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Rules and Communications %-unirnittee <br />June 1, 2006 <br />Page 2 <br />this change into the existing policy and bring it back to Committee for review at a future <br />meeting. <br />Committee Recommendation: <br />None. <br />2. Discussion Regarding Printing of Council's Business Cards <br />Ms. Omelas provided information to the Committee on various styles of business cards and <br />their cost. She noted that the former business card vendor carried a large inventory of the City's <br />business card stock and so was able to print the Council's cards at a very low cost; however, <br />this vendor is no longer in business. Full color cards could be printed in-house at about $.03 <br />per card, or a local union vendor could print embossed cards for $.65 each. <br />Committee Member Stephens commented that a similar situation occurred when he worked at <br />Peralta College, and he was told that printing cards in-house would take work away from union <br />printers. Members commented on the importance of having the union "bug" on the Council's <br />business cards. City Manager Jermanis stated that staff will obtain more quotes for single color <br />and multi -color printed cards. <br />Committee Recommendation: <br />None. <br />3. Discussion Regarding Inactive Boards and Commissions <br />At its meeting on April 3, the City Council referred discussion of this item to the Committee. <br />City Clerk Marian Handa reported on the City's advisory bodies that have not had activity in the <br />last few years: the Board of Appeals, Handicapped Access Appeals Board and Rent Review <br />Board. <br />She stated that according to William Schock, the City's Chief Building Official, both the Board <br />of Appeals and Handicapped Access Appeals Board are required by State law and provide an <br />avenue for appeal of determinations made by the Building Official. The Board of Appeals has <br />been used in the past for appeals of demolitions, and it is anticipated that it may be convened in <br />the future for appeals associated with the City's Unreinforced Masonry Ordinance. The <br />Handicapped Access Appeals Board would hear appeals of decisions involving accessibility <br />issues under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). While the Board has not been <br />convened in recent memory, similar bodies in other cities, such as Berkeley, are quite active. <br />Neither the Board of Appeals nor the Handicapped Access Appeals Board has current <br />membership. <br />The Rent Review Board is a five -member board with three members currently appointed. <br />Although the Board has not had a rent issue on which to deliberate in a few years, staff has <br />