HomeMy WebLinkAbout95-57 - Limitation on Public Testimony at City Council MeetingsRESOLUTION NO. - S
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, CONCERNING
LIMITATION ON PUBLIC TESTIMONY AT CITY
COUNCIL MEETINGS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
1. California Government Code ("G. C.") Section 54954.3 and Costa Mesa
Municipal Code ("CMMC") Section 2-62 provide for the authority of the City Council to
establish regulations limiting the total time allocated for public testimony on particular issues and
for each individual speaker.
2. A three (3) minute time limitation for public testimony at a City Council meeting
is reasonable due to the average length of time needed to complete City Council meetings, to
afford all persons seeking to address City Council with adequate time to be heard and to
accommodate all matters of the public on the agenda before the City Council.
3. The time specified for remarks or testimony to City Council pursuant to G. C.
Section 54954.3 and CMMC Section 2-62 is hereby set at three (3) minutes unless further time
is granted by a majority vote of the City Council.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of June, 1995.
ATTEST:
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Deputy Ci I
Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa
M r of the City of Costa Mesa
PPROVED AS TO FOR(
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CITY
CITY ATTORNEY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of
the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No.
was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof
held on the 19th day of June, 1995.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City
of Costa Mesa this 20th day of June, 1995.
Deputy Ci Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of
the City C ncil of the City of Costa Mesa