The City Council Policy Manual includes policies adopted by the City Council pertaining to how the City conducts its business. The Policy Manual includes the following sections.
Councilmember Handbook - Rules and Procedures
SECTION 1 - ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS AND RISK MANAGEMENT
1.1 Council Procedure on Appeals
1.2 Preparation of Certified Record of Administrative or Legislative Actions
1.3 Risk Management Policy
SECTION 2 - SKYPARK PROPERTY
2.1 Interim Use of Skypark Property
SECTION 5 - CITY ADVISORY BODIES
5.1 Terms of Office, Appointment, Simultaneous Service:
I. Boards, Commissions, Committees;
II. Task Forces — Term
5.1A Policy Withdrawn - Term of Office, Community Center Committee Young Adult Appointment
5.2 City Advisory Bodies — Appointment of City Employees
5.3 Application Procedures — Boards, Commissions, Committees and Task Forces
5.4 Attendance Policy and Leaves of Absence for City Advisory Bodies
5.5 Boards, Commissions and Committees — Selection to Fill Unexpired Terms
5.6 Disabled Access to Meetings/Meeting Locations — City Advisory Bodies
5.7 City Advisory Bodies - Use of City Stationery and Business Cards
5.8 Agenda Subscription Service — Meetings of City Advisory Bodies and Council Committees
5.9 Communication of Council Action to Advisory Bodies
5.10 City Advisory Body Appeals
5.11 Open Meeting Regulations (Brown Act) — Application to City Advisory Bodies
5.12 Advisory Body Standing Subcommittees
5.13 Advisory Body Members’ Travel, Meeting and Conference Expenses
5.14 Minute Preparation for Advisory Body and City Council Committee Meetings
5.15 Responsibility and Authority of Chair to Prepare Advisory Body Agenda
5.16 Council Representation at Commission For The Prevention of Violence Against Women Annual Public Hearing
SECTION 6 - CITY COUNCIL
6.1 City Council Expenses; Travel Contingency Fund for City Councilmembers; and Books, Periodicals and Equipment Purchased by City Councilmembers
6.2 Special Meetings of the City Council
6.3 City Council Outgoing Correspondence
6.4 City Council — Staff Reports Pertaining to Policy Matters
6.5 City Council Agenda — Order of Business
6.6 City Council Meetings — Oral Communications (7:00 P.M. Session)
6.7 Lengthy Reports Distributed to City Council
6.8 Information Items for City Council — Procedure for Distribution (Items Not Requiring Council Action)
6.9 Requests of Staff Made by Councilmembers
6.10 Seating of New Councilmembers: Election of Mayor and Vice Mayor — Setting Times
6.11 City Mementos — Guidelines for Presentation
6.12 Closed and (Closed) Litigation Sessions
6.13 Open Meeting Regulations (Brown Act) — City Council Meetings
6.14 Issuance of Mayor’s Proclamations
6.15 Pre-Printed Material for Council Items
6.16 City council Agenda Legislative History Addendum
6.17 Equal Access to Services
6.18 City Council Review of Special Event Permits
SECTION 7 - CITY FACILITIES, USE OF
7.1 Use of City Facilities — Parks and Recreation Department Jurisdiction
7.2 City Council Chambers — Use of Facility
7.3 Designation of Memorials on City Property
SECTION 10 - ELECTIONS
10.1 Election Procedures: Candidate's Statement of Qualifications
SECTION 11 - ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
11.1 Opposition to Off-Shore Oil Drilling
11.2 UCSC's Growth — Relationship to City
11.3 Timber Harvests in Watershed Area and Preservation of Old Growth Trees
11.4 Declaring the City of Santa Cruz A Nuclear Free Zone
11.5 Energy Efficiency in City-Managed Facilities
SECTION 12 - FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING
12.1 Authorization to Draw Money from City Treasury and Sign Checks
12.2 City Grant Recipients — City Accessibility to Records
12.3 Availability of City Budgets for Public Use
12.4 City-sponsored Activities — Financial Impact
12.5 Transient Occupancy Tax
12.6 Appropriation Control
12.7 City of Santa Cruz Statement of Investment and Portfolio Policy
12.8 Public Trust Fund
12.9 Waiver and Payment of Fees for Special Events
12.10 Donations and Contributions
12.11 Gifts to an Agency Reporting
SECTION 14 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES
14.1 Provision of Municipal Services — Unincorporated Areas
14.2 Ordinances for Publication
14.3 Grants - Previously Approved Projects and Programs
14.4 Neighborhood Notification of Council Agenda Items
14.5 Protection of Individual Rights at Demonstrations
14.6 Jewish Holidays — Meeting and Event Scheduling
14.7 Funding Criteria for Community Development Block Grant Public Services
14.8 Assessment District Financing for Private Development
SECTION 16 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION
16.1 Official Anniversary of the Founding of the City of Santa Cruz.
SECTION 17 - HOUSING
17.1 Designation of Public Housing Agency for the City of Santa Cruz
17.2 Low Income Housing—Requests for Referendums
17.3 Rental Policy for City-Owned Housing
SECTION 20 - LEGISLATION
20.1 Resolutions — Adoption and Use of
SECTION 24 - PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES
24.1 Naming of City Parks
24.2 Invitations to Marine Vessels to Visit the City of Santa Cruz
SECTION 25 - PERSONNEL AND EMPLOYMENT MATTERS
25.1 Filling of Temporary Positions
25.2 Discriminatory Harrassment Policy
25.3 Mandatory Workshops For City Employees and the City Council Regarding Sexual Harassment and Cultural Diversity
25.4 Council Approval of Agreements with the City's Bargaining Units
SECTION 26 - PLANNING, LAND USE AND ZONING
26.1 Subdivisions—City Acquisitions of Easements Along Creeks
26.2 Landscaping Maintenance Bond
26.3 Subdivision and Major Developments Directly Outside City Limits—Review of
26.4 Permit Process—City Projects
26.5 Zoning Appeal Procedure
26.6 Use of General Plan—General Plan/Land Use Designation Inconsistencies
26.7 UCSC Growth and Its Impact on the City of Santa Cruz (Ballot Measure)
26.8 Growth Principles for University of California System
26.9 Approval of Projects in Downtown Area
SECTION 27 - POLICE SERVICES
27.1 Commission's Review of Police Service
27.2 Loud and Unruly Gatherings (Party) Ordinance
SECTION 28 - PROPERTY RIGHTS-OF-WAY
28.1 Guidelines for Disposal of City Owned Property — Small Parcels
SECTION 29 - PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS
29.1 Formal and Informal Bid Limits
29.2 Bids — Advantage for Local Vendors
29.3 Public Works Contracts Over The Formal Bid Limit Require Public Notice
29.4 Vehicle Replacement Program
29.5 Retention of Professional Consultant Services — City Manager
29.6 Contract Change Orders — Capital Improvement Projects
29.7 Asbestos in Products — Purchasing Guidelines
29.8 Prerequisite to Making Direct Purchases from State
29.9 Recycled Paper and Paper Products — Purchasing Guidelines
29.10 Hiring Musicians for City Events
29.11 Polystyrene Foam Plastic Products — Prohibition on City Purchase and/or Use
29.12 Burma — Restricting Use of City Funds
29.13 Purchase of Energy Efficient Products, Appliances and Equipment
29.14 Fair Trade Certified Coffee -- Purchasing Guidelines
SECTION 30 - REDEVELOPMENT
30.1 Redevelopment Agency Business — Use of Local Banks, Firms and Companies
30.2 Redevelopment Agency Meetings — Setting Time
SECTION 31 - REFUSE SERVICE
31.1 Use of Sanitary Landfill
31.2 Placement of Dumpsters on Public Rights-of-Way
SECTION 32 - STREETS AND HIGHWAYS
32.1 Banners and Displays Across Public Streets
SECTION 33 - TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION
Reference List - Large Policy Documents
(Available for inspection in the Public Works Department.)
Bikeway Plan - 1980.
SECTION 34 - UTILITIES (WATER AND SEWER)
34.1 City Sewer System — Future Users
34.2 Utility Rate Increases — Public Hearings
34.3 Water Service — Future Planning
34.4 Water Rate Stabilization Fund — Management and Use
34.5 Simplified Process to Consider Minor Additions to the City Water Service Area
Reference List - Large Policy Documents
(Available for inspection in the Public Works Department unless otherwise noted.)
Wastewater Treatment Facilities Plan - 1979.
Santa Cruz Master Drainage Plan.
Sewage Master Plan.
Water Supply and Distribution Plan - 1963 (available in Water Department).