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11/19/2012 ATTACHMENT A to the City Council,will become part of the public record. As speaker may list his or her name on the card as "anonymous" and address as "City Resident." The Presiding Officer will call on speakers by the name listed on the speaker card so if a speaker lists his or her name as "anonymous" or another pseudonym, he or she should be prepared to respond to that name when called to the podium by the Presiding Officer. 8. The City Clerk will give the cards to the Presiding Officer so that the speakers may be identified an orderly way. Once the public comment period has beeun, no additional speaker cards will be collected and no additional speakers allowed to speak. This is because the amount of time allotted to speakers is dependent upon the total number of speakers. 9. Petitions. Petitions shall be submitted to the City Clerk and shall not be read in their entirety unless requested to do so by the Council. B. Public Comment: Non-A�enda Matters and Consent Calendar. 1. The General Rules for all public comment apply. (See above.) 2. The time allotted for public comment on this portion of the agenda is fifteen (15) minutes. Regardless of the number of speakers,time shall not exceed 3 minutes per speaker but might be less than 3 minutes when there are more than 5 speakers. 3. Matters not on the agenda.The Brown Act does not allow the City Council to discuss non-agendized matters because it does not give the public adequate notice. Accordingly, the City Council is limited to asking factual and clarifying questions of staff, and when appropriate, the Council may consider placing a matter on a future agenda. In addition, it is challenging for staff to respond to a variety of issues on which they may or may not be prepared to respond on a moment's notice so the City Manager may direct staff to respond at a later time. 4. Consent calendar. There is a generally a Consent Calendar on all regular meeting agendas on which includes those matters that the City Manager, in consultation with the Mayor and Vice-Mayor, deems to be of a routine nature. The public is encouraged to contact the person identified on the agenda, prior to the Council meeting with questions about matters on the consent calendar. C. Public Comment: Action Items. The public may comment on each remaining item listed on the agenda for action as the item is taken up. 1. The General Rules for all public comment apply. 2. Speaker Cards. After the initial public comment on non-agenda items and consent items, the public may comment on each remaining item listed on the agenda for action as the item is taken up. Member of the public wishing to speak to the Council on the item must fill out a speaker card and hand it in to the City Clerk prior to the commencement of the public comment portion of the matter. ATTY/DOCS-POLOCIES/10-23-12 PT REV CITY COUNCIL RULES OF PROCEDURE CLEAN.DOC REV:10-24-12 PT Page 6 of 11 RESO.#15231 MUFF#205