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Committee adopts resolution endorsing Safe and Thriving Communities policy goals
Summary
The committee voted to adopt a resolution pulling 31 policy goals from the Safe and Thriving Communities Report; city attorney staff explained the council may adopt policy goals while action plans remain an administrative responsibility.
The Public Health & Safety Committee voted Sept. 17 to adopt a resolution endorsing policy goals and priorities from the Safe and Thriving Communities Report.
Vice Chair Wansley introduced the resolution and said it is intended to preserve the council's ability to set long-term policy direction after a recent city-attorney opinion limited adoption of action plans. "The resolution...is a byproduct of work that has had lots of leadership by our now neighborhood safety director Amanda Harrington, as well as city attorney Dan Abelson," Wansley said, thanking staff for shaping the proposal.
Deputy City Attorney Dan Abelson explained the legal distinction between policy goals and action plans and cited Charter section 4.1(a) (council as the city's legislative body) and section 7.1 (mayor's executive authority). He said the Safe and Thriving Communities Report contains both policy goals/priorities and recommended action steps; the resolution before the committee extracts 31 policy goals and priorities for council endorsement.
Committee members praised the work of staff and the city attorney's office. Vice Chair Wansley moved the item and the committee approved it by voice vote.
Chair Chavez said the resolution provides a blueprint the committee can expand into a work plan for the four-year term, and that the city attorney and neighborhood safety director will continue to collaborate with council offices as implementation details are developed.
