Agenda Item A.2
CPMS CONSENT CALENDAR
Meeting Date: October 17, 2023
TO: Mayor and Councilmembers
FROM: Robert Nisbet, City Manager
CONTACT: Shannon Kirn, Acting Assistant to the City Manager SUBJECT: Establishment of an Ad Hoc 202 4 Legislative Issues Committee and Appointment of the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore to the Committee RECOMMENDATION:
A. Adopt Resolution No. 2 3-___entitled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the Ci ty of Goleta, California Establishing an Ad Hoc 202 4 Legislative Issues Committee;” and
B. Approve the mayoral appointment of the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore to serve on the Ad Hoc 2024 Legislative Issues Committee.
BACKGROUND:
With the end of the 2023 Legislative Session, it is appropriate to start consideration of the City’s Legislative Platform for 2024. This is the time of year when the City Council typically establishes an Ad Hoc Legislative Issues Committee and approves the mayoral appointment of two councilmembers to serve in an advisory capacity to review the Legislative Platform and provide input on proposed amendments for adoption by City Council in December for the next calendar year.
Meetings of the Committee are held on an as-needed basis, and the duties and assignments of the Committee are supported by staff in the City Manager’s Office. Once the final recommendations regarding the Legislative Platform are presented to the City Council, the Committee ceases to exist until a new one is formed the following year.
DISCUSSION:
Once the Ad Hoc Legislative Issues Committee for 202 4 is formed, its members will be provided a draft Legislative Platform for review and will meet to discuss any modifications or updates to the Legislative Platform, as well as consider recommendations provided by staff. When considering Legislative Platform recommendations, staff evaluates information gathered from Cal Cities’ (formerly the League of California Cities) annual 1 Meeting Date: October 17, 2023
reports and briefings, which provide an overview of current state and federal issues that could potentially impact local governments. Staff also will include recommendations for amendments to the Platform by the City’s lobbyist in Sacramento, as well as input from key staff from each of the City’s departments. In December of 2023, following Committee review, staff will bring the proposed 202 4 Legislative Platform to the City Council for review and approval.
Staff recommends that Council adopt Resolution No. 23-__ entitled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Goleta, California Establishing an Ad Hoc 202 4 Legislative Issues Committee” (Attachment 1). This will establish the Ad Hoc 2024 Legislative Issues Committee and appoint the Mayor and the Mayor Pro Tempore to serve on the Committee, in keeping with the consensus direction from prior years.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
There are no fiscal impacts associated with establishing an Ad Hoc 2024 Legislative Issues Committee and appointing the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore to serve on the Committee.
ALTERNATIVES:
The City Council has the option to make the Legislative Issues Committee a standing committee. The Mayor could appoint members and allow appointments to occur along with the other City Council appointments every two years following an election. As a reminder, a standing committee requires 24-hour noticing before a meeting is to occur in order to be in compliance with the Ralph M. Brown Act. The Committee’s responsibilities would remain the same, reviewing the Legislative Platform annually, while throughout the year staff would continue to utilize the Legislative Platform for advocacy efforts.
Reviewed By: Legal Review By: Approved By:
___________________ ___________________ _________________ Kristine Schmidt Megan Garibaldi Robert Nisbet
Assistant City Manager City Attorney City Manager
ATTACHMENTS:
1. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Goleta, California Establishing an Ad Hoc 2024 Legislative Issues Committee
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A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Goleta, California Establishing an Ad Hoc 2024 Legislative Issues Committee
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RESOLUTION 23-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GOLETA, CALIFORNIA ESTABLISHING AN AD HOC 202 4
LEGISLATIVE ISSUES COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, the Goleta City Council wishes to establish an Ad Hoc 2024 Legislative Issues Committee to conduct an annual review of the City’s Legislative Platform prior to its adoption by the City Council; and WHEREAS, the focus of the committee will be a single-topic matter of limited time duration.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GOLETA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AD HOC LEGISLATIVE
ISSUES COMMITTEE
An Ad Hoc 202 4 Legislative Issues Committee is hereby established consisting of the Mayor and the Mayor Pro Tempore to be appointed by the City Council.
SECTION 2. MANNER OF OPERATION
The Ad Hoc 2024 Legislative Issues Committee shall serve in an advisory capacity to the City Council and will review the City’s Legislative Platform and provide input on proposed amendments to the Platform prior to its adoption by the City Council for the 2024 calendar year.
SECTION 3. TERM OF COMMITTEE
The Ad Hoc 2024 Legislative Issues Committee shall cease to exist and shall have no further meetings or duties once final recommendations and advice are provided to the City Council concerning the Legislative Platform for the calendar year.
SECTION 4. MEETINGS
Meetings of the Ad Hoc 2024 Legislative Issues Committee shall be held on an as needed basis at such time and locations as identified by City staff to carry out the duties and assignments of the committee stated above.
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SECTION 5. STAFFING
The Ad Hoc 2024 Legislative Issues Committee shall be supported by the City Manager’s Office.
SECTION 6. CERTIFICATION
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of 2023.
PAULA PEROTTE
MAYOR
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DEBORAH S. LOPEZ MEGAN GARIBALDI
CITY CLERK CITY ATTORNEY
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss.
CITY OF GOLETA )
I, Deborah S. Lopez, City Clerk of the City of Goleta, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. 2 3- was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Goleta at a regular meeting held on the day of , 2023, by the following vote of the Council:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
(SEAL)
DEBORAH S. LOPEZ
CITY CLERK
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