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RESOLUTION NO. 21-105
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING COUNCIL POLICY REGARDING COUNCILMEMBER
REQUESTS TO ADD ITEMS TO CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS
WHEREAS, on February 19, 1980, the City Council adopted an Agenda Policy
regarding establishing of agendas that provided that "All items to be placed on the City
Council Agenda must first be approved by either the City Administrator, the Mayor, or a
majority of the City Council."
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to update and amend the policy to establish
a process by which items may be placed on the City Council agenda with the approval of
the City Manager, the Mayor, or, subject to compliance with the procedures described
below, by any two (2) members of the City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN
RESOLVES:
1 . The following policy shall be referred to as the "City Council Agenda Item
Policy":
A. All open session items to be placed on the City Council Agenda must
first be approved by either the City Manager, the Mayor, or shall be
included by concurrent request of any two members of the City Council.
Closed session items must be approved by City Manager, the Mayor, or
the City Attorney.
B. Each request made by two Council members to place an item on a City
Council agenda shall comply with the following procedures:
a. The two Council members shall jointly submit a written request to
the City Manager at least seven (7) days prior to a regularly
scheduled City Council meeting. The request shall include a brief
summary narrative of the item's intent for purposes of describing
the item on the meeting agenda and for determining its scope and
preliminary order of magnitude on staff and city resources.
b. The item will be placed on the next eligible regular meeting
agenda under the heading "Matters which Council Members
Have Asked to be Placed on a Future Agenda", and the Council
members' original request and item summary will be included as
supporting materials.
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c. During the Council meeting, the requesting Council members
may further clarify the basis for the request and solicit Council
support to agendize the matter for consideration at a subsequent
City Council meeting. However, no action or direction on the
matter (other than directing the matter be placed on a subsequent
agenda) may be taken by the Council during this initial Council
discussion of the item.
d. If any three (3) members of the Council approve a motion to
agendize the item for a future meeting, the City Manager will
initiate preparation of an appropriate agenda report and evaluate
the tentative dates for the requested item to be agendized for
discussion and consideration by the City Council.
e. If three (3) members of the Council do not approve a motion to
agendize the item for a future meeting, no further action will be
taken and the item may not be requested by either of the two
requesting members of the Council again any earlier than 6-
months after the Council last considered the request. However,
this subsection e. shall not restrict the authority of the Mayor or
the City Manager to approve inclusion of the item on a
subsequent City Council agenda if, in their judgment, changed
circumstances warrant subsequent consideration of the item by
the Council.
f. The City Council Agenda Item Policy is a parliamentary rule
established by the City Council to govern its own proceedings.
Violation of this City Council Agenda Item Policy shall not
invalidate any action otherwise lawfully taken by the City Council.
2. This Resolution shall take effect immediately and supercedes all prior
Council direction and policies to the extent such direction or policies
regulated Council member requests to add items to City Council agendas.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of December, 2021 .
FDocuSigned by:
LE i 1DA40LAR'p''C,
Mayor
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ATTEST:
DocuSigned by:
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ERIC hT°AYASMA,
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
I, Erica N. Yasuda, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of
the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No 21-105 was duly
passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council, held on the 7th day
of December, 2021 by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES: Clark, Lumbard, Cooper, Gallagher, Gomez (5)
COUNCILMEMBER NOES: (0)
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED: (0)
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: (0)
DocuSigned by:
ERIC 1WIVA` DA,
City Clerk
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