A. The city clerk shall be responsible for assuring full compliance with the provisions of this article. The city clerk may delegate duties and responsibilities to city staff, applicants and consultants as necessary, appropriate and consistent with the purpose and intent of state law and city procedures. The city clerk shall be responsible for assuring that all mitigation measures subject to the provisions of this chapter are included in a monitoring and reporting plan for all discretionary projects approved by the city, which include mitigation measures required to mitigate potentially significant environmental impacts below a level of significance. The city clerk shall also assure that monitoring reports are timely filed and, when identified, plan violations corrected. The city clerk shall also establish the necessary procedures to assure timely, thorough and efficient administration of the mitigation measure monitoring and reporting functions within the department of planning.

B. Other city staff shall, whenever possible, assist the city clerk in the efficient administration of this program. In addition, if it becomes necessary to assure compliance, the city clerk is authorized to engage consultants to assist the city clerk in assuring compliance with these portions of any mitigation plan related to project design and construction, including but not limited to plan checking, site preparation and construction activities. Planning commission may be responsible for responding to and reporting on complaints about and violations of approved mitigation plans. City staff may be responsible for monitoring and reporting on public projects carried out by their departments which are subject to a monitoring plan. Specific staff responsibilities shall be clearly defined in each monitoring plan.

C. The city clerk may delegate specific responsibilities for monitoring or reporting to project applicants or qualified consultants. Such delegation shall be consistent with the requirements of objectivity and technical competence. Project applicants may be required to notify plan monitors when completion of certain measures is achieved and compliance must be confirmed. Private consultants or staff from other responsible or trustee agencies may be retained to augment city staff where special expertise or time demands arise. Such use of consultants shall be clearly described in the approved monitoring plan and funded in advance. (Ord. 89-13 (part), 1989)