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RESOLUTION NO. 09- 261 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUN ADOPTING AN AMENDED CONFLICT OF OF DESIGNATED POSITIONS REQUIRE[ INTERESTS :IL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON INTEREST CODE AND A REVISED LIST TO FILE STATEMENTS OF ECONOMIC WHEREAS, the California Political Reform Act, Government Code Section 81000 et seq., requires the City of Pleasanton to adopt a Conflict of Interest Code for each department of the City; and WHEREAS„ the Conflict of Interest Code must designate employees and officials involved in governmental decision-making to make certain disclosures regarding their sources of income, such as investments, interests in real property and business positions held outside of their employment with the City, in order to avoid potential conflicts of interest; and WHEREAS, the Fair Political Practices Commission (the "FPPC") has adopted a Model Conflict of Interest Code (the "Model Code'). The Model Code, codified at Section 18730 of Title 2, Division 6 of the California Code of Regulations, can be incorporated by reference by the City as its Conflict of Interest Code. That Model Code will be amended by the Fair Political Practices Commission from time to time to conform to amendments to the Political Reform Act; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 1573, the City previously adopted a Conflict of Interest Code containing designated positions and disclosure categories. By this resolution the City is adopting an updated Conflict of Interest Code, including a revised Appendix A, the list of designated positions, to reflect the addition of new positions, the deletion of outdated positions and the renaming of positions. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Pleasanton, that the Model Code, attached hereto as Exhibit A and any amendments to it duly adopted by the FPPC, and Appendices A and B are hereby incorporated by reference and shall constitute the Conflict of Interest Code for the City. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that persons holding designated positions listed in the Appendices shall file Statements of Economic Interest pursuant to Section 5 of the Conflict of Interest Code with the information required for the disclosure categories assigned to them. The city clerk shall retain the statements and make them available upon public request. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby directs the City Clerk and City Attorney to coordinate the preparation of a revised Conflict of Interest Code in succeeding even-numbered years in accordance with the requirements of Government Code Sections 87306 and 87306.5. The revised Code should reflect any changes in department or employee designations. If no revisions to the Code are required, the City Clerk shall submit a report no later than October 1st of the same year, stating that amendments to the Code are not required. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Pleasanton at a regular meeting held on February 3, 2009.