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November 16, 2021
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Sunshine Ordinance
Sunshine Ordinance
City Manager’s Office
November 16, 2021
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What is the
Sunshine Ordinance?
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A Set of Local Laws to Increase Transparency
•Publishing City Council meeting agendas 96 hours in advance (vs. 72-hour requirement)
•Requiring a community meeting for certain development projects
•Requiring mailed notices for property owners and occupants within 500 feet of the subject
property
•Sharing RFPs and related documents, and making them available on the City’s website
•Sharing calendars of City officials
•Sharing FPPC forms on the City’s website
•Creating a Five-Year Strategic Plan
•Hosting annual budget meetings
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Proposed Changes
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Community Meetings
•Expand the number of community meetings
for certain development projects from one to
two.
–As proposed, the first community meeting would be
required to be held within 20 days of submittal of
an application for development project review.
–The second community meeting would take place
no earlier than ten days prior to the development
project being resubmitted to the City after receipt
of comments from staff.
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Noticing
•Increase the radius of distributing noticing of said
community meetings from 500 feet of the subject
property to 1,000 feet.
–The current Sunshine Ordinance requires mailed
noticing for properties and dwelling units within 500
feet.
–As proposed, the noticing requirement would expand to
1,000 feet.
–This applies to Planning Commission public hearings
also.
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Lobbyist Registration
•Implement a Lobbyist Registration Policy.
–The proposed policy includes the following:
•DEFINITION: “Lobbyist” is defined as a person or business entity that
received $250 or more in a calendar year for communicating, using
any means, with a City official or employee to influence current or
future City legislation, administrative decisions, City Council
elections, or local initiative measures. This includes an employee,
officer or director of an entity whose duties include communicating,
either directly or through an agent, with city officials or City
employees to influence any proposed or pending governmental,
legislative or administrative action of the City.
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•ANNUAL REGISTRATION: Lobbyists must register with the Clerk of
the Council annually within 15 days of qualifying as a lobbyist.
–Exemptions:
•Any government official or employee acting in his or her official capacity
•Any 501(c)(3)tax-exempt organization that receives funding from any federal,
state or local government agency for the purpose of representing the interests
of indigent persons and whose primary purpose is to provide direct services to
those persons
•A newspaper or other regularly published periodical, radio or television station
or network, when in the ordinary course of business, it publishes content which
directly or indirectly attempts to influence City officials or employees
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•QUARTERLY REPORTS: Lobbyists must submit quarterly disclosure reports
specifying the following:
1.The nature of the issues they are trying or tried to influence through lobbying of City officials
2.Identify each client and the amount of compensation received from each client for
communicating, using any means, with City officials to influence current or future City
legislation, administrative decisions, City Council elections, or local initiative measures;
3.All campaign contributions or gifts to elected City officials;
4.All campaign contributions to a controlled committee of an elected City official;
5.All fundraising activities conducted on behalf of elected City officials;
6.All contributions or gifts to political campaigns;
7.All contributions or gifts made at the behest of elected City officials;
8.All contributions or gifts to political campaigns made at the behest of elected City officials;
9.All contributions or gifts to registered domestic non-profit organizations made at the behest
of elected City officials;
10.All contributions or gifts to religious institutions made at the behest of elected City officials;
11.All contributions or gifts to non-profits made at the behest of elected City officials;
12.All payment received for services as a consultant to the City or any City agency;
13.Any compensated work done for a political campaign of an elected City official; and
•Disclosures shall cover the past two years.
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•DISCLOSURE: The Clerk of the Council must post
quarterly disclosure reports on the City’s website.
•PENALTY FOR VIOLATION: Any person who violation of
this policy is guilty of misdemeanor and may not act as a
lobbyist for one year.
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City Council Meeting Agendas
•Publish City Council meeting agendas seven
days prior to the meeting date.
–State law requires agendas to be published
three days in advance.
–Current Sunshine Ordinance requires four
days.
–As proposed, the agendas would be required to
be published seven days in advance.
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Questions?