7.A CONSIDER WHETHER TO CONSOLIDATE THE CITY’S ARTS AND PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSIONS
REQUEST That the City Council approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 23-947 to (1) dissolve the Arts Commission by removing Fillmore Municipal Code Chapter 6.18, (2) amending Fillmore Municipal Code Chapter 2.28 (Parks and Recreation Commission) to account for additional duties previously assigned to the Arts Commission, and (3) change the name of the newly consolidated commission.
Dissolving Commissions March 14, 2023 Page 2 of 2 01148.0001/853522.4 As the Parks and Recreation has five commission positions plus two student commission positions, all currently appointed commissioners could serve on the new commissioners, should they want to do so and staff would continue efforts to recruit for the two vacant student commissioner positions. Staff reached out to all active commissioners to gather their feedback on the proposed consolidated plan and commissioners provided full support of the proposed merger. Additionally, one of the commissioners suggested that the consolidated commission be renamed the Cultural, Arts, and Recreation Commission.
Approved 5-0

7.B ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 23-945 - THE 2022 UNIFORM BUILDING CODES AND FIRE CODES WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS AND FINDING OF EXEMPTION FROM CEQA
REQUEST. The City Council is being requested to: Approve second reading to adopt Ordinance No. 23-945 to adopt the California Building, Residential, Plumbing, Electrical, Mechanical, Green Building Standards, Energy, Fire, Historical, Existing Building, International Swimming Pool Code and International Property Maintenance Code, with local amendments; and find this action to be exempt from CEQA.
Approved 5-0

7.C CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF RELOCATE THE COUNCIL COMMENT PERIOD ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA The Brown Act, California’s “Sunshine Laws”, give members of the public the right to address the City Council and other legislative bodies of the City at their meetings on matters within the subject matter of the body. Hence, agendas for such meetings are required to provide an opportunity for the public to address the City Council on any item of interest to the public within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council and before or during the time the council considers each item specifically listed on the agenda. When a member of the public speaks on an item not on the agenda, the Brown Act allows the City Council, or other legislative body, and/or staff to briefly respond to that comment. From staff’s review of the practices of other cities, staff has observed that approximately half of the cities surveyed conduct City Council comments at the end of their agenda and the other half conduct council comments immediately after public comments.
Approved 5-0