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OpenGovernmentCommission | 2021-02-01 | 17 | Commissioner Reid inquired whether it is appropriate at this time to ask the Commission to put the item on their next agenda, to which the City Clerk responded the decision is if there is a majority of the Commission who want to forward an inquiry to Council. The Chief Assistant City Attorney stated the City Attorney's office role is to do whatever the Council asks, similar to the discussion of the null and void. Vice Chair Shabazz stated he wants to address the mention of his tweet; read it verbatim; stated that he does not think his tweet was inaccurate; it is not entirely clear on the intention of the amendment or what the genesis truly is; inquired what could be the impact if some of the bodies are considered as meeting the requirements of the Brown Act; additional questions include whether it increases transparency or creates opportunity for people to be involved. Chair Tilos stated it seems there is a lot of interest in the subject; asked if Commissioner LoPilato and Commissioner Chen want to pursue the matter further and seek direction from the Council. Commissioner LoPilato stated the first step would be to check whether the Commission has interest in seeking direction from the Council to address the item; she is concerned about the topic and the way it is coming in; it could have an impact on chilling participation; she disagrees with a comment that it is not hard to abide by the Brown Act; it is hard because commissions cannot organically communicate on the side or build trust and relationships outside of public meetings; a lot of the topics discussed in the committees are more amenable to the way they have been structured; there are a lot of other issues the Commission can be working on; she appreciates Commissioner Reid efforts on the issue, but she does not think it is a priority at this time. Commissioner Chen stated she thinks this is an issue for the City Council because it is looking at an ordinance; she will be agnostic on the topic because she sits on the Police Reform committee; it was one of the best committees she has been on and has a very diverse group of people; there is a real benefit of having working, temporary groups around an issue where they can coalesce and give recommendations; as it applies to the Brown Act, the question becomes when does a group stray into Brown Act territory; it is not within her bandwidth and should be something the Council should decide what to do with. In response to Chair Tilos' inquiry, the City Clerk stated a Commissioner can make a motion to either send it to the Council or not; the Commission can take a vote or just let the matter die if no vote is taken. Commissioner LoPilato inquired whether the issue has been raised to the City Council separately, to which the City Clerk responded communication on the issue has done to the Council and people have been publicly commenting about concerns; the Council is very aware. Meeting of the Open Government Commission February 2, 2021 17 | OpenGovernmentCommission/2021-02-01.pdf |