2005 CC Agenda Cover Page
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This agenda has been prepared to provide for the orderly progression of City business. Detailed staff
reports on specific items are posted in the hallway for public viewing. The City Council wants to hear your
comments, however, to run the meeting efficiently, please observe the following rules when you participate
in the meeting.
REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL
Please try to submit your form to the City Clerk prior to
the start of the meeting. You will be called at the appropriate time to make your remarks.
Consent Calendar
For the sake of efficiency, the City Council agenda is divided into several sections: :
This section consists of routine items which, unless a request has been received from the public, council
or staff to remove a particular item for discussion, are enacted by one motion of the City Council. If you
Public Hearings:
wish to speak to any Consent Calendar item(s) you will be limited to three minutes.
This section is devoted to noticed hearings. Although the normal time limit is three minutes for each
speaker, the mayor may grant additional time to a representative speaking for an entire group; however,
Regular Business:
this should not discourage anyone from addressing the City Council individually.
This section contains items of general business and you will be allowed three minutes to speak on any
City Council Oral Reports
item. : This section is designated for oral reports from council members to
Public Comments:
report on their Council assignments. This part of the agenda is reserved for making
comments on matters which are NOT on the agenda. If you have submitted a request to speak, you will
be called by the City Clerk at the appropriate time and you may speak for up to three minutes. Please limit
your comments to matters within the jurisdiction of the City Council. Due to State law, no action can be
taken on matters brought up under Public Comments. If action by the City Council is necessary, the
matter may be placed on a future agenda or referred to staff, as determined by Council.
An estimated time for presentation, public input and discussion of each agenda item is shown to the left of
the item number. These estimated times are included only to predict the overall length of each City
Council meeting and are not intended to preclude public input, full discussion and thoughtful deliberation
of each item.
Please make your remarks at the lectern microphone and direct your comments to the City Council and
not to the staff or the public.
Conduct at the Council Meeting: The City Council has adopted a set of rules for conduct during City
Council meetings. The following is an excerpt from those adopted Rules of Procedure:
Section 6.3:
The Mayor shall order removed from the Council Chambers any person(s) who commits
the following acts at a regular or special meeting of the City Council.
1. Disorderly, contemptuous or insolent behavior toward the Council or any member thereof, tending
to interrupt the due and orderly course of said meeting.
2. A breach of the peace, boisterous conduct or violent disturbance, tending to interrupt the due and
orderly course of said meeting.
3. Disobedience of any lawful order of the mayor which shall include an order to be seated or to
refrain from addressing the Council.
4. Any other unlawful interference with the due and orderly course of the meeting.
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