Report Prepared by: Mike Conway, Assistant to the City Manager
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SUBJECT: Town Hall Meetings
REPORT IN BRIEF
Set date, times and locations for three Town Hall Meetings in North, Central and South Merced prior to budget discussion for Fiscal Year 2016/2017.
RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion approving setting the dates, times and locations of the Town Hall Meetings for the City Council and authorizing the City Manager to execute the necessary documents.
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ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve, as recommended by staff; or,
2. Approve, subject to other than recommended by staff (identify specific findings and/or conditions amended to be addressed in the motion); or,
3. Deny; or,
4. Refer to staff for reconsideration of specific items (specific items to be addressed in the motion); or,
5. Continue to a future meeting (date and time to be specified in the motion).
AUTHORITY
Charter of the City of Merced, Section 200, Section 408 and Section 409.
CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES
As provided for in the 2015-16 Adopted Budget.
BACKGROUND
Prior to the passage of a Charter amendment on November 6, 2007, the City Council was required to meet in the City Council Chambers except in an emergency. The change in the Charter allowed the Council to hold Special Meetings anywhere in the City that was publicly accessible as long as there was proper noticing.
The Council held its first meeting outside the Merced Civic Center on April 30, 2012 at Sacred Heart Social Hall. The Town Hall Meeting was held to discuss the Merced CeaseFire Project, economic development and the re-opening of the McNamara Pool. The room was rated to hold 200 people and was filled to capacity.
The following year the Town Hall Meetings were moved to the larger Tenaya Middle School in South Merced and Rivera Middle School in North Merced. Those two sites were the location of Town Hall Meetings in 2014 and in 2015.
Council used the comments from the community members to hel...
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