REPORT TO GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS COMMITTEE
SUBJECT
Title
Approval of the 2020 Governance and Ethics Committee Workplan
Report
BACKGROUND
The Governance and Ethics Committee (Committee) was established by Council action on February 5, 2019, to consolidate the Governance Committee, Ethics Committee, and the Facilities Naming and Honorary Recognition Ad Hoc Committee. The Committee focuses on the refinement or establishment of policies and procedures regarding City Council operations, general good government practices, and implementation of the City's Code of Ethics & Values program. The Committee is also responsible for reviewing requests for City facility naming and honorary recognitions.
DISCUSSION
To better pace and establish the expected workload for 2020, City staff has worked with the Committee Chair to develop a proposed workplan (Attachment 1) for the Committee's quarterly meetings. Proposed workplan items include review of naming recommendations for various City buildings and facilities; work effort around the 2020 elections/ethics, Dark Money Ordinance; and continued Council Policy Manual review and revisions.
Staff has identified several Council policies for review in 2020 including:
* Council Policy 006 - Guidelines for Commissioners for Attendance at Conferences and Training Events
* Council Policy 007 - Citizen Complaints Addressed to the City Council
* Council Policy 020 - Proclamations
* Council Policy regarding Council Attendance
o This policy is being added after being identified as a policy of interest by the Committee at the November 21, 2019 meeting.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(a) as it has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fis...
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