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OpenGovernmentCommission | 2021-02-01 | 12 | meeting; he heard Commissioner LoPilato mention a menu of concerns and questions; once there is a sense of what the Commission would like to address, staff will be able to assess whether coming back at the next meeting will be enough time. Chair Tilos inquired whether the Commission would be able to have the follow up information for the four complaints by the March meeting, to which the Assistant City Attorney responded in the affirmative; stated it would definitely be feasible; he also heard the Commission talk about getting input on potentially broadening the scope of the public records requests; inquired whether there should be two separate meetings to address both agenda items; stated it would depend on the nature of the questions being asked, but he would rather do it all in one meeting. Commissioner LoPilato moved approval of identifying big-picture questions to pose to the City Attorney's office in order to determine whether it is feasible to reconvene in March with concrete language to talk about. Commissioner Chen seconded the motion. In response to Vice Chair Shabazz's inquiry, Commissioner LoPilato stated she is amenable to any friendly amendments to her motion to continue discussing beyond questions posed to the City Attorney's office. Commissioner LoPilato stated she is thinking of the questions that would help frame how to move forward include: 1) whether the City Attorney's office would be comfortable recommending anything that contains a super majority requirement; 2) she is curious to hear a little bit about benchmarking of what other jurisdictions have done regarding a null and void remedy; and 3) have the City Attorney's office elaborate on the risks are of getting it wrong; it would benefit the Commission and the public to be grounded in the understanding of why it is taking so long to get it right; she would also like the Commission to consider the idea of posting votes taken on OGC recommendations and whether there are legal concerns around it. Chair Tilos inquired what the Commissioners' thoughts are on continuing the meetings beyond a certain time or if Commissioners prefer hard stops. Vice Chair Shabazz expressed support for never having all-nighters. Commissioner Reid stated that she prepared a presentation for the meeting. Commissioner Chen stated she suffers from Zoom fatigue; she does not mind meeting more frequently than twice a year; suggests dividing the tasks so everyone is fresh; she would like to punt to the next meeting. Chair Tilos inquired whether the Commissioners would be agreeable to set a hard stop of 9:00 p.m. for the meetings. Meeting of the Open Government Commission February 2, 2021 12 | OpenGovernmentCommission/2021-02-01.pdf |