "City Council Requests and Reports Includi...
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