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OpenGovernmentCommission | 2021-05-03 | 9 | the group's time: Zac Bowling, Alameda. Vice Chair Shabazz stated he does not support increasing the threshold for complaints; he agrees with the speaker that the intention of the penalties is to prevent people from just filing a lot of complaints; people have an opportunity through the informal resolution process to address any issues or complaints; if the Commission develops the clarity around the options and language that it can consider, it is not the binary of "unfounded" or "sustained" and it would not be harsh or punitive. Commissioner LoPilato stated the Commission all agrees not to create a binary process; she does not support Commissioner Reid's proposed changes. Commissioner Reid moved approval of adopting her proposed option 2 in Section 2- 93.8.D that filing three unfounded complaints prohibits filing a complaint for the next three years. The motion failed due to a lack of second. Vice Chair Shabazz stated there will be a discussion later related to whether or not there will be subcommittees; perhaps that would be a conversation as part of the subcommittee and could be brought back to the full group; if there are no other additions to this item related to replacing null and void, he would like to recommend that the Commission share the package with the City Council and ask them to make a decision on it. Chair Tilos inquired whether there was anything else missing that needed to be discussed, to which the Assistant City Attorney responded in the negative. Vice Chair Shabazz stated the additional items at the end of Commissioner LoPilato's proposal regarding proposed revisions and posting information could be handled by the subcommittee, so the Commission does not have to pick through it tonight. In response to Chair Tilos's inquiry, the Assistant City Attorney stated that staff has been at this for some time; there have been discussions about moving with more deliberate speed; the plan was to get the input, put it all together and bring it to Council. Commissioner Reid stated she would not approve the package if the penalty section remains as is. *** Chair Tilos called a recess at 9:05 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at 9:12 p.m. *** 3-C. Accept the Annual Report and the Report Concerning Responses to Public Records Act Requests The City Clerk made brief comments. Meeting of the Open Government Commission May 3, 2021 9 | OpenGovernmentCommission/2021-05-03.pdf |