(a) Formal Position. The Neighborhood Council may take a formal position on an issue being considered by the City at the Neighborhood Council’s publicly agendized meeting. The Neighborhood Council board’s formal position shall be reduced to a Community Impact Statement filed with the City Clerk or a written Resolution.
(b) Board and Commission Meetings. The agenda for each City Board or Commission meeting shall contain an agenda item for a Neighborhood Council representative to provide the Neighborhood Council’s formal position on any matter listed on the agenda for that Board or Commission meeting. The Neighborhood Council representative shall provide the Board or Commission with a copy of the Neighborhood Council’s Resolution or Community Impact Statement. The agenda item for the Neighborhood Council’s formal position should be listed on the agenda in an order that ensures prompt consideration of the Neighborhood Council position and should be listed separately from general public comment. In the chair’s discretion at the City Board or Commission meeting, the Neighborhood Council representative may be asked to have a seat at the table typically reserved for City staff and may provide the Neighborhood Council representative more comment time than allotted to members of the general public.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 184,243, Eff. 6-4-16.