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OpenGovernmentCommission | 2020-12-14 | 4 | Stated that he is disappointed in the level of transparency throughout City Government; the OGC is supposed to be about improving transparency; he would like to know if there is a way the public could communicate in writing and have it considered by the Commission; he would like clarification on publication of reports, specifically on the police reform committee report: Jay Garfinkle, Alameda. Chair Tilos stated the method to provide communications to the Commission is via email. The City Clerk concurred with Chair Tilos, stated an email can be sent to the Commission as a non-agenda oral communication item; the problem is the Commission cannot engage in discussion of a non-agenda item; it would be up to a Commissioner to agendize the item. Chair Tilos concurred; explained to Mr. Garfinkle that after receiving communications on a non-agenda item, a Commissioner could propose to place that item on the agenda to be discussed. The City Clerk further clarified that the item would be agendized to a future meeting. Commissioner Shabazz provided an example of how the process works; stated that he took Mr. Garfinkle's suggestion about having a flow-chart for the PRA process and tried to create one; the item would not necessarily be one that needs to be agendized if there is another method of addressing the issue; another example was that he, as a community member, would go before various boards or commissions and make specific recommendations for issues to be agendized; if that process is appropriate for the OGC, perhaps it is something that can be adopted. Chair Tilos stated the OGC used to only have two scheduled meetings, and would only meet if there was a complaint filed; if there are no meetings on the schedule, this is not the place to be discussing other issues that are not complaints; some of the matters regarding transparency or reporting should go to Council; the main objective of the OGC is to determine if something is broken in the Sunshine Ordinance. The City Clerk stated the next scheduled meeting is in February; if a member of the public wants to submit a comment to pass on to the Commission before or after the agenda is published, she would share it as a non-agenda item communications; the Commission probably should not go too far into discussion on this issue since it is not on tonight's agenda; she is happy to discuss the issue offline with Mr. Garfinkle and Chair Tilos. Chair Tilos stated Mr. Garfinkle can send his concerns to the Clerk or Commission to be addressed further. Commission Communication Commissioner Pauling stated she would like to thank and acknowledge everyone; she had a wonderful learning experience from being on the Commission for the past year; she Meeting of the Open Government Commission December 14, 2020 4 | OpenGovernmentCommission/2020-12-14.pdf |