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October 13, 2021 Meeting Minutes
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Commission on Persons with Disabilities
Roll Call: 5 Commissioners present
* Commissioner Roloff, Commissioner Kenny, Commissioner Beehler, Commissioner Hall, Commissioner Mullins
Minutes from the August 11, 2021 Commission on Persons with Disabilities Meeting
* Approved with 1 edit: In the section acknowledging Disability Month, edit ADA pledge to the ABA pledge
4A: Welcome Commissioner Katy Beehler and thank you Lisa Hall and Jennifer Roloff for committing to another term as Commissioner on Persons with Disabilities.
* Katy Beehler, product manager for a software company that does social good. Specializes in publishing accessibility and also serves on another publishing nonprofit in the Bay Area. Excited to be here to advocate for people in the City of Alameda.
4B: Presentation by City Clerk Lara Weisiger about the approved continuation of the suspension during the local emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic of certain provisions of the City's "Sunshine Ordinance" to the extend inconsistent with Assembly Bill No. 361 and Executive Order N-15-21 of the Governor of the State of California arising from the State of Emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
* We had been holding meetings virtually with a suspension of the Brown Act rules under the Governor's Executive Order
* Things have changed a little bit
* AB 361 continues most of the provisions that allow for remote meetings
* The new requirement is that the City Council has to make findings every 30 days to keep meetings this way
* Brown act allows remote participation of members but requires that you disclose locations and allow people to participate at those locations
* In a pandemic this is not a good idea
* To continue to operate this way, the Council has to suspend the Sunshine Ordinance every 30 days to continue to operate this way
* Allows this to continue through 2024
* It is not known how long the Council will authorize this for
* AM: to c...
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