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Agenda Item 33.

City Council Meeting

Meeting Date:	02/07/2017
FROM:	City Manager

Subject:

Legislative Platform for the 2017 Legislative Session

RECOMMENDATION

It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached City of Brea Legislative Platform for the 2017 legislative session.

BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION

Each legislative session brings a mix of new and recurring issues for cities to tackle. In order for the City of Brea to proactively engage in the legislative process, staff has prepared the attached legislative platform for City Council consideration.

The platform outlines City Council positions on essential issues and serves as City Council authorization for Brea elected officials and professional staff to advocate the City’s position as legislation proceeds at the federal, state and regional levels. It provides staff with clear direction regarding the types of issues the City will monitor during the legislative session and also enables staff to respond quickly with the City’s position as amendments to bills occur in the legislature.

The legislative platform is adopted on a yearly basis just prior to the legislative session and has been a recurring practice by the City Council for several years. Typically, staff reviews the previous year’s legislative platform and suggests edits to keep the list current. Thus, the proposed 2017 Legislative Platform attached to this report has been reviewed by the Executive Directors and incorporates their suggested changes. In addition, the City Council on January 17, 2017 held a Study Session discussion on specific revisions they wanted to add to the legislative platform specific to pension reform and CalPERS governance. Those revisions are reflected in Section 4 titled Human Resources items S through W of the legislative platform.

FISCAL IMPACT/SUMMARY

The City of Brea proactively engages in the legislative process by annually adopting a legislative platform. The platform outlines Council positions on essential issues and serves as authorization for Brea elected officials and professional staff to advocate the City’s position as legislation proceeds at the federal, state and regional levels.

There is no fiscal impact associated with the approval of the 2017 Brea Legislative Platform.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:

William Gallardo, City Manager
Prepared by: Mario E. Maldonado, Assistant to the City Manager

Attachments
2017 Brea Legislative Platform