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City of San Leandro Meeting Date: November 6, 2017 Staff Report Agenda Section:File Number:17-598 CONSENT CALENDAR Agenda Number:8.H. TO:City Council FROM:Chris Zapata City Manager BY:Jeff Kay Assistant City Manager FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable TITLE:Staff Report for a Resolution Amending Chapter 7 of the San Leandro Administrative Code Chapter Regarding the City’s Flag Policy SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Staff recommends that Council adopt a resolution, amending Chapter 7, Flag Policy of the San Leandro Municipal Code, to remove the City Manager from the approval process, and for the City Manager to develop requirements for requests for special flag designations. BACKGROUND During a review of the City’s administrative code, it was discovered that on March 17, 2014 and May 5, 2014 the City Council approved motions to amend the City’s flag policy to remove the City Manager from the approval process and to develop procedures for requests for special flag designations. Existing policies that govern flag status at City Hall are outlined in Chapter 7, Section 1.7 of the San Leandro Administrative Code. Section 1.7.205, specifically states: “As a general rule, special designation flags (such United Nations flag, flag of a Sister City, Children’s Memorial Flag, etc.) will be raised only upon the direction of the Mayor or City Manager. Such flags will only be flown at City Hall, and when raised, shall replace the flag of the City of San Leandro, not the flag of the United States or the flag of the State of California.” After discussions regarding the flag policy in 2014, staff did not immediately move forward with the Council’s recommendation to amend the Administrative Code. At this time, staff would like to clean up the Administrative Code to reflect the current practice which is to allow the flag approval process to rest with the City Council. City Manager Recommendation Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 10/30/2017 108