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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-07-21; City Council; 9104; PUBLIC ACCESS TO BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETINGSL b 03 Q\ rl n co N h I+ 3 ? w 0 M ad FI u a, aJ E,: & aJ% tld 22 a a,* sa +Ja *5 .$ $$ ma g; g 2 ;8 FI 2 Ti $4 2 2; iy Ah c L 0 > e 0, Q 4 z + 0 .. 2 a s s 2 0 CITWF CARLSBAD - AGENDWILL .c .. . 1 .- AB#&- CITY DEPT.rn CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS MTG. 7/21 /87 DEP e: PUBLIC ACCESS TO BOARD AND RECOMMENDED ACTION: If the City Council wishes to require that meetings of all of City's boards, commissions and committees be open to the pub1 action is to introduce Ordinance No. 129.7 ITEM EXPLANATION The municipal code which creates the City's standing boards a commissions delegates to them the authority to adopt their oh procedural rules. There is no requirement in the municipal c the public shall have access to all commission and board meet However, it is possible for a board or commission to appoint subcommittee of less than a quorum to prepare recommendation: board or commission's business and exclude the public from ti meeting of such subcommittee. The basic purpose of the City advisory boards and commissions is to gather as much public : possible in order to provide the City Council with the best i available on the matter. In order to insure that that occur! Council is asked to consider adopting an ordinance which wou: require all meetings of the City's boards, commissions and committees to be open to the public. Attached is Ordinance 1 which would do that. There are two exceptions. The first fc Personnel Commission when they determine upon advice of the ( Attorney that a closed session is reuuired and second, when commission obtains a written opinion from the City Attorney closed session is proper under the provisions of the Brown Ac the City Council concurs your action is to introduce Ordinant The Brown Act would apply to all meetings of more than a quo7 L297 ~ EXHIBIT Ordinance No. /297 *I /I 0 Q ! I3 sa Y8 rfu 2 sLsi owa Pt-,k 4" %LO6 7< +E Z?..: uzoa oKCm q ; 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 a 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 >" c 0 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ORDINANCE NO. 1297 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA AMENDING TITLE 2, CHAPTER 2.08 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE ADDITI OF SECTION 2.08.110. TO REQUIRE ALL MEETINGS OF T€ CITY'S BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, Califor does ordain as follows: SECTION 1: That Title 2, Chapter 2.08 of the Cai Municipal Code is amended by the addition of Section 20.08 to read as follows: "2.08.110 Public access to meetings. (a) All meetings of the City's boards, commissi< committees shall be open to the public. If any board or commission appoints a subcommittee all meetings of the subcommittee shall be open to the public. This section SI apply to the Personnel Board when, upon the advice of the Attorney, the commission determines a closed session is required. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) a board, comr or committee may hold a closed session provided they first a written opinion from the City Attorney that the closed : is allowed under the provisions of the Brown Act." EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effecti7 thirty days after its adoption, and the City Clerk shall ( to the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be publj least once in the Carlsbad Journal within fifteen days afl adoption. INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting oj Carlsbad City Council on the 28th day of July and thereafter ... ... ... (I I J k~ 1 I 2 3 4l Q Qmm I?g gs 8 $32 zozg 1'44: OWU g>> aku& ,zZo"$ I-LW - oE2a >O a I- O q 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 i 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 0 * PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of said ( Council held on the 4th day of August I 1987 bl following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Pettine, Mamaux a1 i NOES: None ABSENT: None APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY q&&/. VINCENT F. 'BIONDO, J@Y City Attor ,ey " //P ,q /"' 1: r..; , , /; i ", / -f I/ I ,fdG * /,'., .. L;'f ['c'. c' .i CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor I. ATTEST: d&?L 1, goA*- ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City )Clerk Page 2 of Ordinance No. 1297