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City Council Meeting Minutes April 7, 2020 Page 9 of 12 Mayor Stolzmann stated during a health crisis it is fair to assume not all City business can take place however, she does not support this resolution. Boards can call meetings as soon as the executive order is rescinded to help move projects along. The issue is equal access for all. There are members of the community who do not have computers and cannot access an electronic meeting to give comments. Proper due process is needed for both the applicants and the public. The lack of public participation is too big a risk and she feels the resolution is problematic. Councilmember Brown stated this is not needed yet. Most quasi-judicial items can wait until in-person meetings are allowed. Given the severity of the situation most items can wait and the City should be focusing on relief programs. We are not at the point we need to consider this. Councilmember Leh stated he does not think this is necessary yet. There may be reason to do this at some point, but not right now. He is also concerned electronic meetings are not ADA compliant. This should only be considered if and only if we can assure participation by all parties. Councilmember Fahey stated she supports delaying the resolution until more thought can be put into how to handle it better and she supports the change for removing items subject to referendum from the process. Councilmember Dickinson reiterated his support for the resolution stating applicants should not have to incur extra costs waiting for an in person meeting. This gives the ability for non-controversial projects to move forward. It is imperfect but we need to be able to adapt. Councilmember Lipton stated the City will have to move forward in some way and also address other changes that might be coming in the future. This gives us a backup process to deal with the routine matters. He supports the amendment to remove the referendum items. Councilmember Brown moved to continue this item to May 5; seconded by Mayor Stolzmann. Councilmember Brown stated this might be premature. We all want the City to continue to function but until we have more clarity on how long this will last and what the impacts are and this can wait. Mayor Pro Tem Maloney asked if the indemnification language needs to be included in the resolution. City Attorney Kelly stated that decision is up to the Council. Mayor Pro Tem Maloney would like it removed as he feels no applicant will agree to it.