Resolution 13304CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 13 3 0 4
AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 12567
ESTABLISHING THE RULES OF ORDER
GOVERNING THE PROCEEDINGS AND ORDER OF BUSINESS
OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS BY
REPEALING SECTION 1(c) OF THE CITY COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER
WHEREAS, Section 1(c) of the City Council Rules of Order was originally adopted
prior to 1970; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 12567, adopted by City Council on August 17, 1994,
established the Rules of Order governing the proceedings and Order of Business of City Council
meeting; and
WHEREAS, Section 1(c) of the City Council Rules of Order was designed to comply
with the State law which requires review of quasi- adjudicative decisions made by subordinate
Boards and Commissions to be based solely upon the record before City Council; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board is the only City Board or Commission which has
the authority to make such quasi - adjudicative rulings; and
WHEREAS, in the mid- 1990's the Alameda Municipal Code was amended to make
all such Planning Board decisions subject to de novo review by City Council; and
WHEREAS, such amendment to the Alameda Municipal Code makes Section 1(c)
of the City Council Rules of Order obsolete and irrelevant; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate for City Council to consider all information and
evidence available to it when reviewing Planning Board decisions under the de novo standard of
review; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2674, approved at the August 16, 1994 City Council
meeting, states that Rules of Order of the City Council meetings shall be set by City Council
resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Alameda
does hereby amend Resolution No. 12567 by repealing section 1(c) of the City Council Rules of
Order.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting
assembled on the 16th day of January 2001, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, DeWitt, Johnson and Kerr - 4.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Mayor Appezzato - 1.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this
17th day of January , 2001.
Diane Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda