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OpenGovernmentCommission | 2022-01-11 | 2 | 4-C. Report to City Council on Issues Arising from Implementation of the Sunshine Ordinance Commissioner Chen gave a presentation. Commissioner Montgomery moved approval of allowing five more minutes for the presentation. Chair Tilos seconded the motion, which carried by the following roll call vote: Commissioners Cambra: Aye; Chen: Aye; Montgomery: Aye; Tilos: Aye; Chair LoPilato. Ayes: 5. Commissioner Chen completed her presentation. Commissioner Montgomery stated the orientation packet should be moved to the success portion of the report since she received one when she became a Commissioner. Vice Chair LoPilato thanked Commissioner Chen for her huge undertaking in providing a well-structured and comprehensive report; stated that she would like to add a link to the Brown Act and Public Records Act in the Bylaw; she would like clarification about what the Commission/staff partnership should look like. The City Clerk stated she will add the links to the bylaws. In response to Commissioner Chen's inquiry regarding posting the bylaws online, the City Clerk stated the bylaws for Boards and Commissions are not typically posted, but she would be happy to post in on the Commission's webpage. Commissioner Chen stated she would like the bylaws to be posted online. In response to Chair Tilos's inquiry regarding the four-year maximum term limit, Vice Chair LoPilato stated the section regarding the term limits is from the original bylaws; it is a piece that the Commission does not have the ability to revise since it requires City Council action; quoted the language, a term that is concurrently linked with the service of the appointing City Council member but in no event shall exceed four years. " The City Clerk stated the key language is that a single term cannot exceed four years. Vice Chair LoPilato stated that she was wondering about development of a ten-year plan; questioned whether problems, such as lack of continuity in institutional memory, might be solved in a less labor-intensive way; she thinks it is a great aspirational request, but fears it will be bumped to the bottom of the priority list given everything else staff has to do. Commissioner Chen stated for her personally and as a resident of Alameda, it would be Meeting of the Open Government Commission January 11, 2022 2 | OpenGovernmentCommission/2022-01-11.pdf |