Report Prepared by: Mike Conway, Assistant to the City Manager
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SUBJECT: Request for the City Council to Consider Changing the Date of the North Merced Town Hall Meeting at Rivera Middle School to February 27, 2019
REPORT IN BRIEF
Request that Council consider changing the date of the North Merced Town Hall meeting at Rivera Middle School to February 27, 2019, due to a scheduling conflict.
RECOMMENDATION
Provide staff direction on the date of the North Merced Town Hall Meeting at Rivera Middle School.
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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 consideration 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 City of Merced, Sec. 200.
CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES
As provided for in the 2018-19 Adopted Budget
DISCUSSION
Every year the City Council holds meetings in Merced neighborhoods to gather input and comments about how the City is operating, improvements that can be made and programming ideas residents suggest. The results of these meetings are used by the City Council to develop goals and priorities that guide the development of the annual budget.
Council traditionally holds meetings in South, Central and North Merced. The sites are the Tenaya Middle School Multi-Purpose Room, the Merced Multi-Cultural Arts Center and the Rivera Middle School Gym.
At the December 17, 2018 City Council meeting, the Council selected dates for the three Town Hall meetings. The dates selected were:
Tuesday, Feb. 12, Rivera Middle School
Tuesday, Feb. 26, Merced Multi-Cultural Arts Center
Thursday, Feb. 28, Tenaya Middle School
Those dates were announced in local print and radio media, on social media and are being published in the City newsletter that reached approximately 20,000 utility customers.
Since the Council took action, the City Manager was made aware of a schedule conflict preventing the entire Council from being available for the North Merced Town Hall currently scheduled on February 12, 2019 at Rivera Middle School. Staff is returning to the Council for direction on the possibility of changing the North Merced Town Hall date to February 27, 2019. Tentative availability of the Rivera Middle School’s Multi-purpose room has been confirmed. The new proposed date still allows for the Budget schedule to be maintained.
IMPACT ON CITY RESOURCES
No appropriation of funds is needed.