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A. The Mayor may announce, or the Council on majority vote may direct, the convening of a Council workshop. Workshops shall be held on the first Thursday of the month at 4:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers in the Civic Center Complex, Administration Building, at 276 Fourth Avenue, unless otherwise noticed. Said meeting shall be known as a “Council workshop,” conducted in a “workshop” context consistent with the provisions of this section, and noticed in accordance with the Brown Act.

B. The primary purpose of the Council workshop meeting shall be to address matters which are primarily of a planning character or other matters which require extensive deliberation of such length, duration or complexity as to be not conveniently capable of being addressed at the regular Tuesday Council meetings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, other matters may be addressed which, in the opinion of the City Manager, have some aspect of urgency to them or should be addressed at such meeting in subsequent Tuesday City Council meeting.

C. Notice requirements for special Council conferences, other than Council workshops noticed in the manner herein provided, shall be the same as those for special Council meetings.

D. At such Council workshops or special conferences, the City Council may require the attendance of members of any boards and commissions or members of the administrative staff for the purpose of discussing those items that appear on the Council conference agenda.

E. Council workshop meetings shall be deemed a special City Council meeting for all intents and purposes, and the City Council shall have the full authority to take any and all actions which the City Council is otherwise authorized by law or Charter to take at meetings.

F. The City Clerk, unless otherwise directed by the City Council, may limit the record of Council workshop meetings to a record of actions taken (“action minutes”) by the Council. (Ord. 3546 §§ 1, 2, 2023; Ord. 3137 § 1, 2009; Ord. 2444 § 2, 1991; Ord. 1486 § 2, 1973; prior code § 1.202(4)).