HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 13528 (Grand Jury Response; Sobering Center)RESOLUTION NO. 13528
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN RAFAEL APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE
MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
RESPONSE TO THE 2012-2013 MARIN COUNTY GRAND
,URY REPORT ENTITLED "A SOBERING CENTER IN
MARIN — ONE SMALL STEP IN SOLVING A BIG
PROBLEM"
WHEREAS, pursuant to Penal Code section 933, a public agency which receives a Grand
Jury Report addressing aspects of the public agency's operations, must comment on the Report's
findings and recommendations contained in the Report in writing within ninety (90) days to the
Presiding Judge of the Superior Court with a copy to the Foreperson of the Grand Jury; and
WHEREAS, Penal Code section 933 specifically requires that the "governing body" of the
public agency provide said response and, in order to lawfully comply, the governing body must
consider and adopt the response at a noticed public meeting pursuant to the Brown Act; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Rafael has received and reviewed the
2012-2013 Marin County Grand Jury Report, dated February 28, 2013, entitled "A Sobering Center
In Marin — One Small Step In Solving A Big Problem" and has agendized it at this meeting for a
response.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San
Rafael hereby:
1. Approves and authorizes the Mayor to execute the City of San Rafael's response to
the 2012-2013 Marin County Grand Jury Report entitled "A Sobering Center In Marin One Small
Step In Solving A Big Problem", copy attached hereto.
2. Directs the City Clerk to forward the City's Grand Jury Report response to the
Presiding Judge of the Marin County Superior Court and to the Foreperson of the Marin County
Grand Jury.
I, Esther Beirne, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the San Rafael
City Council held on the April 15, 2013, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Colin, Connolly, Heller, McCullough & Mayor Phillips
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ESTHER C. BEIRNE, City Clerk