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6.J. - Page 15 of 22 <br />C. Public Comment: Non -Agenda Matters and Consent Calendar. <br />1. The General Rules for all public comment apply (see above). <br />2. The time for public comment on this portion of the agenda is generally thirty 30 <br />„,inutesfifteen (15) minutes. Regardless of the number of speakers, a speaker shall <br />not exceed 3 minutes.2 (two) minutes but the time allotted might be less than 3- <br />1 )minute s when there are more than fifteen (15) speakers, at the <br />discretion of the Presiding Officer. When there are numerous speakers, the <br />Presiding Officer may extend the time for public comment for non -agenda and <br />consent items. <br />3. Matters Not on the Agenda. The Brown Act does not allow the City Council to <br />discuss non-agendized matters because it does not give the public adequate notice. <br />Accordingly, the City Council is limited to asking factual and clarifying questions of <br />staff, and when appropriate, the Council may consider placing a matter on a future <br />agenda. In addition, it is not reasonable to expect staff to respond to any of a variety <br />of issues on which they may or may not be prepared to respond to on a moment's <br />notice, so the City Manager may direct staff to respond at a later time. <br />4. Consent Calendar. There is generally a Consent Calendar on all regular meeting <br />agendas which includes those matters that the City Manager, in consultation with <br />the Mayor and Vice -Mayor, deems to be of a routine nature and will be enacted by <br />one motion and one vote. The public may contact the person identified on the <br />agenda prior to the Council meeting with questions about matters on the consent <br />calendar. <br />D. Public Comment: Action Items. The public may comment on each remaining item listed <br />on the agenda for action as the item is addressed by the Council. <br />1. The General Rules for all public comment apply (see above). <br />2. Action Items (other than appeals and public hearings). The total time for public <br />comment on items on this part of the agenda is generally thirty (30) minutes. <br />Regardless of the number of speakers, a speaker shall not exceed 2 (two) minutes <br />but the time for individual speakers may be less than 2 (two) minutes -when there <br />are more than 15 (fifteen) speakers. at the discretion of the Presiding Officer. <br />3. Appeals and Public Hearings. The total time for public comment on items on this <br />part of the agenda is generally sixty (60) minutes. Regardless of the number of <br />speakers, a speaker shall not exceed 2 (two) minutes. If there are more than thirty <br />(30) persons wishing to comment in addition to the staff and the parties to the <br />appeal or public hearing, the Presiding Officer may limit the public comment for all <br />speakers to less than 2 (two) minutes per speaker at the discretion of the Presiding <br />Officer. When them s speakers, the PFesod;ng Officer m ext -i <br />ATTY/POLICIES/A GUIDE TO CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS & BUSINESS <br />REV: 04/23/2018 <br />Page 8 of 15 <br />331 <br />