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OpenGovernmentCommission | 2021-05-03 | 16 | Sunshine Ordinance and provide more substantive information; the meetings are not linear or easy for the public to follow; she feels strongly that meetings going late into the night and topics being bumped impede public accessibility; she would like to make sure as the Commission makes recommendations to other bodies improvements that can be made to the OGC are reviewed as well; the item is framed around subcommittee formation. In response to Chair Tilos's inquiry, Commissioner LoPilato stated much like when the ordinance revisions were being considered, there was a subcommittee of two commissioners formed to do the work and then it was brought back to the full Commission for a vote. Chair Tilos inquired clarification on whether forming a subcommittee to hear complaints would be feasible in terms of the timing in scheduling a hearing. Commissioner LoPilato responded she is not actually suggesting subcommittees on anything related to the findings on a complaint; the usual process would be followed for when a complaint comes in; what the subcommittees would involve is those situations where there is a conversation that reveals something much bigger going on after making a discrete decision on a complaint; there is a lengthy meeting dilemma where the solution is to revise the bylaws; the next steps would be to vote on whether the Commission would like staff to consider agendizing the creation of a subcommittee to do that; there are issues outside the scope of the complaint where the solution would be to form a subcommittee to track issues related to practical or policy problems encountered in the administration of the Sunshine Ordinance, and/or when there is a time sensitive issue that warrants a standalone report; the third issue in the ordinance seems to indicate the Commission should be reviewing postings; she would defer to staff on what this section of the ordinance might require. In response to Chair Tilos's inquiry about agendizing the item for the next meeting, Vice Chair Shabazz responded the item is on tonight's agenda; the Commission is within order to discuss the matter and potentially make decisions; the length of the meetings is an issue that other Commissions do not have; one thing that could help is doing work and asking questions prior to the meeting; the meetings will not take as long if the Commission members could organize in a way to communicate with each other appropriately prior to meetings or have subcommittees address certain things; training for the Chair and Vice Chair would be helpful to figure out Commission boundaries without having to figure out bearings publicly on Zoom; having a time limit is a solution. Commissioner Chen stated the issues are all things the Commission has been thinking about; the proposal is very comprehensive; the Commission should start thinking about priorities; the press release regarding the death of Mario Gonzales was very upsetting for a lot of people because it was similar to what happened to George Floyd; the trust level declined in the City, which is a form of open government and transparency; the item about postings is really important, especially on sensitive issues; the issue framing adds to the transparency or the distrust; she would like to see the Commission split into two-person Meeting of the Open Government Commission May 3, 2021 16 | OpenGovernmentCommission/2021-05-03.pdf |