HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 2002 430 0909RESOLUTION NO. PC- 2002 -430
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING RESOLUTION
NO. PC- 2002 -421 REGARDING RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR
COMMISSION MEETINGS AND RELATED FUNCTIONS AND
ACTIVITIES.
WHEREAS, Section 2.04.040 of the Moorpark Municipal Code
requires that the City Council adopt Rules of Procedure to govern
the conduct of its meetings and any of its other functions and
activities; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted said Rules of Procedure
and has directed the Planning Commission to adopt Rules of
Procedures that are consistent with those as adopted by the City
Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,
the City of Moorpark that Rules
Meetings and Related Functions and
to read as follows:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1.1 Purpose:
by the Planning Commission of
of Procedure for Commission
Activities are hereby adopted,
The purpose and intent of the Commission in adopting these
rules shall be to provide directory guidelines relating to the
conduct of the public business by the Commission. In the event of
any non - compliance with, or violation of, any provision herein,
such shall not be deemed to affect the validity of any action
taken, unless otherwise specifically provided by law.
1.2 Procedures in Absence of Rules:
In the absence of a rule herein to govern a point or
procedure, Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised, shall be used
as a guide.
SECTION 2. ORDER OF BUSINESS
2.1 Agenda:
The Order of Business of each meeting shall be as contained
in the Agenda prepared by the Records Secretary. The Agenda shall
be a listing by topic of the items of business which shall be
transacted or discussed in the following order:
1. Call to Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
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Roll Call
Proclamations, Commendations and Special
Presentations
Reordering of, and Additions to, the Agenda
Consent Calendar
Public Comments
Public Hearings
Discussion Items
Announcements or Future Agenda Items
Adjournment
2.2 Delivery of Agenda Packet:
Barring insurmountable difficulties, the Agenda shall be
delivered ordinarily to Commissioners on or before each Thursday
preceding the meeting to which it pertains.
The Agenda shall also be available to the general public
after it is posted. Agenda reports will be available to the
general public after distribution to the Commission.
2.3 Call to Order:
The meeting of the Commission shall be called to order by the
Chair or, in his /her absence, by the Vice -Chair who shall serve
until the arrival of the Chair. In the absence of both the Chair
and the Vice - Chair, the meeting shall be called to order by the
Records Secretary. The Records Secretary shall immediately call
for the selection of a temporary Presiding Officer who shall serve
until the arrival of the Chair or Vice -Chair or until adjournment.
2.4 Roll Call /Quorum:
Before proceeding with the business of the Commission, the
Records Secretary shall call the roll of the Commission and the
names of those present shall be entered in the minutes. The order
of roll call shall be alphabetical with the Chair called last.
Unless otherwise provided for by law, a majority of the Commission
shall constitute a quorum sufficient to do business.
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2.5 Reordering of, and Additions to, the Agenda:
Except with majority consent of the Commissioners present and
voting, items may not be taken out of order.
Any Commissioner, the City Manager, the City Attorney,
Director of Community Development or the Records Secretary may
bring to the attention of the Commission new items of business
which can be placed on the agenda by majority vote for discussion
and action in the event of an emergency situation or when the need
to take action arose subsequent to the posting of the agenda,
consistent with applicable State law.
In addition to having the opportunity to reorder the agenda
as order of business number 5, the Chair shall suspend the item
under discussion at 11:30 p.m. in order that the agenda may be
reordered by majority vote of the Commissioners present and
voting. The Records Secretary shall notify the Chair that the time
for reordering the agenda has arrived.
2.6 Public Comments:
Any member of the public may address the Commission on any
subject within the jurisdiction of the Commission which is not
listed on the Agenda as a public hearing item. Speakers will be
heard in the order that their speaker cards are received by the
Records Secretary prior to the Call to Order of the meeting. A
limitation of 3 minutes shall be imposed upon each speaker. By
majority vote of the Commission present and voting, the number of
speakers shall be limited at any single meeting. The speaker shall
be governed by the rules of Sections 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3.
Commissioners shall reserve their comments and responses until the
end of the public comments period.
Speakers may be heard at greater length at the end of the
agenda by majority vote of the Commissioners present and voting.
The Records Secretary shall hold over to the next adjourned
regular or regular meeting, timely submitted speaker cards of
speakers who were not heard during the public comments period, and
those speakers shall be given priority in the order that their
speaker cards were originally received during the public comments
period of the next meeting.
Speakers at a regular meeting shall not be allowed to address
the same subject at an adjourned meeting of the regular meeting at
which they spoke, except by a four - fifth's majority vote of the
Commission.
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2.7 Consent Calendar:
Minutes of previous Commission meetings, items of a routine
nature and items recommended to be received and filed shall be
placed on the consent calendar. All items may be approved by one
blanket motion by unanimous vote of those present and voting.
However, a Commissioner may abstain from voting on any consent
calendar item without requesting its withdrawal, and the Records
Secretary shall record any such abstention in the minutes. An
abstention shall be considered a vote in favor of the motion for
purposes of determining unanimous consent.
Prior to a motion on the consent calendar, any Commissioner
may request that any item be withdrawn from the consent calendar
for separate consideration. Items withdrawn from the consent
calendar shall be considered immediately in the order that they
were withdrawn, provided that the Commissioner who requested that
an item be withdrawn may also request that it be considered under
the Discussion /Action Items portion of the Agenda. All such items
shall be considered at the end of Discussion /Action Items in the
order that they were withdrawn from the consent calendar.
2.8 Public Hearings:
Items shall be placed under this topic if (i) a public
hearing is required by law; (ii) the item is the consideration of
an application or an appeal; or (iii) the item has been set for
public hearing by the Commission.
Public hearings shall be conducted in the following order:
Staff report
Questions of Staff by Commission
Hearing Opened by Chair
Testimony by Applicant
Other Public Testimony
Rebuttal by Applicant
Questions by Commission
Hearing Closed by Chair
Discussion by Commission
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Action by Commission
Any public hearing which is continued from one meeting to
another shall be placed first on the Agenda under Public Hearings,
and if more than one, shall appear in the same order as shown on
the previous Agenda. The order of the Agenda under Public Hearings
may not be changed, except with the unanimous consent of the
Commissioners present.
Questions or comments from the public shall be limited to the
item under consideration and the speaker shall be governed by the
provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2. Depending upon the extent of
the Agenda and the number of persons desiring to speak of an item,
the Chair may, at the beginning of the hearing, limit testimony,
but in no event to less than 3 minutes per individual. Speaker
cards must be presented in person by the person wishing to speak.
The passing of time from one speaker to another or speaking in
place of another speaker is not allowed.
An applicant's initial presentation shall be limited to
thirty (30) minutes, with consultant participation generally
limited to answering specific Commission questions. Subsequent
presentations by an applicant shall be limited to ten (10)
minutes.
Written statement cards may be submitted in lieu of
addressing the Planning Commission. The number of cards received
in favor of, or in opposition to, a public hearing item under
consideration shall be verbally reported to the Commission by the
Records Secretary along with a brief summary of specific
concerns /comments listed on each card. The verbal report shall
be given following the last public speaker for the public hearing
and prior to the rebuttal by the applicant. The names of those
submitting written statement cards shall be recorded in the
minutes of the meeting and the written statement cards will
become a part of the official record.
2.9 Comments from Commissioners:
Any Commissioner may comment on any matter that is not on the
Agenda.
2.10 Discussion /Action Items:
Items that involve recommendations to the Planning Commission
and items of a non - routine nature shall be placed under this
topic.
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2.11 Future Agenda Items
Any Commissioner during the meeting who has not previously
requested to have an item placed on a future agenda may do so
under this topic.
SECTION 3. PRESIDING OFFICER
3.1 Selection and Term:
The Chair shall be the Presiding Officer at all meetings of
the Commission, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.3. At
its first regular meeting in January each year, or at its next
regular meeting following the City Council appointment of Planning
Commissioners held every even- numbered year, the Commission shall
select a Chair and Vice - Chair. Each person so selected shall serve
until the first regular meeting of the subsequent January, or
until the next regular meeting following the City Council
appointment of Planning Commissioners held every even - numbered
year, or unless removed sooner pursuant to this Section. Each
selection shall be by three (3) or more affirmative votes, and a
failure to achieve such total of affirmative votes shall be deemed
a selection of the incumbent to remain in office. Each person so
selected shall serve until the end of the one -year term or until a
successor is chosen (at any time) by three (3) or more affirmative
votes, whichever first occurs.
If a vacancy in the position of Chair occurs for any reason
except for removal of the Chair pursuant to this Section, the
Vice -Chair shall assume the position of Chair until a successor is
chosen.
3.2 Participation of Presidinq Officer:
The Presiding Officer may move, second and debate from the
chair, subject only to such limitations of debate as are imposed
on all Commissioners. He /she shall be accorded all of the rights
and privileges of a Commissioner.
3.3 Maintenance of Order:
The Presiding Officer is responsible for the maintenance of
order and decorum at all times. The head of the City's police
agency or his /her designee shall be ex- officio sergeant -at -arms of
the Commission. He /she shall carry out all orders and instructions
given him /her by the Presiding Officer for the purpose of
maintaining order and decorum at the Commission meeting.
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3.4 Rulinas Final Unless Overruled:
The Presiding Officer shall decide all questions of
interpretation of these rules, points of order, maintenance of
order or other questions of procedure requiring rulings. Any such
decision shall be final and binding and (even if clearly
erroneous) for purposes of the item under consideration, unless
overridden by a majority vote of the Commissioners present and
voting. Any Commissioner may seek to have the Presiding Officer's
decision overridden by moving the question "Shall the decision of
the Presiding Officer be sustained ?"
SECTION 4. CONDUCT OF COMMISSIONERS
4.1 Decorum and Order:
(a) Any Commissioner desiring to speak shall address the
Presiding Officer and, upon recognition by the Presiding Officer,
shall confine himself /herself to the item under debate.
(b) A Commissioner desiring to question the staff shall
address his /her question to the Director of Community Development,
as appropriate, who shall be entitled either to answer the inquiry
or to designate some member of his /her staff for that purpose.
(c) A Commissioner, once recognized, shall not be
interrupted while speaking unless called to order by the Presiding
Officer, a point of order is raised by another Commissioner
pursuant to Section 3.4 or the speaker chooses to yield to
questions from another Commissioner.
(d) Any Commissioner called to order while he /she is
speaking shall cease speaking immediately until the question of
order is determined. If ruled to be in order he /she shall be
permitted to proceed. If ruled out of order he /she shall remain
silent or shall alter his /her remarks so as to comply with the
rules.
(e) Commissioners shall accord the utmost courtesy to each
other, to City employees, and to the public appearing before the
Commission. They shall refrain at all times from rude and
derogatory remarks, abusive comments and statements as to
integrity, motives or personalities.
(f) The right of a Commissioner to address the Commission on
a question of personal privilege shall be limited to cases in
which his /her integrity, character, or motives are assailed,
questioned or impugned.
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(g) Any Commissioner may move to require the Presiding
Officer to enforce the rules. The affirmative vote of a majority
of the Commission present and voting shall require him /her to so
act.
4.2 Limitation of Debate:
A Commissioner should not speak more than once upon any one
item until every other member choosing to speak thereon has
spoken. No member shall speak for a longer time than 5 minutes
each time he /she has the floor, without the approval of a majority
vote of the Commission present and voting.
4.3 Dissents and Protests:
Any Commissioner shall have the right to express dissent
from, or protest to, any action of the Commission and to have the
reason entered in the minutes. If such dissent or protest is
desired to be entered in the minutes, this should be made clear by
language such as, "I would like the minutes to show that I am
opposed to this action for the following reasons. . . ."
4.4 Conflict of Interest:
Any Commissioner prevented from voting on an item
because of a conflict of interest shall refrain from the
discussion and vote. Once a Commissioner determines that he /she
has a financial interest in a decision under the Political Reform
Act of 1974, necessitating disqualification, he /she shall
publicly announce the economic interest which is the subject of
the potential conflict of interest, and the fact that he /she is
disqualifying himself /herself from any participation in the
decision. Such member should leave the Commission dais
immediately after announcing the conflict.
SECTION 5. CONDUCT OF EMPLOYEES
5.1 Decorum and Order:
(a) Members of the staff and employees of the City shall
observe the same rules of procedure and decorum applicable to
members of the Commission.
(b) The City Manager or assigned Department Head shall
insure that all staff members and employees observe such decorum.
(c) Any staff member or employee, including the City
Manager, desiring to address the Commission or members of the
public shall first be recognized by the Chair. All remarks shall
be addressed to the Chair and not to any one individual
Commissioner or member of the public.
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SECTION 6. CONDUCT OF THE PUBLIC
6.1 Decorum and Order:
(a) Members of the public attending Commission meetings
shall observe the same rules of order and decorum applicable to
the Commission pursuant to Section 4.1.
(b) Willful conduct that is disruptive, including but not
limited to, unauthorized remarks from the audience, stamping of
feet, whistles, yells and similar demonstrations shall be
prohibited by the Presiding Officer. Any person who becomes
willfully disruptive while addressing the Commission or while
attending the Commission meeting shall be removed from the room if
the sergeant -at -arms is so directed by the Presiding Officer.
Aggravated cases shall be prosecuted on appropriate complaint
signed by the Presiding Officer.
6.2 Manner of Addressina the Commission:
No person shall address the Commission without being
recognized by the Presiding Officer. Any member of the public
desiring to address the Commission shall proceed to the podium and
wait to be recognized by the Presiding Officer. After being
recognized, the speaker shall state his /her name and address for
the record. All remarks and questions shall be addressed to the
Chair and not to any individual Commissioner, staff member or
other person.
6.3 Limitations on Addressina the Commission:
The making of oral communications to the Commission by any
member of the public during the "Public Comments" portion of the
Agenda shall be subject to the following limitations:
(a) No speaker shall be permitted to address the Commission
on a public hearing item which is not on the Agenda but which has
been scheduled or is under submission for a public hearing before
the Planning Commission.
(b) No speaker shall be permitted to address the Commission
on an item which is currently before or is under submission for
consideration by a Commission, board, committee or officer before
which the speaker should make his /her presentation, until that
body has completed its deliberations and taken its final action.
In case the speaker should have followed an otherwise available
appeal procedure, the Presiding Officer shall not allow oral
communication to the Commission outside that procedure.
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(c) No speaker shall be permitted to include charges or
complaints against any employee of the City, or any employee of a
private firm or public agency providing a contract service to the
City, regardless of whether such employee is identified in the
presentation by name or by any other reference which tends to
identify the employee. All charges or complaints against an
employee shall be submitted to the City Manager for appropriate
action, and may also be submitted to members of the Planning
Commission by written communication.
(d) If it appears that several speakers desire to speak
regarding any item on the Agenda, the Presiding Officer may
reasonably limit the number of speakers on each side of the issue.
In this regard, preference may be given to speakers who represent
groups of persons who have designated a spokesperson.
SECTION 7. MOTIONS
7.1 Processing of Motions:
When a motion is made and seconded, it shall be stated by the
Presiding Officer or, at the request of the Presiding Officer, by
the Records Secretary before debate. A motion so stated shall not
be withdrawn by the mover without the consent of the person
seconding it.
7.2 Division of Motion:
If the motion contains two
the Presiding Officer may, and
shall, divide the same, unless
present and voting, votes not to
7.3 Precedence of Motions:
or more divisible propositions,
upon request of any Commissioner
a majority of the Commissioners
do so.
When a motion is before the Commission, no motion shall be
entertained except the following, which shall have precedence in
the following order.
The ordinary motions rank as follows, and any of them (except
to amend) can be made while one of a lower order is pending, but
none can supersede one of a higher order. Motions to limit
discussion, to call the question and to suspend the rules require
a two- thirds vote; all other motions require only a majority vote:
Not Debatable:
To Fix the Time of Adjournment
To Adjourn (when unqualified) ) Cannot
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To Table ) be
To Limit Discussion (2/3 vote) ) Amended
To Call the Question (2/3 vote) )
To Suspend the Rules (2/3 vote) )
Debatable:
To Postpone to a Certain Time )
To Commit or Refer to Committee ) Can be
To Amend ) Amended
To Postpone Indefinitely
The Motion to Reconsider: the motion can be made when any
other motion is before the Commission, but cannot be acted upon
until the business then before the Commission is disposed of; when
called up, it takes precedence over all other motions, except to
adjourn, and to fix the time to which to adjourn.
Motions incidental to those before the Commission take
precedence over them and shall be acted upon first.
7.4 Motion to Fix Hour of Adjournment:
Such a motion shall be to set a definite time at which to
adjourn and may be amended by unanimous vote.
7.5 Motion to Adjourn:
Such a motion shall be in order at any time, except as
follows:
(a) When repeated without intervening business or
discussion;
(b) When made as an interruption of another Commissioner
while speaking;
(c) When discussion has been ended and vote on the motion is
pending; or
(d) While a vote is being taken.
A motion to adjourn "to another time" shall be debatable, but
only as to the time to which the meeting is adjourned.
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7.6 Motion to Table:
Such a motion shall be used to temporarily bypass the subject
and shall preclude all amendments or debate of the subject under
consideration. If the motion prevails, the item may be "taken from
the table" at any time prior to the end of the next regular
meeting.
7.7 Motion to Limit Discussion:
Such a motion shall be used to limit the time allowed each
Commissioner to speak to, or to appoint a time at which discussion
shall close on, the question of the main motion and any previously
made amendment to the main motion. If a motion to limit the time
allowed each member to speak passes, no member shall thereafter
speak more than two times to the question or longer than the time
allowed at either time and no member shall speak the second time
until every member choosing to speak has spoken.
7.8 Motion to Call the Question:
Such a motion shall be used to close debate on, and further
amendment to, the main motion. If the motion fails, debate shall
be reopened; if the motion passes, a vote shall next be taken on
any previously made amendments to the main motion and finally on
the main motion.
7.9 Motion to Suspend the Rules:
Such a motion shall be used to suspend these rules of
procedure and shall include a statement of the purpose of the
suspension. If the motion fails, the motion shall not be renewed
for the same purpose at the same meeting, but it may be renewed
for the same purpose at an adjourned meeting of that meeting.
7.10 Motion to Postpone to a Certain Time:
Such a motion shall be amendable and debatable only as to
propriety of postponement and time set.
7.11 Motion to Amend:
Such a motion shall be debatable only as to the amendment. A
motion to amend an amendment shall be in order, but a motion to
amend an amendment to an amendment shall not be in order. An
amendment modifying the intention of a motion shall be in order,
but an amendment relating to a different matter shall not be in
order. A substitute motion on the same subject shall be
acceptable, and voted on before a vote on the amendment.
Amendments shall be voted first, then the main motion as amended.
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7.12 Motion Reconsideration:
Any Commissioner who voted with the majority may move a
reconsideration of any vote at the same meeting or at the next
regular meeting. After a motion for reconsideration has once been
acted upon, no other motion for a reconsideration thereof shall be
made without unanimous consent of the Commission.
SECTION 8. VOTING
8.1 Restatement of the Motion:
Upon the request of any Commissioner, the Presiding Officer
shall verbally restate each motion immediately prior to calling
for the vote.
8.2 Votina Procedure:
In acting upon every motion, the vote shall be taken by
voice, roll call or any other method by which the vote of each
Commissioner present can be clearly ascertained. The vote on each
motion shall then be entered in full upon the record. The order of
voting shall be the maker of the motion, the second and then the
remaining Commissioners alphabetically, with the Chair called
last. The Records Secretary shall call the names of all members
seated when a roll call vote is ordered or required. Members shall
respond 'aye', 'no' or 'abstain', provided that when a vote is
collectively taken by voice or when a method of voting other than
by voice or roll call is used, any Commissioner not audibly and
clearly responding 'no' or 'abstain' or otherwise registering an
objection shall have his /her vote recorded as 'aye'.
Following the vote, the Presiding Officer shall verbally
announce whether the motion carried or was defeated. The Presiding
Officer may also publicly state the effect of the vote for the
benefit of the audience before proceeding to the next item of
business.
Any member may change his /her vote before the next item of
business is called.
8.3 Roll Call Votina:
A roll call vote shall not be used for any item before the
Commission unless demanded by any Commissioner. It shall not be in
order for members to explain their vote during roll call.
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8.4 Failure to Vote:
Every Commissioner should vote unless disqualified for cause.
A Commissioner who abstains from voting on an item because of
being disqualified shall be considered as if absent.
8.5 Tie Votes:
When no Commissioner abstains from voting, the motion shall
be lost on a tie vote. Any member who abstains and is not
considered absent shall be deemed to have acquiesced to the motion
and the motion shall be passed on a tie vote.
If a tie vote results at a time when less than all members of
the Commission are present, the matter shall automatically be
continued to the agenda of the next regular meeting of the
Commission, unless otherwise ordered by the Commission.
SECTION 9. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
9.1 Communications Addressed to Commission as a Whole Not
Involving a Development Application:
The Director of Community Development or his /her designee is
authorized to receive and open all written communications,
including e- mails, addressed to the Commission as a whole and give
it immediate attention to the end that all administrative business
referred to in said communications, and not necessarily requiring
Commission action, may be disposed of between Commission meetings.
The Director of Community Development or his /her designee shall
cause a copy of such communication to be sent to each
Commissioner.
9.2 Communications Involving a Development Application:
Any written communication, including e- mails, received at
City Hall addressed to the Chair and /or an individual Commissioner
shall be opened by the Director of Community Development or
his /her designee and a copy of such communication shall be
provided to the addressee and each of the other members.
Any Commissioner who receives any written communication,
including e- mails, on any subject related to the business of the
City Commission, whether or not received at City Hall, shall cause
a copy to be provided to the Records Secretary who shall cause a
copy of such communication to be sent to each of the other
members. Said communication shall become a part of the public
record for the development application.
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9.3 Communications involving a Plannina Commission Aaenda Item:
Any such communication which relates to an item pending or to
be brought before the Commission shall be included in the agenda
packet for the meeting at which such item is to be considered and
shall become part of the public record for that item.
Regardless of the source, it will take a four - fifth's
majority vote of the Commission to accept additional agenda
material on the day of the Commission meeting at which the item is
to be considered.
A Planning Commissioner or Commissioners may be requested to
meet, outside of the public hearing process, with an applicant,
the applicant representative(s), proponents and opponents to a
development application to discuss aspects of the development.
While meeting with these representatives is at the discretion of
the individual Commissioner, disclosure of the meeting(s), and the
effects upon the Commissioner's review of the application is
required prior to the opening of the hearing on the development
application. The Commissioner shall disclose the nature of the
contact and what effect, if any, it had on he /she in the review of
the development application.
SECTION 10. COMMITTEES
10.1 Committees:
Committees may be appointed by the Chair, as needed, with the
approval of the majority of the members of the Commission.
SECTION 11. COMMISSION MEETINGS
11.1 Schedule:
The Commission shall hold regular bi- monthly meetings as
determined by the Commission at its first meeting in January of
each year, such determination to include the dates, time and place
of such meetings as set forth in Chapter 2.36 of the Municipal
Code.
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SECTION 12. PROCEDURE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS
AND /OR PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL
12.1 Written Communication:
The Planning Commission has determined that there are times
when it may be beneficial to provide a written communication to
the City Council to clarify the Planning Commission's thoughts,
ideas, concerns, decisions, and recommendations. The form of
written communication may include, but is not limited to,
letters, memoranda, minute orders, and reports, as well as
majority, concurring, and minority opinions.
12.2 Flexibilitv:
The Planning Commission has concluded that the process
should remain flexible as to both the form of the written
communication and the situations when they would be submitted.
12.3 Authorship and Review Process:
The Planning Commission may direct one or two Commissioners
or Staff to prepare the written communication. In most
circumstances, the Planning Commission will consider the written
communication for its own review and comment before it is
submitted to the City Council. This may be accomplished at the
following Planning Commission meeting or in conjunction with
approving the meeting minutes when those projects and issues were
considered.
12.4 Expedited Written Communications:
When time is of the essence, the Planning Commission may
direct Staff or appoint a single Commissioner and the Chair to
prepare a written communication without further Planning
Commission review and comment.
12.5 Attendance at Citv Council Meetinas:
The Planning Commission recognizes that there are
circumstances where the City Council could benefit from the
attendance of a Planning Commissioner at City Council meetings.
When those circumstances arise, the Planning Commission will
offer a spokesperson to attend the City Council meetings. The
Planning Commission also recognizes that the City Council, or one
of its members, may at any time request the presence of one or
more Commissioners to attend one of its meetings. When such a
request is made, the Planning Commission will respond.
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SECTION 13. CERTIFICATION OF ADOPTION
The Community Development Director shall certify to the
adoption of this resolution and shall cause a cause a certified
resolution to be filed in the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 9th day of September, 2002.
AYES: Vice Chair Landis, Commissioners DiCecco, Haller
and Parvin, and Chair Otto
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
Kip Landis; Vice Chair
for William F. Otto, Chair
ATTEST:
CjunYtkHDevVojent Director