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As you are aware, the Brown Act creates specific agenda obligations for notifying the public with a "brief description" of each item to be discussed or acted upon, in part so that the public may comment on any item before Council takes action as indicated in the relevant portion of Government Code Section 54954.3.(x) quoted here: "Every agenda for regular meetings shall provide on opportunity for members of the public to directly address the legislative body on any item of interest to the public, before or during the legislative body's consideration of the item, that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body, provided that no action shall be taken on any item not appearing on the agenda unless the action is otherwise authorized by subdivision (b) of Section 54954.2." [... j It also creates a legal remedy for illegally taken actions—namely, the judicial invalidation of them upon proper findings of fact and conclusions of law. Pursuant to that provision (Government Code Section 54960.1), 1 request that the City Council cure and correct the illegally taken action as follows: Pull Item 11A (SECOND READING ORDINANCE: ADOPTION OF CITY BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2016-2017) from the July 21, 2016 City Council Consent Calendar and continue consideration of the ordinance and the two additional associated Council actions listed above until after Council has properly conducted a hearing and first reading in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act. As provided by Section 54960.1, you have 30 days from the receipt of this request to either cure or correct the challenged action or inform me of your decision not to do so. If you fail to cure or correct as requested, such inaction may leave me no recourse but to seek a judicial invalidation of the challenged action pursuant to Section 54960.1, in which case I would also ask the court to order you to pay my court costs and reasonable attorney fees in this matter, pursuant to Section 54960.5. Respectfully yours, Jered Elmore Cc Ms. Maria D. Huizar, Clerk of the Council Ms. Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney