REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve 2018 Board and Commission Work Plans
Report
DISCUSSION
The City's boards and commissions have developed proposed work plans relating to the policy issues they will be acting on within the next 12 months, and have tentatively set their calendar of meeting dates for 2018 (see Attachment 1). Each department has reviewed the proposed work plans for alignment to each commission's mission and focus area.
In the past, these work plans have been submitted annually for Council approval after the Council Study Issues and Budget Issues Workshop, and following Council approval of the specific study issue dates. This process often resulted in delays bringing the board and commission work plans to Council for approval, sometimes as late in the year as April and May.
This year, to facilitate a more streamlined process and to provide the boards and commissions with an approved meeting calendar earlier in the year, the 2018 work plans and meeting calendar was reviewed by each board or commission in December 2017 or January 2018. The proposed work plans list regularly scheduled board and commission meetings, routine assignments specific to each board or commission, and in some instances, 2017 study issues remaining to be heard.
With this revised workflow, new study issues ranked by Council on February 16, 2018 and scheduled to be heard by boards and commissions will be added to work plans and the updated work plans will be provided to boards and commissions as an "Information Only" item on their agendas.
EXISTING POLICY
Council Policy 7.2.19 Boards and Commissions, Section 2.I.(I)(a) Work Plans: Each board and commission shall create an Annual Work Plan which is a 12-month calendar of the policy issues the board/commission will be acting on during the year.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" with the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines ...
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