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Recusal leaves Menendez application to staff recommendation or future meeting
Summary
A board member, Mr. Menendez, was identified as the applicant for an agenda item and recused himself; with insufficient members present the board deferred action and staff said the item typically proceeds under staff recommendation unless the board later acts.
The agenda included an application for an addition to a home filed by board member Mr. Menendez, and members noted he would need to recuse himself. Lourdes told the group the packet and report were for "an addition to a home to 1 of our members, mister Menendez." When Mr. Menendez recused and left the chambers the city attorney advised the board to defer the meeting due to lack of quorum.
Board members and staff said that when a board does not convene an application often moves forward under staff recommendation unless board members provide formal comments. As Lourdes put it in the meeting, "It it moves the item moves forward with staff's recommendation." Members were invited to email comments to staff; the city attorney clarified emailed comments would be treated as citizen comments and would not be a formal board recommendation.
