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OpenGovernmentCommission | 2018-02-05 | 6 | the Council asked the Commission to do; that he does not think he will be able to support doing it the way proposed. Chair Dieter inquired whether there is any special rule that she forgot to include, to which Commissioner Foreman responded that he cannot answer that because he did not have an opportunity to compare; stated that he is worried something will be missed; history has to be respected; starting with the original document makes more sense; it should be repealed and codified in one document. Commissioner Henneberry inquired what was the genesis for the matter coming forward and what the City Council wanted out of it. The City Clerk responded the matter was raised via a referral; Councilmember Matarrese brought it forward to have changes made. Commissioner Henneberry questioned whether Councilmember Matarrese thought meetings were going too long; stated the rules are not the problem. Chair Dieter stated the impetus was there was a question about public comments non- agenda. The Assistant City Attorney outlined the public comment issue that lead to the referral. Commissioner Henneberry stated the entire issue came out of a specific arcane item; he has been dealing with Robert's Rules of Order for 30 years; the rules are not the issue if there is concern about the length of meetings, which is due to the Chair and meeting participants; he thinks Rosenberg's Rules look pretty good, clean and like a nice breath of fresh air compared to Robert's Rules; he does not want to go through every resolution because there was a non-agenda comment issue. Chair Dieter stated when looking at the issue, Councilmember Matarrese noticed there were other rules which are not being followed because they are not clear, such as Councilmembers are only allotted three minutes to speak; there was a whole host of things; it is great that the Council subcommittee looked to Rosenberg's Rules of Order; the League of California Cities (LCC) recommends Rosenberg's Rules; the City is pretty much following Rosenberg's Rules already and just needs to apply special rules; she spent hours and hours going through all the resolutions trying to find things that were not covered by Rosenberg's Rules, which are the ones she added to the end; she felt everything else was covered. Vice Chair Little stated going through her list, she is finding similarities between the notes she took on the various resolution items and Chair Dieter's list; she just wants to be cautious that the Commission is not missing something; she finds the City's rules terribly confusing; the language is circular and not understandable; she appreciates Rosenberg's Rules; she would consider moving forward and not going through everything line by line as long as there is agreement that there is a comparison between Meeting of the Open Government Commission February 5, 2018 6 | OpenGovernmentCommission/2018-02-05.pdf |