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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002 018 CC RESO2002 018 CC RESO;¢f4¨úÿÿRESOLUTION NO. 2002-018 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK ESTABLISHING RULES OF CONDUCT FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT CITY COUNCIL AND OTHER PUBLIC MEETINGS WHEREAS, the City Council desires to make reasonable rules to govern the manner in which the public participates at its City Council Meetings and other public meetings of the City's boards, commissions, committees or other agencies created by formal action of the City Council; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to require persons who address the City Council and members of the audience of a public meeting to do so in an orderly and respectful manner; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish regulations governing the possession of signs, banners or placards brought into City Council and other public meetings; and WHEREAS, the City Council establishes this policy in an effort to foster and encourage an individual's ability to communicate with the City Council and the community, as well as to protect public safety; and WHEREAS, the City Council shall enforce this policy equally as to all persons participating in public meetings, and shall do so in a manner that does not consider the content of a person's speech or message. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park does hereby resolve as follows: SECTION 1. The City Council finds that reasonable rules are necessary to govern the manner in which the public participates at its City Council Meetings and other public meetings of the City's boards, commissions, committees or other agencies created by formal action of the City Council in order to ensure the effective and efficient conduct of City public meetings. SECTION 2. The City Council finds that it is a detriment to the public meeting process to have persons addressing the City Council or members of the audience acting in a disrespectful, disorderly, threatening, or abusive manner. SECTION 3. The City Council finds that the regulation of the possession of signs, banners or placards within public meetings will protect the rights of each member of the audience by prohibiting obstructions to others. In addition, numerous signs with wooden or plastic supports in the confines of the Council chambers or other enclosed area could constitute a safety hazard. BIB] 37643-U01 2002-U02 018-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO8678-U03 DO9098-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 1/21/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 2002 018 CC RESO;¢f4¨úÿÿResolution 2002-018 Page 2 SECTION 4. The City Council hereby determines that the regulations set forth herein shall not reference the content of the speech, shall be applied uniformly to all persons, and shall not limit a person's means of communications outside of a public meeting. SECTION 5. Based on these findings, the City Council hereby establishes its Rules of Conduct for public meetings, as set forth in Exhibit A." attached hereto and incorporated herein. SECTION 6. The policy established by this resolution shall be effective immediately. SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and shall cause the same to be processed in the manner required by law. PASSED. ADOPTED. AND APPROVED this 6th da ATTEST: STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ss. CITY OF BALDWIN PARK I, Rosemary M. Ramirez. deputy City Clerk, of the City of Baldwin Park. do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duty and regularly approved and adopted by the City Council of the city of Baldwin Park at its regular meeting of the City Council held on February 6. 2002. by the following vote of the Council: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Bill Van Cleave. Marten Garcia, Ricardo Pacheco, Mayor Pro Tern Linda Gair and Mayor Manuel Lozano NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: None ROSEMARY M. TOMIREZ, CMC CHIEF DEPUTY CFTTCLERK BIB] 37643-U01 2002-U02 018-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO8678-U03 DO9098-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 1/21/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 2002 018 CC RESO;¢f4¨úÿÿEXHIBIT A* RULES OF CONDUCT FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS Meetings of the City Council and its boards, commissions or committees shall be conducted in an orderly and respectful manner to ensure that the public has a full opportunity to be heard and that the deliberative process is retained at all times. The presiding officer of the meeting shall be responsible for maintaining the order and decorum of meetings. 1. Persons Addressing the Council. Each person who addresses the City Council or its boards, commissions or committees shall do so in an orderly manner and shall not make personal, impertinent. slanderous or profane remarks to any member of the City Council, staff or general public. Any person who makes such remarks, or who utters loud. threatening, personal or abusive language, or engages in any other disorderly conduct which disrupts. disturbs or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of any public meeting shall, at the discretion of the presiding officer or a majority of the members, be barred from further participation during that meeting. 2. Members of the Audience. No person in the audience at a public meeting shall engage in disorderly or boisterous conduct, including the utterance of loud. threatening or abusive language. whistling, stamping of feet or other acts which disturb or otherwise impede the orderly conduct of any public meeting. 3. Possession of Signs or Banners. Signs, banners or placards may be carried or held at public meetings subject to the following limitations. Signs, banners or placards may be held or carried but shall not be affixed to any wooden, plastic or other type of support. Nor shall the signs, banners or placards themselves be constructed of any hard material such as wood, hard plastic or metal. No signs, banners or placards shall be draped or affixed to any City property. 4. Enforcement. All persons determined to be in violation of these rules may be excluded or expelled from a meeting where a disturbance has been created which will not allow the meeting to continue unimpeded. BIB] 37643-U01 2002-U02 018-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO8678-U03 DO9098-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 1/21/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04