City Council

A. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 707 DELETING TITLE\nIII, CHAPTER 33, SECTIONS 33.50-3.57 FROM THE SAN GABRIEL\nMUNICIPAL CODE TO DISSOLVE THE HUMAN EQUITY, ACCESS AND\nRELATIONS (HEAR) COMMISSION AND POTENTIAL APPOINTMENT OF\nTWO COUNCILMEMBERS TO A HUMAN RELATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE\nThe Human Equity, Access, and Relations (HEAR) Commission was established\nby the City Council on October 20, 2020 through Ordinance No. 670. Since then,\nthe HEAR Commission has hosted monthly meetings to accomplish the goals\nset forth in their annual workplans to advance the purpose and mission of the\nCommission. At the March 5, 2024 City Council meeting, Council requested that\nthe dissolution of the HEAR Commission be placed on the agenda of a future\nmeeting for consideration. Adopting Ordinance No. 707 would result in the\ndissolution of the Commission. Also under consideration is the creation of a\nnew subcommittee comprised of two Council Members to provide guidance to\nthe full City Council on any future human relations issues in San Gabriel. There\nis no fiscal impact associated with discussing the dissolution of the HEAR\nCommission. Should the City Council adopt the attached ordinance, there will\nbe a small budget savings for the expenses that were approved to support the\nHEAR Commission, as well as a reduction in the staff time involved in\nsupporting a commission.\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Determination: Not a Project as\ndefined in Section 15378 of the State CEQA Guidelines.\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends that the City Council determine the preferred course of\naction pertaining to the future of the HEAR Commission. Possible actions are\nas follows and are not mutually-exclusive; for example, the City Council could\nchoose to do items one and two below.\n1. Waive full reading, introduce by title only, and waive future reading of\nOrdinance No. 707 Deleting Title III, Chapter 33, Sections 33.50-3.57 from\nthe San Gabriel Municipal Code to dissolve the HEAR Commission; and\nwaive future reading and schedule the second reading and adoption of the\nOrdinance for the next regular City Council meeting.\n2. Appoint two members of the City Council to an ad hoc subcommittee and\nprovide specific direction on a human relations issue to explore and provide\nrecommendations to the entire City Council.\n3. Appoint two members of the City Council to a standing Brown Act\nsubcommittee to explore human relations issues in San Gabriel. Issues\ncould be assigned at any time in the future to the subcommittee as needed.\n4. Provide new direction to the HEAR Commission that aligns with the needs\nof the City as well as the purpose and scope of the HEAR Commission,\nincluding but not limited to amendments to the 2024 annual workplan,\npurpose, and scope of the Commission.\n5. Do nothing, thereby maintaining full operation of the HEAR Commission in\nits existing capacity.\n6. Other options that the City Council determines appropriate after discussing\nthe item.