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Page 2 of 3 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org <br />alerted to State and Federal legislation and ballot measures due to their membership in regional agencies <br />and boards and professional organizations. <br />Given the continued interest by the City Council to actively engage in the State legislative process, the City <br />Council Governance Sub-Committee and City staff felt it was prudent to revisit the City’s Legislative <br />Advocacy Policy in order to allow the City to quickly engage in an expeditious manner on policy positions <br />contained in the City Council approved Legislative Platform. This will allow the City’s legislative consultant <br />to promptly engage on City legislative priorities and policies that often move quickly with little notice. <br />While key elements of the 2018 Legislative Advocacy Policy remain intact, the development of the <br />proposed modifications to the Policy were evaluated by the City Council’s Governance Sub-Committee. <br />At the January 31, 2022 Governance Sub-Committee meeting, the Committee (Mayor Hale, <br />Councilmembers Aguirre and Gee) recommended adoption of the Updated Policy for full City Council <br />consideration. <br />ANALYSIS <br />While key elements of the 2018 Legislative Advocacy Policy remain intact, the development of the <br />proposed modifications to the Policy were evaluated by the City Council’s Governance Sub-Committee. <br />At the January 31, 2022 Governance Sub-Committee meeting, the Committee (Mayor Hale, <br />Councilmembers Aguirre and Gee) recommended adoption of the updated Policy for full City Council <br />consideration. <br />The updated Legislative Advocacy Policy incorporates two primary changes. First, is references the City <br />Council’s Legislative Platform which provides ongoing direction needed for the City’s legislative consultant <br />and City staff to engage on a variety of legislative proposals. The Legislative Platform identifies the City <br />Council’s strategic policy priorities and serves as a guide in adopting positions on legislation. Since 2020, <br />the City has annually adopted a Legislative Platform. The 2022 Legislative Platform is currently under <br />review by the City Council’s Governance Sub-Committee following discussion at the February 14, 2022 <br />City Council meeting. <br />Second, the updated Legislative Advocacy Policy provides that, if an advocacy position is clearly consistent <br />with the City Council’s adopted Legislative Platform, the City Manager is authorized to request that the <br />Mayor or in the absence of the Mayor, the Vice Mayor, sign advocacy letters on legislation of interest <br />without taking the item to the Governance Sub-Committee or City Council for approval. Additionally, it <br />allows City staff to direct the City’s legislative consultant to engage with appropriate state and federal <br />officials on legislation in which the City has taken an advocacy position. These proposed modifications to <br />the Legislative Advocacy Policy allow the City to quickly engage in an expeditious manner on policy <br />positions contained in the City Council-approved Legislative Platform. <br />6.F. - Page 2 of 13 <br />93