COUNCIL ITEM REQUEST FORM
The Council Item Request Form is for members of the City Council to submit written requests to the City Manager's Office for inclusion of an item on a future City Council meeting agenda. At the meeting where the initial written request is heard, discussion should be limited to whether the item should be added to an agenda and a date, not the merit of the item. A majority vote of the City Council is required for the item to be added to future Council meeting agenda for action.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Requesting Member of City Council : Suds Jain
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Today's Date 9/12/2021
WRITTEN REQUEST
I, Suds Jain , hereby request that the following item be placed on the City of Santa Clara Governance and Ethics Committee meeting agenda:
Recently we’ve seen a number of Written Petitions from members of the public, including people who are not residents of the City of Santa Clara, requesting to have a vote of whether something should be placed on a Council Agenda. Sometimes these are businesses lobbying for their projects.
I would like to revisit the policy for how a member of the public can put something on an agenda.
Some thoughts are that only residents can petition, a petitioner must collect say 20 signatures of residents, or a petitioner must have a Councilmember cosponsor.
Reference: Council Policy 030 - Adding an Item on the Agenda Resolution No. 20-8895