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Resolution No. 96-39 Page Two City staff is required by the City Council to make individual professional recommendations which may, or may not, agree with those of the commission. The staff is required to present fairly the commission's recommendations and explain them, but will not defend them if in disagreement. When appropriate, the commission chair or delegated representative should be present at the City Council meeting to report on the commission's recommendations. Your commission is not a substitute for regularly constituted government. The responsibility for allocating scarce public resources rests with the community's elected representatives, the City Council, and cannot be delegated to an outside group, however capable and interested it might be. Commissioners should review City policies related to programs under their scope of interest and make recommendations for changes to the City Council. However, commissioners must adhere to the policies approved by the Council as expressed in the General Plan, Municipal Code, and other official documents. In the event your Commission wishes to make inqwoes or recommendations to the City Council at a regularly scheduled City Council meeting, the Commission should follow the procedures as set forth in the City Council "Rules and Operating Procedures," Section III Agenda for Council Meetings. Subsection B. In accordance with this section, Commissions should submit a written memorandum to the City Manager stating the subject of the request, what decision is being requested of the Council, and any cost that is associated with the request. The request must be made no later than 5:00 p.m. 18 days prior to the date of a regularly scheduled Council meeting. The City Manager shall determine the completeness of the request and shall determine if any staff work is necessary prior to placing the matter on a City Council agenda. To assure that staff members are apprised of commission activities while allowing the City Manager to direct the staff work needed to fmalize an item for City Council review, your requests should be submitted to the City Manager through the staff liaison assigned to your commission. "