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Approve Report to City Council on Issues/Problems Arising from Implementation of the Sunshine Ordinance
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Prepared by the OGC Sub-Committee on Practical and Problems Encountered on Administration of the Sunshine Ordinance (Commissioners Rasheed Shabazz and Serena Chen)
I. BACKGROUND
The duties of the Open Government Commission include advising the City Council on the implementation of the City of Alameda's Sunshine Ordinance, developing goals to ensure the practical and timely implementation of ordinance, and report in writing to City Council at least once annually on any practical or policy problems encountered in the administration of the Sunshine Ordinance (Ordinance, 2-22.4 (b-d).
At the May 3, 2021, Commission meeting, Commissioners agreed to form a subcommittee to address practical and policy problems encountered and appointed Commissioners Chen and Shabazz to meet and report back at the next OGC meeting. The Subcommittee members met three times via telephone in May, July, and September.
After discussing the preliminary report at the 7/20/21 and 9/20/21 OGC meetings, the Sub-committee agreed to prepare a report to the City Council after a final approval the at the 10/4/21 OGC meeting.
Some of the issues covered by the Sub-Committee at the 7/20 OGC meeting have since been addressed: staff plan on conducting an orientation for new OGC members later this year; proposed amendments to the OGC By-Laws have been made and will be agendized on the 10/4/21 OGC meeting for approval; and amendments to the complaint process have been presented and will be further discussed and (possibly adopted) at the 11/1/21 meeting.
Through the latter two processes outlined above, the roles and responsibilities of the OGC members and the CAO's office have been clarified, providing an operational framework through which new issues can be addressed.
II. AREAS OF REVIEW
What remains are issues that have arisen in adjudicating complaints covering the Public Records...
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