HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-10 - Amending City Council Policy A-13 Relating to Decorum and Order for City Commissions, Committees and BoardsRESOLUTION NO. 2017-10
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CITY
COUNCIL POLICY A-13 RELATING TO DECORUM AND
ORDER FOR CITY COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND
BOARDS
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach (City) values and
appreciates the appointed commissions, committees, and boards that assist the City
Council in serving our residents, businesses, and guests;
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted City Council Policy A-13 in 1996 to ensure
the City's commissions, committees, and boards conduct their public deliberations and
actions in an atmosphere free from personal animosity and hostility;
WHEREAS, some residents have requested, in the interest of greater
transparency, to record Planning Commission meetings for later viewing on the City's
website and/or NBTV;
WHEREAS, the City Council is interested in expanding transparency and
increasing opportunities for residents to be more involved in City government; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to amend City Council Policy A-13 to provide
guidance to commissions, committees, and boards that are now, or may be in the future,
subject to video recording.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council adds Subsection M to the "Policy" section of City
Council Policy A-13 to read as follows:
Especially in regards to filmed meetings, and where an agenda item may
later be appealed to another body or involve an appeal of another decision,
be cognizant of the need to serve in an adjudicatory role and to be direct
and concise in one's comments, without grandstanding or operating in a
manner which may prejudice the rights of the parties.
Section 2: The recitals provided above are true and correct and incorporated
into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 3: The City Council find this action is not subject to the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not
result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment)
and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA
Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no
potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
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Section 4: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not
affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
Section 5: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 24th day of January, 2017.
ATTEST:
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Aaron C Harp
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, 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. 2017-10 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 24th day of January, 2017, and that the same was so passed and adopted by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Herdman, Council Member Avery, Council Member Dixon, Council
Member Peotter, Council Member O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tem Duffield, Mayor Muldoon
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 25th day of January, 2017.
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Leilani L Brown, MMC
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
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