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CityCouncil | 2010-04-20 | 4 | Mr. Knox White inquired whether the Sunshine Task Force would draft and provide an ordinance to the City Attorney for vetting. Councilmember Tam responded that a draft ordinance needs to be approved as to form by the City Attorney; the City Attorney's office provides a staff person at Sunshine Task Force meetings; hopefully, staff will help to develop the initial draft, which will go through the process of consistency with existing ordinances. Mayor Johnson stated the City Attorney suggested that the Sunshine Task Force define the issues and then the City Attorney's office would draft the ordinance. The City Attorney stated the Sunshine Task Force would identify issues to Council; Council will make the policy decision and give direction to the City Attorney; the ordinance would come back in open session for community input and adoption. Councilmember Matarrese inquired whether Council direction would be given to the Sunshine Task Force; stated that he does not want individual Council comments to be confused with Council direction; that he is hearing consensus that the comprehensive list will take more than the originally prescribed meetings to accomplish. Mayor Johnson stated that she agrees with Councilmember Tam regarding things on the list not belonging in the ordinance. Councilmember Matarrese stated the first point is that more than the prescribed number of meetings will be needed; the second point is that some things can move along on a separate track. Mayor Johnson stated the SunCal process - document financing on the list has nothing to do with the Sunshine Task Force. Ms. Lipow stated the Sunshine Task Force listed all public comments. Councilmember Gilmore stated Council understands that the Sunshine Task Force will need more meetings than originally anticipated; suggested that the Sunshine Task Force go back and discuss Council priorities and add another three to five more from the list for submittal to the City Attorney's office; stated a lot of items on the list do not necessarily fall under the prevue of an ordinance but are important; the list should be prioritized for Council to discuss regarding policies and procedures. Mayor Johnson stated that she prefers to deal with stand-alone issues that are not directly related to the Sunshine Ordinance; issues should be brought to Council directly from the City Attorney's office. The City Attorney stated the City Attorney's office is very interested in the list and any additional issues; ultimately, she takes direction from Council; the list should come back to Council first and then determine what to do with the additional items as a policy Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 4 April 20, 2010 | CityCouncil/2010-04-20.pdf |