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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
APRIL 19, 2022
P.1 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CHARTER REVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. CC-2204-022, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A CHARTER REVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
CONTACT: ELEANOR MANZANO, CITY CLERK
• Resolution CC-2204-022 Redline Corrections
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RESOLUTION NO. CC-2204-022
ESTABLISHING A CHARTER REVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE
RESOLUTION NO. CC-2204-022
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A
CHARTER REVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WHEREAS, the previous City Charter Review Committee held its first meeting on January 25, 1994 and its last meeting on November 18, 1995; and WHEREAS, the City Council made one of its Strategic Planning goals for City staff to provide a report to Council on options to establish a new City Charter Review Advisory Committee; and
WHEREAS, at its meeting on April 5, 2022 the City Council received a report from the City Attorney and approved a motion giving direction on the number of members of the Committee, the method of appointment and removal of those members, and the subject matters the Committee is to review; and
WHEREAS, it is of the utmost importance for the City of Redondo Beach that the Committee carefully consider, evaluate and make recommendations to the City Council on the many significant issues affecting the City Charter, which is the “Constitution” of our City.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. SECTION 1. That the Redondo Beach City Council shall establish a seven (7) member Charter Review Advisory Committee.
SECTION 2. The members Charter Review Advisory Committee shall consist of the following seven (7) members:
2 members appointed by the Mayor.
1 member appointed by each City Councilmember.
Each Councilmember shall also appoint one (1) alternate. An alternate will only able to vote when the committee member appointed by the same Councilmember is absent from a meeting. If a member resigns or is removed from the Committee, the alternate becomes the member and a new alternate shall be appointed by the appointing Councilmember (or his/her successor).
SECTION 3. A member of the committee shall be removed for cause for missing 2 or more consecutive meetings of the committee, unless by permission of the City Council expressed in its official minutes, or if he or she ceases to be a resident of Redondo Beach. Additionally, a member may be removed without cause by a 4/5 vote of the City Council. If a member resigns or is removed from the committee, whether for cause or not, the alternate becomes the Committee member and the appointing Councilmember (or his/her successor) shall appoint a replacement alternate.
SECTION 4. That the Charter Review Advisory Committee shall be advisory to the Planning Commission and the Mayor and City Council, and be subject to the provisions of the Brown Act.; and
RESOLUTION NO. CC-2204-022
ESTABLISHING A CHARTER REVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SECTION 5. That the purpose of the Charter Review Advisory Committee shall be to advise the Mayor and City Council on recommended changes to the City Charter to submit to the voters.
The subject matters reviewed shall be compartmentalized, with input from the city manager/staff/other elected officials and shall include:
All fiscal limits; contractual obligations; purchasing policies, procurement, etc Article XX, Section 20.1 - Approval of Demands
Article VI, Section 6.7 & Section 8.3c - Contract Signatures Article XIX, Section 19 – PW Contracts Bid Limits
Article XIX, Section 19 - Maintenance-Repair and Materials under $5k Article XIX, Section 19.9 – Municipal Purchases
Article XIX, Section 19.7 – Retention Percentage
Administrative Business
City Treasurer Position
City Clerk
City Attorney’s Office.
SECTION 6. The Charter Review Advisory Committee shall meet once per month and report back to the City Council every other month.
SECTION 7. Votes as to whether or not to recommend specific changes to the Charter to the City Council shall be by majority vote of the voting members (or their alternate in their absence) present. As the Committee approve recommendations for Charter changes, they should be promptly sent to be placed on a City Council meeting agenda for review and possible submission to the voters.
SECTION 8. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify the passage and adoption of this resolution and shall enter the same in the Book of Original Resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of April, 2022. ________________________
William C. Brand, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Michael W. Webb, City Attorney Eleanor Manzano, CMC, City Clerk RESOLUTION NO. CC-2204-022
ESTABLISHING A CHARTER REVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF REDONDO BEACH )
I, Eleanor Manzano, City Clerk of the City of Redondo Beach, California, do hereby certify that ResolutionOrdinance No. CCO-2204-022 was passed introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 19th day of April 2022, and approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 19TH day of April 2022, and there after signed and approved by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk, and that said resolutionOrdinance was adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
_______________________
Eleanor Manzano, CMC
City Clerk
From: Rolf Strutzenberg <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 9:39 AM
To: Bill Brand <[email protected]>; Nils Nehrenheim <[email protected]>; Todd Loewenstein <[email protected]>; Christian Horvath <[email protected]>; Zein Obagi <[email protected]>; Laura Emdee <[email protected]>; Mike Witzansky <[email protected]> Subject: Charter Review Resolution clarifications
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All,
Looking over the Charter Review Committee resolution a couple points for clarification are offered for your consideration:
Section 2:
Alternates are not noted for the 2 Mayoral appointments
1. Consider to specify that "Each Councilmember and the Mayor shall appoint one (1) alternate for each of their respective Committee member appointments. An alternate will only be able to vote when the Committee member appointed by the same Councilmember or the Mayor is absent from a meeting. If a member resigns or is removed from the Committee, the alternate becomes the member and a new alternate shall be appointed by the respective appointing Councilmember or Mayor (or his/her successor)." (downside is that now the Mayor has to come up with 4 people...)
Section 3:
No option provided for removal of alternates
1. Modify language such that "Additionally a member or alternate may be removed without cause by a 4/5 vote of the City Council."
Section 4:
Not sure why Planning Commission is included here, maybe inadvertently left in from a cut and paste from GPAC language?
1. Remove "...the Planning Commission and..."
Section 5:
Does not limit scope beyond the listed specific topics, which is fine, just want to make sure that is the intent.
Section 7:
Noting that as written since just 4 (also of course 5) members would be a quorum then just 3 votes could be a majority to recommend changes, not likely to happen but possible.
General note
No provisions are noted for Chair (or vice-Chair) of the committee, there probably should be to avoid confusion, maybe add a new section or add language to an existing section.
1. Use language similar to Harbor Commission 2-9.707 Appointment of a chairperson. "At the first meeting of the Committee the members of the Committee shall appoint one of their number as a chairperson and one of their number as a vicechairperson, both of whom shall hold office for one year and until his or her successor is appointed."
or 2. Add language to let the Mayoral appointments be specified to serve as Chair and vice-Chair (similar to GPAC).
Either of these would need clarification as to whether the alternate to the Chair (especially if Section 2 is modified as suggested) or the vice-Chair (including his alternate) would serve as Chair if the selected Chair is not present. Maybe add "If the Chairperson is not present for a meeting the appointed vice-Chair shall act as Chair, if both the appointed Chairperson and vice-Chair are not present for a meeting the voting members present shall at the beginning of the meeting appoint an acting Chairperson for that meeting." It just seems better to have the Chairperson be someone more likely to have been at prior meetings rather than an alternate that may not be as up to speed on things.
Best,
Rolf