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RentReviewAdvisoryCommittee | 2019-02-25 | 5 | Approved Minutes February 25, 2019 concerns that had been raised by Committee members. Program staff summarized three concerns raised at the February 4, 2019, meeting if the names of parties and unit numbers are not disclosed on agendas: 1) how Committee members would address parties during a hearing, 2) how Committee members would know whether they have a conflict of interest that needs to be disclosed, and 3) how Committee members could reference prior, related cases to preparing for a hearing. Program staff recommended that the first concern could be handled by asking the parties at the start of a hearing, while the other two concerns could be handled by giving the information directly to Committee members prior to the meeting. City Attorney staff added that conflicts of interest could be brought up at the beginning of a hearing if a Committee member recognizes one of the parties. Vice Chair Sullivan-Cheah stated that waiting until a meeting to determine whether Committee members need to recuse themselves could cause problems with quorum. He said Committee members have had to recuse themselves three times in his time on the Committee. City Attorney staff noted that records provided ahead of time would be subject to public records requests. Vice Chair Sullivan-Cheah said he believes this is an issue the Committee should vote on because it would be a significant departure from what the City Council envisioned. City Attorney staff said that the Committee may vote on changes to its bylaws, but for changes to Ordinance no. 3148 the Committee can only make recommendations to City Council. Vice Chair Sullivan-Cheah proposed tabling the item until a fifth Committee member has been appointed so that it can be discussed by a full board, and to give staff an opportunity to consider the Committee's initial feedback and report back. The Committee tabled further consideration of the confidentiality memo to a future RRAC meeting. 8. PUBLIC COMMENT, NON-AGENDA ITEMS, NO.2 None. 9. MATTERS INTIATED None. | RentReviewAdvisoryCommittee/2019-02-25.pdf |