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Agenda Item 17.

City Council Meeting

Meeting Date:

12/15/2020

Subject:

Commissoner Appointment Process - Adoption of Ordinance No. 1219

RECOMMENDATION

Adopt Ordinance No. 1219, an Ordinance of the City of Council of the City of Brea regarding Commissioner appointment procedures and amending the Brea City Code and declaring the urgency thereof.

BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION

Chapter 2.16 of the Brea City Code addresses the procedures by which commissioners of the Planning Commission, the Parks, Recreation and Human Services Commission, and the Cultural Arts Commission are appointed and removed. These procedures remain unchanged for many years until the City Council updated them in October 2018 by adopting Ordinance No. 1205. As part of that update, the City Council created a distinct Planning Commission appointment process in which applicants are interviewed by the entire Council rather than by an ad hoc committee of two Council Members as occurs with the other commissions. The City Council assessed the experience with the new Planning Commission appointment process at a study session on December 1, 2020 and directed staff to prepare an ordinance to return to the prior process. The attached ordinance will make that change, as well as limited clerical revisions to ensure that the procedure being implemented is accurately described in the Code.

FISCAL IMPACT/SUMMARY

There is no direct fiscal impact on the General Fund.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:

William Gallardo, City Manager
Prepared by: Terence Boga, City Attorney

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