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OpenGovernmentCommission | 2020-06-24 | 15 | Commissioner Tilos stated any situation that would prevent people from showing up, including a shelter-in-place order. The Chief Assistant City Attorney inquired whether Commissioner Tilos would like something more specific than just a declaration of local emergency and a situation which would involve a shelter-in-place, to which Commissioner Tilos responded he is not opposed to a declaration of local emergency in the broader context. The City Clerk requested clarification that the Commission recommendation would be that those items just not be on special meetings. Commissioner Tilos stated his recommendation would be that such items would not be on any meeting agenda during local emergency situations. The City Clerk noted the City Council has already taken action to move two ballot measures forward in July; she just wants the Commission to be clear that items are in process right now. The motion failed due to a lack of second. Commission Communications Commissioner Shabazz stated with the recent arrest of Mali Watkins, there are some issues that overlap with the Commission; he probably has a slightly different perspective than Chair Schwartz regarding the amount of transparency regarding the information, considering his attempts to get information from the Police Department; there is list of demands for information from a group of young people which the OGC may be interested or able to address: 1) quarterly release of Police use of force; 2) independent oversight of Police review; and 3) the call for an audit of the Police budget; to what extent does the OGC want to make sure the people understand the City budget and the taxpayers funding; he wanted to raise these issues and see if there is a place for the OGC to better understand and make recommendations around the matters. Chair Schwartz stated he appreciates that there was no legal compulsion regarding the release of the information, it was voluntarily released for public access within two weeks; he would be interested in police review, but does not think it would fall under the OGC. Commissioner Little stated the one piece the OGC could look at is the multiple times people have requested body cam footage and the response from the APD was always that the incident was under investigation and footage could not be released; the APD set a precedent regarding releasing the Mali Watkins body cam footage even during an investigation, which the OGC should take note of, especially when constituents come forward to the OGC that their requests are not being addressed in a timely manner. Meeting of the Open Government Commission June 24, 2020 15 | OpenGovernmentCommission/2020-06-24.pdf |