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corresponding legislature, regulatory agency, and other stakeholders, that the <br />City of Redwood City is not only in strong support of the legislative proposal <br />but is in effect leading the advocacy effort. This position is only used when a <br />State or Federal lawmaker has agreed to carry a specific proposal on behalf of <br />the City. <br />4. Formal Positions on Ballot Measures/Propositions: The City Council, acting as a body, may <br />take a position on behalf of the City on a ballot measure or proposition. <br />4.1 Should the City Council choose to take a position on a Local or State <br />measure/proposition, the measure/proposition: <br /> <br />a. Should directly impact the City’s finances, responsibilities, legal authority, or <br />operations; OR <br />b. Directly impact existing City policy, past action, or current City Council strategic <br />priorities; OR <br />c. Directly impact specific programs, services or infrastructure utilized in Redwood <br />City. <br />4.2 The measure/proposition can be referred to staff for analysis by the Mayor and Vice <br />Mayor, or by any Council Sub-Committee prior to the full City Council taking a position <br />on a measure/proposition. Staff will evaluate objectively the referred <br />measure/proposition’s potential impact on the City and present its analysis in an <br />objective and impartial manner to the City Council. Staff’s analysis will be made <br />available to the public; AND <br />a.If the City Council adopts a resolution endorsing or opposing a ballot measure <br />or proposition, the resolution should include a statement that no public funds <br />shall be used in the campaign for or against the measure or proposition. <br />5. Grassroots or Local Measure or Advocacy Action Policy: Full Council action is required for <br />any formal position for any type of grassroots or local advocacy action, such as social, <br />political, or economic movements, that are not legislation, regulatory or an administrative <br />proposal. <br />6. Individual Council Member Positions: This policy is not intended to limit the prerogative <br />of individual Councilmembers from expressing their individual support for or opposition to <br />any Local measure, or State proposition, State or Federal legislation, or grassroots <br />advocacy actions. However, in doing so, the member shall clearly state that they are <br />speaking for themselves, not on behalf of the Council body or the City collectively. When <br />acting in individual capacity, Councilmembers shall do so in accordance with other City <br />Council policies. <br />6.F. - Page 12 of 13 <br />103