City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: November 11, 2024
Agenda Item: 5.B
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Nikima Newsome, City Clerk, Records and Election Services Department Subject: Adoption of a Resolution Establishing the 2025 Council Meeting Dates Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Adopt the attached resolution establishing the 2025 Council regular meeting calendar; and
2. Adopt a finding that the resolution is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Summary
Charter Section 611 requires the Council to hold two regular meetings per month, and that the meeting calendar shall be established by ordinance or resolution.
Discussion
Santa Monica City Charter section 611 states:
The City Council shall hold regular meetings at least twice each month, at such times as it shall fix by ordinance or resolution and may adjourn or readjourn any regular meeting to a date certain, which shall be specified in the order of adjournment and when so adjourned, each adjourned meeting shall be a regular meeting for all purposes.
The resolution also authorizes the City Clerk to cancel a regular meeting for an anticipated lack of a quorum, and that additional regular meetings may be scheduled by amendment to the resolution (which could be a simple minute resolution on the Consent Agenda).
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Environmental Review
This resolution is not a “project” subject to CEQA. The resolution is procedural in nature and establishes the City Council’s regular meeting schedule for the 2024 calendar year. Pursuant to CEQA Section 21065, the project does not meet the definition of a “project” subject to CEQA as it will not “cause either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment”. Additionally, per Section 15378(b) of the CEQA Guidelines, a “project” does not include continuing administrative or maintenance activities, such as purchases for supplies, personnel-related actions, general policy and procedure making.
Therefore, the adoption of the resolution is not subject to CEQA.
Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
There is no immediate financial impact or budget action necessary as a result of recommended action.
Prepared By: Nikima Newsome, City Clerk
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. Reso_2025 meeting schedule