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OpenGovernmentCommission/2015-02-02.pdf,7 | OpenGovernmentCommission | 2015-02-02 | 7 | Vice Chair Foreman stated that he spent a lot of time on the matter today; the whole construct of the ordinance bothers him; he became really embroiled in the Sunshine Ordinance when he was working on the Mayor's campaign and the Del Monte development; he finds the ordinance to be very confusing and in some cases contradictory, which the Assistant City Attorney pointed out in past meeting videos; the basic law is the State law, which sets the minimum standards; the only thing the City of Alameda can do is expand public access; questioned why the approach is basically restating the entire Government Code in the Municipal Code; stated if he had worked on the ordinance when it was created, he would have suggested an ordinance to supplement the [State] sunshine code, not completely restate it; a person has to read both when doing research as he had to do; his suggestion would make it [the City's Sunshine Ordinance] much shorter; that he would publish the Government Code on the City's website and this [City Sunshine Ordinance] would be a supplement; in the notice area, one expansion is going from a three day notice to a 12 day notice; almost everything else is repetition of what is already in the Government Code; that [his proposal for a shorter ordinance] is one approach; the other approach is to do what has been done; using the City existing ordinance in its current form needs to use the same language [as the Government Code]; for instance, the word "policy body" does not appear in the Government Code; the closest synonym for "policy body" is "legislative body;" if State law, which provides the minimum standards, uses the term "legislative body," Alameda should not be using the word "policy body" because it leads one to the conclusion that they are two separate things and they are not; it would be very difficult even for an accomplished lawyer to try to figure out some of these inconsistencies; another example would be "passive body;" there is no terminology "passive body" in the Government Code; that he understands… | OpenGovernmentCommission/2015-02-02.pdf |
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