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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />D311111111, 44 rkrejoyvil=1 <br />MAY 16, 2017 <br />TITLE: <br />RESOLUTION APPROVING NEW BYLAWS <br />RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND <br />TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY <br />COMMITTEE <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 6, 1G) <br />MAN ER' <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on I" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2n° Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a Resolution whereby the City Council declares newly revised bylaws for governance <br />over the business matters of the Environmental and Transportation Advisory Committee. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In 1991, the City Council established the Environmental and Transportation Advisory <br />Committee (ETAC) by adopting Resolution 91 -112. Various administrative amendments <br />related to ETAC were adopted, and in 1999, an ordinance codified the duties of ETAC in <br />Chapter 33 of the Municipal Code. <br />In 2014, staff looked into the history of ETAC, and the City Attorney's office determined that <br />ETAC may only advise the City Council on matters related to trees and the urban forest. After <br />that determination was brought to the attention of the City Council, staff collaborated with ETAC <br />to clarify and modernize the roles and responsibilities of ETAC. <br />A new ordinance governing ETAC was presented to the City Council on December 20, 2016. <br />The second reading of that ordinance took place on January 17, 2017 (Exhibit 1). <br />A companion set of revised bylaws were developed along with the new ordinance and was <br />included for reference only when the new ordinance was presented to the City Council. The <br />new bylaws could not have been adopted concurrently because the ordinance would become <br />effective until 30 days after its second reading. The new ETAC bylaws are ready for adoption <br />and are herein presented in the attached Resolution (Exhibit 2). <br />The new ETAC bylaws were updated to match the new Ordinance since the new general duties <br />of ETAC include acting in an advisory capacity to the City Council in matters related to <br />transportation and streetscape master plans, and guiding principles on Water and Wastewater in <br />addition to the former duties on matters regarding public trees within the urban forest. <br />5513-1 <br />