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RESOLUTION 92-082
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SARATOGA BALANCING COMPETING
INTERESTS AND REAFFIRMING POLICY OF
MAINTAINING CONFIDENTIALITY OF NAMES
OF PERSONS REPORTING POSSIBLE CODE VIOLATIONS
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WHEREAS, the City of saratoga ("City") employs a
oomprehensive, aggressive progra. of code Enforcement in the
City 1 and
WHEREAS, the City's code enforcement program receives on the
average 1000 contacts per year from citizens reporting possible
violations of the City Code; and
WHEREAS, as part of its code enforcement program, the city
by and through its administrative staff receives and investigates
each report of possible oode violation and responds to each
reporting party regarding the results of the investigation; and
WHEREAS, receiving and investigating citizen reports of
po.sible code violation is an integral component ot the city's
Code Enforcement Program and, with limited resources, the city
depends upon and enoourages such communication trom its oitizens;
and
WHEREAS, once a report of possible code violation is
inv..tiqated and a violation is determined to have occurred or to
exist, the City beoomes the "complaininq party" and pursues
enforoement without the assistance of the oriqinal reporting
person; and
WHEREAS, onoe the information regarding a possible oode
violation 1. ~.ceived, the sole purpose tor retaining the name ot
the reporting person is to respond baok to that person reqarding
the results ot the investiqation# and
WHEREAS, the information contained in a report of possible
code violation, other than the name of the reporting person, is
generally subject tobeinq disolosed to the publio;
NOW, THEREFORE, the city council of the city ot Saratoga
do.. r.solve as follows:
1. Pursuant to section 6~55 of the California PUblic
Reoords Act (Government Code Section 6250 ~ ~) the council
haa balanced the public interest served by not making the names
of persona reporting possible code violations publio against the
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public in~.r..~ served by disclosurQ of suoh information, and has
conoluded tha~ tor the reasons set forth above, the pUblic
interest .erved by withholding such information clearly outweighs
the public inter.st served by disclosinq such information.
2. The city Council reaffirms the polioy of thQ City of
Saratoqa ~o maintain as confidential the names of persons
reporting po..ible code violations to the city, unless otherwise
required by law to disclose such information.
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pa..ed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council
of the city of Saratoga held on the 16th _ day of pee ember .. . ,
1992, by the following vote:
AYES:
Counoil.embers Burger, Kohler, Mania, Tucker and Mayor Anderson
NOBS: Hone
ABSENT: Hone
ABSTAIN: None
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ATTEST:
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