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April 29, 2022, 9 a.m. Date
Welcome to the Legislative Subcommittee Special Meeting
We welcome your interest and involvement in the city's legislative process. This agenda includes
information about topics coming before the Legislative Subcommittee and the action recommended by
city staff. You can read about each topic in the staff reports, which are available on the city website.
How to watch
In Person
Legislative Subcommittee Meetings
take place at City Hall, 1200 Carlsbad
Village Drive
How to participate
On TV
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AT&T U-verse
Watch live on Charter Spectrum
channel 24 and AT&T U-verse
channel 99
Online
Watch the livestream and replay past
meetings on the city website,
carlsbadca.gov/residents/communication/city-
tv-channel
If you would like to provide comments to the Legislative Subcommittee, please:
• Fill out a speaker request form, located in the foyer.
• Submit the form to the Clerk before the item begins.
• When it's your turn, the Clerk will call your name and invite you to the podium.
• Speakers have three minutes, unless the presiding officer (usually the chair) changes that time.
• You may not give your time to another person, but groups can select a single speaker as long as
three other members of your group are present. Group representatives have 10 minutes unless
that time is changed by the presiding officer or the commission.
• In writing: Email comments to kaylin.mccauley@carlsbadca.gov Comments received by 5 p.m. the
day prior to the meeting will be shared with the subcommittee prior to the meeting. When e-mailing
comments, please identify in the subject line the agenda item to which your comments relate. All
comments received will be included as part of the official record. Written comments will not be
read out loud.
Reasonable accommodations
Persons with a disability may request an agenda packet in appropriate alternative formats as require by
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Reasonable accommodations and auxiliary aids will be
provided to effectively allow participation in the meeting. Please contact the City Manager's Office at
760-434-2821 (voice), 711 (free relay service for TTY users), 760-720-9461 (fax) or
manager@carlsbadca.gov by noon on the Thursday before the meeting to make arrangements.
CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of the March 15, 2022, Subcommittee meeting
PUBLIC COMMENT:
SUBCOMMITTEE COMMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NEW BUSINESS:
Item 1. State and Federal Legislative Reports
Recommendation: Receive updates from representatives of U.S. Congressman Mike
Levin, State Senator Patricia Bates and State Assemblymember Tasha Boerner Horvath,
and provide feedback.
Item 2. Legislative Update and Advocacy Report
Recommendation: Receive an update on state and federal legislative and budget activity
and recent and ongoing advocacy efforts; discuss and provide feedback to staff,
including identifying high-priority bills, advocacy positions, and items for future City
Council consideration.
Item 3. Brown Act Reform -Legislative Platform Amendment
Recommendation: Consider proposed position statements in support of Brown Act
Reforms that would enable local jurisdictions to conduct hybrid style virtual meetings
for recommendation to the City Council.
Item 4. Our Neighborhood Voices Ballot Initiative
Recommendation: Consider identifying a recommended position on the 2024 Our
Neighborhood Voices Ballot Initiative for recorn,mendation to the City Council.
Item 5. Lowering Special Tax Voter Requirement to Simple Majority
Recommendation: Discuss efforts to lower the current two-thirds voter requirement for
special purpose taxes to a simple majority vote; determine recommendation, if any, for
future action.
Item 6. Transborder Water Quality
Recommendation: Review and discuss a sample resolution in support of state and
federal efforts to reduce or eliminate the trans boundary flow of contaminated water,
sediment and debris into the United States from Mexico; determine recommendation, if
any, for future action.
SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBER REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS:
ADJOURN:
NEXT REGULAR MEETING : May 10, 2022, at 9 a.m.