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Consider Agendizing the Formation of Subcommittee for Drafting Annual Implementation Report to City Council and Discussion of Potential Topics and Form of Report (Chair LoPilato)
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Memo re: Consideration of Agendizing the Formation of Subcommittee for Drafting Annual Implementation Report to City Council and Discussion of Potential Topics and Form of Report
Drafted and submitted by Chair LoPilato for consideration during Commissioner-Initiated Agenda Items and possible placement on a future agenda
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Memo Contents:
I. Background / Overview
II. Specific Action Needed
III. Notes on Suggested Time/Scope Parameters for 2022 Report
IV. Proposed Report Template for Commission and Subcommittee Consideration
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I. Background / Overview:
One of the core purposes of the Open Government Commission is to "advise the City Council on administration of the Sunshine Ordinance." (Alameda Municipal Code section 2-22.1.)
Alameda Municipal Code section 2-22.4 outlines the "Duties of Commission," including "[r]eport in writing to the City Council at least once annually on any practical or policy problems encountered in the administration of the Sunshine Ordinance" and "[a]dvise City Council on appropriate ways to implement the Sunshine Ordinance." (A.M.C. 2-22.4(d) and (b), respectively.)
In 2021, in order to fulfill these statutorily-required duties, the Commission formed a subcommittee of two Commissioners who prepared a draft report. The full Commission reviewed and refined the Subcommittee's draft report during several open and public meetings before finalizing the report. The final "Report to City Council on Issues Arising from Implementation of the Sunshine Ordinance" can be found in the OGC's Meeting Agenda materials for February 7, 2022 under Item 4-B. As this type of report-drafting had not been undertaken by prior iterations of the Commission, the 2021 Report encompassed a broad scope of issues, many of which had exist...
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