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FOR CITY CLERK ONLY
Meeting Date:
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Agenda Item No: 4.h
Meeting Date: November 20, 2023
SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
Department: Police Department
Prepared by: D.C. Spiller, Police Chief City Manager Approval: ______ TOPIC: POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION REPEALING AND REPLACING RESOLUTION 15525
ESTABLISHING THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt a resolution repealing and replacing Resolution 15525 establishing the City of San Rafael Police Accountability and Advisory Committee (PAAC).
BACKGROUND:
On June 5, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution 15525, establishing the Police Accountability and Advisory Committee. The Resolution indicated the City Council would select the initial Chair and Vice Chair of the Committee. Typically, under San Rafael’s Boards, Commissions, and Committees Rules and Procedures, committees select their Chair and Vice Chair for the inaugural year of the committee, and staff recommends this practice for the PAAC.
ANALYSIS:
Staff recommends the City Council adopt a resolution repealing and replacing Resolution 15525, removing the City Council’s appointment of the Chair and Vice Chair of the Committee. With this change, the PAAC will have the authority to appoint its Chair and Vice Chair for the inaugural year of the Committee, consistent with San Rafael’s Boards, Commissions, and Committees Rules and Procedures.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution repealing and replacing Resolution 15525 establishing the City of San Rafael Police Accountability and Advisory Committee (PAAC).
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution
1 RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION REPEALING AND REPLACING RESOLUTION 15525 ESTABLISHING THE
CITY OF SAN RAFAEL POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael City Council adopted Resolution 15525 on June 5, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the resolution provided authority to the City Council to appoint the Chair and Vice Chair of the initial Committee; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends the Committee appoint its Chair and Vice Chair, consistent with the rules outlined in San Rafael’s Board, Commission and Committees Rules and Procedures.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the San Rafael City Council repeal and replace Resolution 15525 as follows:
1. The City of San Rafael Police Accountability and Advisory Committee is hereby established as an advisory committee to the City Council to improve public transparency and accountability with respect to the San Rafael Police Department and provide greater community participation in making recommendations on police department policies, practices, and procedures.
2. The Committee will be comprised of seven members appointed by the City Council and may include alternate(s). Committee members must be City of San Rafael residents, who have pledged to be impartial, unbiased, and objective. The membership of the Committee should be inclusive and reflective of community members of diverse backgrounds including but not limited to race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, economic status, and various communities of interest. Committee members must be City of San Rafael residents at least 18 years old (except for one designated seat for a youth member between ages of 17-26) Members are not required to have any specialty knowledge or particular skills to be eligible.
3. Each Committee member will serve a term of four (4) years, except for certain initial appointments which will be shorter to ensure that the terms are staggered, and not all of the appointments expire in the same year. Members will be limited to two consecutive four-year terms.
4. The City Clerk is hereby authorized to conduct an open, community-wide call for applications for Committee members.
5. The Police Accountability and Advisory Committee shall be governed by the City of San Rafael Boards, Commissions and Committees Rules and Procedures, adopted by the City Council by resolution in March 2023 (Resolution 15196). Staff will propose Police Accountability and Advisory Committee bylaws for City Council adoption at a future date following further community engagement. The bylaws will include specific details regarding responsibilities and meeting frequencies of the Committee. 2 I, LINDSAY LARA, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on Monday, the 20th day of November 2023, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers:
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
Lindsay Lara, City Clerk