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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO APPROVED AND STAFF REPORT FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL DATE: December 20, 2010 Stephen Hollister TO: Stephen Hollister, City Manager City Manager FROM: Lianne Marshall, Assistant City Manager7ir- BY: Marian Handa, City Clerk ,,,, SUBJECT PROJECT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION: RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2010 COUNCILMEMBERS HANDBOOK SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION The Councilmembers Handbook has been updated to include policies that have been adopted, and amendments that have been made, since the last update in 2002. Staff recommends that the City Council approve a resolution, adopting the revised 2010 Councilmembers Handbook, and perform a more comprehensive update of the Handbook in 2011. BACKGROUND The original City of San Leandro City Council Members' Handbook was adopted by the Council in 1998, and last revised in 2002. The purpose for creating the handbook was two -fold: 1) to acquaint newly - elected Councilmembers with Council procedures, and 2) to document certain Council- specific guidelines and policies not otherwise included in the City Charter, Municipal Code or Administrative Code. The intent of the City Council Policy Committee (which later became the Rules and Communications Committee) in creating the Councilmembers Handbook was to commit to writing the basic standards of Council operations, and to make this information readily available to all, not just through "word of mouth" or institutional memory. The Committee also intended that the Handbook become a living document —one that always reflects the current Council's standards. The draft revised Councilmembers Handbook incorporates the amendments adopted by the City Council since 2002, as well as changes to the law, and to procedures and practices, that have occurred since the last revision. The following is a summary of the significant changes to the Handbook, by section. Additions are underlined. Deletions are streak out-