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CityCouncil | 2010-04-20 | 5 | decision; Council has made the top five priorities clear; that she can get started on the ordinances. Mayor Johnson stated the City Attorney's suggestion makes sense. Vice Mayor deHaan stated the thrust of what Council is trying to do might get lost, which is to have one overall Sunshine Ordinance; each separate ordinance can be folded in as the overall ordinance is finalized. The City Attorney stated the Municipal Code could end up having one Sunshine Chapter with different sections, which would be more reader friendly. Vice Mayor deHaan stated different topics should fold into an overall ordinance; that he is hearing that the City could build [the ordinance] from the five [Council priorities] and another five [priorities] from the Sunshine Task Force. Mayor Johnson stated that she does not know where five items from the Sunshine Task Force came from. Councilmember Gilmore stated the idea came from her; Council's five priorities are clear; the whole point of having a public Sunshine Task Force is to get input from the public that has a different point of view of what the issues are; having the community put forth items of concern seems fair; the second part is that things may not belong in an ordinance because other ordinances already deal with the issue, but implementation procedures might need streamlining; Council does not need to deal with procedures for getting information, but the public does; the Sunshine Task Force can provide items that the public has issues with when requesting information; Council can take a look at the procedures and have staff come up with ways to streamline or clarify the process. Mayor Johnson stated that she concurs with Councilmember Gilmore. Councilmember Tam stated that she appreciates that the City Attorney takes direction from Council; she would like to benefit from the expertise of the Sunshine Task Force; she would like the Sunshine Task Force to review the ordinance and provide input after the City Attorney drafts the ordinance. Mayor Johnson stated that she is fine with the draft ordinance going back to the Sunshine Task Force for review; Council priorities can be done on a separate track. The City Attorney stated that she can bring back Council's five priorities; the Sunshine Task Force does not need to review the items; the community may have additional issues which the Sunshine Task Force could review. Councilmember Tam stated Council's five priorities were not priorities but were captured in a staff report; that she would like to have validation that the five items are Council priorities. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 5 April 20, 2010 | CityCouncil/2010-04-20.pdf |