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File Number: 21-196 <br />Council members, if needed. <br />e. Closed session will begin one hour before the City Council meeting unless otherwise <br />arranged. Action items will be placed first on the agenda. <br />f. Written Public Comment must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. on the Sunday <br />immediately prior to the upcoming regularly scheduled City Council meeting to provide <br />the community the opportunity to use the weekend for agenda review. All Public <br />comment submitted by the deadline will be distributed to the City Council no later than <br />3:00 p. m on the day of the meeting and will be made part of the official record. Written <br />public comment will not be verbally read out loud. <br />ANALYSIS <br />1. Amendments to the San Leandro Municipal Code <br />City of San Leandro Charter Section 315 provides that the Council shall hold regular meetings at <br />least twice each month at such times as it shall fix by ordinance or resolution. San Leandro <br />Municipal Code section 1-1-200 currently provides that regular meetings of the Council shall be <br />held on the first and third Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. If any such day is a City holiday, the <br />meeting shall be held on the next business day at 7:00 p.m. <br />Due to increased volume of business and priorities, and the positive and welcomed increase in <br />public participation, City Council meetings have recently been adjourning later in the evening, and <br />in several instances, the morning of the next day. In order to promote robust discussion, <br />thoughtfulness, and respect for community members’ and staff’s time and attention, the City <br />Council proposes to amend Municipal Code section 1-1-200 to change the start time for regular <br />City Council meetings from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. In addition, meetings shall end at 10:00 p.m. <br />unless a majority of the City Council votes to continue the meeting past 10:00 p.m. This and other <br />changes described below, are intended to provide enough time for the City Council to complete <br />all of its business and to allow for robust public comment and City Council deliberation. <br />2. Amendments to the San Leandro Administrative Code <br />By resolution, the City Council proposes to amend the San Leandro Administrative Code as <br />follows: <br />a. Adjourned Regular Meetings <br />San Leandro Administrative Code section 1.1.100 provides as follows: <br />“An adjourned regular meeting ordinarily will be held at 7:00 p.m. on the Monday following the <br />regular meeting which is adjourned.” <br />Staff proposes amendments to this Administrative Code section to establish consistency with the <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 3/31/2021 <br />155