HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-01-2015 Item 1 KimballMeeting Date: 09/01/2015
RESOLUTION NO. (2a Item No.: 1
Distributed by Sharon Kimball, LOW\/
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL O
OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, PLEDGING TO FOLLOW BEST PRACTICES
OF CIVILITY AND CIVIL DISCOURSE IN ALL OF ITS MEETINGS
WHEREAS, We, the Mayor, City Council Members, and Staff of the City Council of the
City of San Luis Obispo, in the County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, in order to ensure
civility and civil discourse in all of our meetings, pledge our commitment to the following best
practices of civility and civil discourse;
WHEREAS, We pledge our commitment to Respect the right of all people to hold
different opinions in all our meetings;
WHEREAS, We pledge our commitment to avoid rhetoric intended to humiliate,
malign, or question the motivation of those whose opinions are different from ours in all our
meetings;
WHEREAS, We pledge our commitment to strive to understand differing perspectives
in all our meetings;
WHEREAS, We pledge our commitment to choose words carefully in all our meetings;
WHEREAS, We pledge our commitment to speak truthfully without accusation, and
avoid distortion in all our meetings;
WHEREAS, We pledge our commitment to speak out against violence, prejudice, and
incivility in all their forms whenever and wherever they occur in all our meetings.
WHEREAS, We commit ourselves to building a civil political community in which each
person is respected and spirited public and political debate is aimed at the betterment of the City
of San Luis Obispo and its people and not the disparagement of those with whom we disagree.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor, Members of the City
Council, Staff, and the Community of San Luis Obispo, in San Luis Obispo County, in the State
of California, shall promote the use of and adherence to the principles of civility and civil
discourse in conducting business with appointed and elected officials, staff, and citizens:
Upon motion of
and on the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
The foregoing resolution was adopted this
, seconded by
day of, 2015.
Mayor Jan Marx
Resolution No. (2015 Series)
ATTEST:
Anthony Mej is
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
J. Christine Dietrick
City Attorney
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City
of San Luis Obispo, California, this day of
Anthony J. Mejia
City Clerk
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