Establishment and Appointment of Two City Councilmembers to an Ad Hoc City Council Subcommittee to Address Council and Commission Meeting Agenda Format. City of Culver City California City Council Agenda Item Report Meeting Date: 10/03/06 AGENDA ITEM: Establishment and Appointment of Two City Councilmembers to an Ad Hoc City Council Subcommittee to Address Council and Commission Meeting Agenda Formats. Item Number: A 1 Contact Person/Dept.: Martin R. Cole Phone Number: (310) 253 6007 No X Fiscal Impact: Yes Public Hearing: Public Notification: Master Notification List (09/27/06) Department Approval: Martin R. Cole (09/27/2006) City Controller Approval: RECOMMENDATION: General Fund: Yes No X Attachments: Action Item: X City Manager Approval: Jerry B. Fulwood (09/27/2006) Staff recommends the City Council establish and appoint two City Councilmembers to the Ad Hoc Agenda Formatting Subcommittee. BACKGROUND: One of the City Manager s ongoing objectives is to continue to enhance communication between the City and community through the improvement of meeting agendas. To this end a Communications Committee was created in July 2004 comprised of representatives from each City Department. On August 2 2004 the City Council appointed two representatives (Rose and Gross) to an Ad Hoc Agenda Formatting Subcommittee to work with the staff Communication Committee to amend the Council Agency and Commission Agendas. On September 13 2004 the City Council also directed staff to research and evaluate other changes to Council and Agency meeting days times frequency and length and combining the meeting days for the Council and Agency. On December 13 2004 the City Council authorized the use of the revised meeting agendas and speaker cards for Council and Commissions. As a result of the completion of the Subcommittee s work the Council concurred to eliminate the Subcommittee on April 25 2005. City of Culver City California City Council Agenda Item Report DISCUSSION: It is recommended that ...
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