REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on a Council Written Request (Council Policy 030) Submitted by Vice Mayor Jain Requesting to Place an Agenda Item at a Future Council Meeting to Discuss Allocating up to $150K to create a Neighborhood Stadium Relations Committee using funds from the SCSA budget (not the City of Santa Clara's General Fund)
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Enhance Community Engagement and Transparency
BACKGROUND
Council Policy 030 - Adding an Item on the Agenda (Attachment 1) sets forth the procedure for written petitions. Any member of the public or Council may submit a written request raising any issue or item within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Per the policy, the written request will be submitted on the agenda, in the form substantially provided by the requestor, without any staff analysis, including fiscal review, legal review and policy review. If a simple majority of the City Council supports further study of the request, then a full staff analysis shall be prepared within thirty (30) days, unless otherwise directed by the City Council.
DISCUSSION
The City Clerk's Office received a Council Written Request on June 15, 2022 from Vice Mayor Jain requesting to place an agenda item at a future council meeting to discuss allocating up to $150K to create a Neighborhood Stadium Relations Committee using funds from the SCSA budget (not the City of Santa Clara General Fund)
(Attachment 2).
In the request, Vice Mayor Jain states:
The Council Policy 030 states: "Members of the City Council shall use the Council item Request form to submit a written request for inclusion of an item on a future city council agenda." While the 030 policy doesn't explicitly cover Stadium Authority agendas there seems to be no other mechanism for Authority members to add agenda items to Stadium Authority meetings so I'm taking the liberty of using this form to do so.
On November 24, 2021, I submitted a 030 request to consider the creation of a Stadium...
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