[OldNorth] council agenda for Tues.

[John Lofland]

Hello Andy,

l. Yes, we have a problem with the Council Agenda for December 16. 
For one thing,it is not yet posted at the ordinary location of the 
City agenda page.

2. Further, the agenda I got by email did not open and operate in the 
usual way. Instead of being detachable from the email in pdf, it can 
only be read within the email and will not print!

3. But, I was able to select the text and copy and past it into a 
word document. Some of the formatting is gone, but the content is 
there. I have attached it  here. Please let me know if there are 
further problems with it.

4. On that agenda, our item is 4. I. That is, it is deep in the 
consent calender part of the agenda. The description contains the 
phrases Old North Davis and Old East Davis.

5.The term "pull" is political junkie slang for "removing" an item 
from the consent calender.

6. Under item 3 on the agenda, the process of removing items is 
explained and I think I described it more fully in a previous email.

7. The measure had its public hearing last week. It is now up for 
what is called "the second reading." Nothing further will said about 
it and it will be approved unless someone asks to speak on it by 
pulling/removing it. Then the public can speak on it. That is what at 
least five of us plan to do on Tuesday. (I hope there will be many 
more by then.)

8. Unhappily, we are about out of time for consensus-building. Hardly 
any of us (including me) realized what the measure was actually 
about. We only woke up in viewing the public hearing.

9. Take heart, though. It is because there are situations of this 
sort that there is a second reading! The framers of the legislative 
process recognized that  the nature and consequences of many measures 
do not become clear before they are fully explored near the very end. 
That is exactly what is happening here. In this sense, the democratic 
process is working quite well and we have been saved from our 
previous inability to perceive the actual features of the measure

Best,

John

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>John,
>
>At your convenience, can you please clarify what you mean by "pulled".   Do
>you mean "pulled" off?  Or somehow put on?
>
>Also, the agenda didn't come through as an attachment.  I went to the
>website, but could not find an Agenda relevant to Old North for the meeting
>on the 16th.  This was all that I found:
>
>Appointment to Commissions: Finance & Budget Commission, Personnel Board,
>Senior Citizens Commission
>  > Cable Franchise Renewal Update (Parks & Community Services Dept Jerilyn
>Cochran)
>   Summary of primary negotiating points and permission to extend the
>franchise for another 60 days.
>  > CDBG/HOME Request for Proposal Approval (P&CS Jerilyn Cochran)
>   Approving the critical needs and public outreach process for the 2004-2005
>CDBG and HOME programs.
>  > Closed Session: Conference with Labor Negotiator - All Employee
>Associations
>   Closed Session Begins at 5:30 p.m.
>  > Glacier Place (Planning & Building Dept - Bill Emlen)
>   Multi uses subdivision - Senior Citizens Housing
>  > Lexington Apartments Market (Planning & Building Dept)
>  > Right of Way Vacations (Rhys Rowland, P&B)
>
>Lastly, from what I saw, the City still requires a public hearing.  That
>would provide the neighborhood association time to organize and attempt to
>arrive at some neighborhood consensus.
>
>I'd appreciate your clarification.
>
>Thanks,
>Andy
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: oldnorth-bounces at velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us
>[mailto:oldnorth-bounces at velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us]On Behalf Of John
>Lofland
>Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 5:43 PM
>To: members at oldnorthdavis.com
>Subject: [OldNorth] council agenda for Tues.
>
>
>The City Council agenda for Tuesday has just arrived.
>
>For those who are not subscribers to that email service, I attach what I
>got.
>
>Note that this meeting starts at 5:30 PM.
>
>Our item of interest is on the consent calender. To get it heard,
>someone must request that it be pulled. The person most effective in
>doing this would our President. One can call the City Clerk, Betti
>Rakki. Or, one can ask a member of the Council to pull it. Some staff
>have the influence to get items pulled. There is boiler plate
>language on this topic on the agenda, as I recall.
>
>John
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