initiate proposals at any other time for changes to local, state and federal laws, rules, regulations and policies. Such proposals shall be acted upon in the same manner as provided in Clauses (ii) through (v) above. (c) Guidelines for Review of Pending Legislation, Regulations, Rules and Policies. The City Council in order to enable it to perform its work shall not later than December 1 of each even numbered year, adopt guidelines for use by the Chief Legislative Analyst in reviewing local, state and federal legislative proposals, including rules, regulations and policies and developing recommendations to the Council for official City positions with respect to such proposals. Any recommended positions on a legislative proposal developed by the Chief Legislative Analyst that is consistent with the Council’s guidelines shall be incorporated into a resolution and submitted to the Council for its consideration. Any such resolution that is adopted by the Council shall be forwarded to the Mayor for consideration as provided in Section (b) Clauses (iii) - (v) above. (d) Urgency positions. In the event that the Mayor and the President of the City Council, or the Chief Legislative Analyst acting on behalf of the President of the City Council, agree that exigent circumstances require that a legislative position be adopted immediately to protect the City’s interests, such tentative legislative position shall be determined by them by mutual agreement and shall be deemed part of the City’s legislative program and shall be communicated by the Mayor to the appropriate governmental agencies and shall simultaneously be referred to the Council in the form of a resolution for consideration at its next regular meeting, consistent with applicable law, and processing in the same manner as provided in (b) Clauses (ii) - (v) above. In the event that the Council disagrees with the Mayor and Council President, or their designees, such policy position shall cease to be an official City legislative position, and such fact shall immediately be communicated to the governmental agencies involved. SECTION HISTORY Added by Ord. No. 173,348, Eff. 7-16-00, Oper. 7-1-00. Amended by: Sec. 2.34 Renumbered Sec. 2.19, Ord. No. 173,587, Eff. 12-7-00.