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Consider Providing Direction on a Future Amendment to the Council Meeting Rules of Order to Change Speaking Times for the Public and Councilmembers on Items that are Pulled/Removed from the Consent Calendar. (Councilmember Herrera Spencer)
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COUNCIL REFERRAL FORM
The Council can take any of the following actions:
1) Take no action.
2) Refer the matter to staff to schedule as a future City Council agenda item. Concurrence that staff time will be devoted to the item does not signify approval.
3) Take dispositive action only on time sensitive legislative matters if sufficiently noticed such that the public and Council have been provided sufficient information by the published agenda, and no formal published notice of a public hearing is required.
Name of Councilmember(s) requesting referral: Councilmember Herrera Spencer
Date of submission to City Clerk (must be submitted before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the Council meeting requested): May 1, 2023 at 4:51 p.m.
Council Meeting date: May 16, 2023
Brief description of the subject to be printed on the agenda, sufficient to inform the City Council and public of the nature of the referral:
Alameda Citizens Task Force submitted the attached correspondence, dated April 24, 2023, requesting Council consider amending Section 4 of the City Council Rules of Order, which provides:
4. Consent Calendar Items. Agenda items listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted, approved, or adopted by one motion without discussion. Members of the public can comment once on the entire Consent Calendar. Public comments shall be limited to two (2) minutes or less. Any Councilmember may request removal of a specific item for discussion or explanation. Councilmembers can record a vote other than aye without removing/"pulling" an item from the Consent Calendar. The removed/"pulled" item will be voted on separately. Each Councilmember may ask questions and deliberate for up to...
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