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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes <br />May 26, 2020 <br />Page 10 of 11 <br />Public Comments — None. <br />Councilmember Brown suggested one amendment to the resolution: adding to Section <br />1A1 that Public Meetings before City Council held by Electronic participation under this <br />Section 1. A. 1. must also include an in -person participation option. He stated he feels <br />strongly that people need an in -person option for attending public hearings. <br />Councilmember Brown moved for approval with the one amendment he suggested; <br />Mayor Pro Tem Maloney seconded. <br />Councilmember Lipton was concerned this is overly broad as it requires all land use <br />applications, even minor ones, have an in -person component. <br />Councilmember Leh asked if Councilmember Brown wants to add this as he feels the in - <br />person component is legally required. Councilmember Brown stated he is suggesting the <br />change because he hears from people in the community that they want a way to <br />comment in -person on land use cases. It is important to them to have that option. <br />Councilmember Leh stated he has concerns with Section 1A2. He does not want items <br />subject to referendum to be heard in an electronic meeting by either the City Council or <br />the Planning Commission. He would also like more discussion on accessibility for <br />electronic meetings and additional procedures for quasi-judicial hearings. <br />Mayor Stolzmann stated she supports the motion. The resolution doesn't solve the <br />problem of in -person meetings but does expand the ability to conduct business once that <br />is resolved. She noted that if the Council doesn't approve this we can't address any of <br />these types of business. It is a good move in the right direction. <br />Mayor Pro Tern Maloney stated he supports this resolution as it clarifies how we handle <br />certain items and having public input is at the heart of our Charter. <br />Councilmember Lipton stated that as amended this is saying that all land use applications <br />must be held in —person and with an electronic component and if that is the intent it is not <br />clear nor is it good policy. He stated in his ward he has not gotten requests for in -person <br />meetings to resume. He suggested it go back to Legal Committee for more discussion. <br />City Manager Balser stated staff brought this to get clarification not just for quasi-judicial <br />hearings before City Council but also that those could happen at Planning Commission. <br />There are meetings in the queue for Planning Commission and staff would like it to be <br />clear we can have those meetings electronically. What staff heard previously is that those <br />items not subject to referendum should be able to come forward through the electronic <br />process and this would clarify that. <br />Councilmember Fahey stated that at both the earlier Council meeting and the Legal <br />Committee meeting the goal was to make sure that quasi-judicial items, not subject to <br />