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STAFF REPORT APPROVED AND FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SAN LEANDRO DATE: November 14, 2006 SUBJECT: John Jermanis, City Manager Steve HOlliste~istant City Manager Cynthia Battenberg:'lssistant to the City Manager Marian Handa, City Clerk~ RESOLUTION REPEALING TITLES 24 - 32 AND REENACTING TITLES 7, 24,25,26 AND 27 OF THE SAN LEANDRO ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO: FROM: BY: SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION The final phase of the project to recodify the City's Administrative Code has been completed. Phase Three includes revisions and updates to Titles 7 and 24 - 32. The format ofthese titles has been standardized and minor revisions made to reflect current practices and policy changes that have been approved by Council. New policy changes would need to be brought to the Rules and Communication Committee and Council on a case specific basis. The Rules and Communication Committee and staff recommend City Council adoption of the attached Resolution Repealing Titles 24 - 32 and Reenacting Titles 7, 24, 25, 26, and 27 of the San Leandro Administrative Code. BACKGROUND Similar to the City's Municipal Code, the City's Administrative Code is continuously updated by City Council adoption of resolutions that pertain to the City's administrative policies. The City contracts with Quality Code Publishing for the semi-annual recodification of the Municipal Code. Recodification of the Administrative Code is done in-house by the City Clerk's office. It has been approximately ten years since the Administrative Code has been updated and recodified. Revisions and updates were brought to the Rules Committee and Council in phases. The Rules and Communication Committee recommended Council adoption of Phase One of the project, recodification of Titles I - 13, which was approved by Council at the November 21, 2005 City Council meeting. The Committee also recommended Council adoption of Phase Two, recodification of Titles 14 - 23, which was approved by Council at the April 3, 2006 meeting. Phase Three includes revisions and updates to Titles 7 and 24 - 32, which are listed below for your information. The majority of the changes were incorporating stand alone titles on issues such as Smoking, CEQA and the Conflict ofInterest Code into the responsible department's title. Additionally, a new title was added to incorporate the by laws of the Public Financing Authority into the Administrative Code. The Public Financing Authority, Title 25 replaced the current