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A Municipal Advisory Council
is a
Brown Act organization and is obligated to follow the Brown Act rules. |
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Municipal Advisory Council gives
a community an opportunity to address public policy concerns and to
develop coordinated planning. |
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Because its
activities, such as meetings and surveys, take place in the community
and reflect community characteristics, a Municipal Advisory Council can facilitate citizen
participation in the formation of local opinion on public problems. |
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A Municipal Advisory Council
can receive testimony regarding zoning, land use, and other issues in
Yucca Mesa as opposed to traveling to San Bernardino. |
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Yucca
Mesa Municipal Advisory Council meetings focus on Yucca Mesa issues ONLY. |
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When
compromise is appropriate, a Municipal Advisory Council can avoid the risks involved when outside sources attempt to
engineer a settlement. |
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Municipal Advisory Council can
train community leaders in local government; can develop awareness of
positions and problems outside one's experience; foster familiarity with
county departments and personnel and skill in handling conflict. |
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Municipal Advisory Council gives
a community an officially recognized voice with public officials and
agencies. |
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While a
Municipal Advisory Council is not full protection from the Town of Yucca Valley to include Yucca
Mesa in their Sphere of Influence with eventual annexation, the Joshua
Tree Municipal Advisory Council has been in existence for over 15 years and was very
influential in combating Yucca Valley's attempt to annex them.
Note that ONLY an incorporation can totally stop Yucca Valley from
attempting annexing Yucca Mesa, and LAFCO advises that Yucca Mesa does
not have the tax base to become incorporated. |
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Municipal Advisory Council is an
Advisory Council. Advisory people should be appointed. The
Board of Supervisors is the decision-making body. It is the
elected body. |
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Elected
people have terms and cannot be dissolved like appointed people can. |
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The
relationship that will make the Municipal Advisory Council work is that between the
Municipal Advisory Council and the
Supervisor. This relationship will be better if the people on the Municipal Advisory Council
are appointed and are acceptable to the Board. |
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The
Supervisor can select a well-rounded representation for the Council
while the electorate may choose a one-sided group. |
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Elections
cost money which the County does not have at this time. |
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