Public Participation Instructions
MEETINGS: Regular Meetings of the City Council are held on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
in City Council Chambers. A full City Council agenda packet with all backup information is available at City Hall and
on the City’s website at www.ArcadiaCA.gov. Copies of individual Agenda Reports are available via email upon request
(CityClerk@ArcadiaCA.gov). Documents distributed to a majority of the City Council after the posting of this agenda
will be available for review at the Office of the City Clerk, 240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California. Live broadcasts
and replays of the City Council Meetings are on cable television. Your attendance at this public meeting may result in
the recording and broadcast of your image and/or voice as previously described.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: Your participation is welcomed and invited at all City Council meetings. Time is reserved at
each regular meeting for those in the audience who wish to address the City Council. The City requests that persons
addressing the City Council refrain from making personal, slanderous, profane, or disruptive remarks. Any person
wishing to speak before the City Council may do so using one of the following methods.
Complete a Speaker Card, indicating the agenda item number and place it in the Public Comment Drop Box, or simply come to the podium when the Mayor asks for those who wish to speak.
Click on the link or join using the Webinar/Meeting ID or call the established conference line. To provide public comment, select the “Raise Hand” feature in Zoom during public comment.
Web Link:
Webinar/Meeting ID: 389875
A conference line has been established for public comment. To provide public comment, press *9 to “raise your hand”.
Conference Line: 1 (626) 444-9171
Webinar ID: 821 8133 4548#
Access Code: 389875#
Public Comment submitted electronically will not be read into the record at the posted meeting time but is forwarded to the City Council prior to the meeting for consideration. Your comments must be received at least 30 minutes prior to the posted meeting time. Please submit your comments electronically by completing the form below:
PUBLIC COMMENTS: Should be presented during the time designated as “PUBLIC COMMENTS”, for all matters on the agenda or not on the agenda. By State law, the City Council may not discuss or vote on items not on the agenda. The matter may be referred to staff for appropriate action or response or will be placed on the agenda of a future meeting except for public hearing items.
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND APPEALS: Are items scheduled for which public input is either required or desired. Separate and apart from the applicant (who may speak longer in the discretion of the City Council), the allotted speaking time is generally determined by the number of speakers, in accordance with the following format: 5 speakers or less – 5 minutes each; between 6 and 20 speakers – 3 minutes each; between 21 and 50 speakers – 2 minutes each; and more than 50 speakers – 1 minute each. The applicant may additionally submit rebuttal comments.
AGENDA ITEMS: The Agenda contains the regular order of business of the City Council. Items on the Agenda have generally been reviewed and investigated by the City Staff in advance of the meeting so that the City Council can be fully informed about a matter before making its decision.
CONSENT CALENDAR: Items listed on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be acted upon by one motion. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a member of the City Council, Staff, or the public so requests. In this event, the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered and acted on separately.
DECORUM: While members of the public are free to level criticism of City policies and the action(s) or proposed action(s) of the City Council or its members, members of the public may not engage in behavior that is disruptive to the orderly conduct of the proceedings, including but not limited to, conduct that prevents other members of the audience from being heard when it is their opportunity to speak or which prevents members of the audience from hearing or seeing the proceedings. Members of the public may not threaten any person with physical harm or act in a manner that may reasonably be interpreted as an imminent threat of physical harm. All persons attending the meeting are expected to adhere to the City’s policy barring harassment based upon a person’s race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical handicap, medical condition, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, or age. The Chief of Police, or such member or members of the Police Department, shall serve as the Sergeant-at-Arms of the City Council meeting. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall carry out all orders and instructions given by the presiding official or a majority of the Councilmembers, for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum at the meeting. Any person who violates the order and decorum of the meeting may be placed under arrest and such person may be prosecuted under the provisions of Penal Code Section 403 or applicable Arcadia Municipal Code section.
