HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-39 - Council Ad Hoc Committee on Legislative AdvocacyRESOLUTION NO. 2006- 39
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
FORMING THE CITY COUNCIL AD HOC COMMITTEE
ON LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has various needs relating to protecting
its interests or advocating for a particular cause before the State Legislature in
Sacramento and the US Congress in Washington DC; and
WHEREAS, the City has, in the past, used the services of governmental
advocates in both Sacramento and Washington DC; and
WHEREAS, a current contract with one advocacy firm, Emanuels Jones &
Associates, has expired; and
WHEREAS, the City Council seeks to analyze the future need and role of
legislative advocacy in the future; and
WHEREAS, the City also has a Legislative Platform, which was last updated in
May 2003.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Newport Beach that it hereby creates the Ad Hoc Committee on Legislative Advocacy
with the following duties and requirements:
1. To analyze the current and future needs of the City relating to legislative
advocacy in both Sacramento and Washington; and
2. If those needs include the services of a governmental advocate, to determine
if the advocate's services should be sought via a new Request for Proposals or some
other means; and
3. If an RFP process is selected, the Committee shall oversee the issuance of
the RFP, conduct proposer interviews, and shall make a recommendation to the Council
as to a fine's selection; and
4. To review the last- adopted Legislative Platform and recommend changes to
the Platform to be considered by the City Council; and
5. The Committee shall consist of three members of the Newport Beach City
Council; and
6. The Committee shall be staffed by the City Manager's Office and the City
Attorney or her designee;
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LaVonne M. Harkless, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 2006 -39 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by
the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the
23rd day of May 2006, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Curry, Selich, Rosansky, Ridgeway, Daigle, Mayor Webb
Noes: Nichols
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 24th day of May 2006.
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