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City Council Meeting Minutes March 15, 2022 Page 6 of 10 Councilmember Most noted it is important residents know the impacts of the fire on the City's budget. Public Comments — None. MOTION: Councilmember Brown moved to approved Resolution No. 18; Mayor Pro Tern Maloney seconded the motion. Mayor Stolzmann closed the public hearing. VOTE: Motion passed by unanimous roll call vote. DISCUSSION/DIRECTION — REMOTE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS City Clerk Muth stated the City Council has decided to return to in person meetings beginning in April. Staff is requesting direction from Council on if they would like continue to allow the public to attend and provide public comments both in person and remotely (via Zoom). The Council's current rules of procedure allow for electronic meetings but only "in the event meeting in person is not practical or prudent due to a health epidemic or pandemic or other state of emergency affecting the City" and it assumes all participants will be attending remotely. If the City Council would like to continue to allow the public to attend and give comments remotely at in person meeting, it should provide staff direction to bring back changes to the Council's Rules of Procedure to allow such participation. Allowing remote participation would give our currently displaced residents another way to attend meetings when they may not be living locally. Additionally, remote participation supports the City's equity efforts as it increases access to public meetings by giving residents more options for how to attend. Regardless of how public participation is managed, City Council meetings are available to anyone to watch via web stream through the City's website and on Comcast Channel 8. Public Comments RJ Harrington, 473 East Raintree Court, encouraged the Council to continue allow remote participation by residents allowing people flexibility as more COVID variants emerge. Mayor Pro Tern Maloney supported having an option for both the public and Councilmembers to participate remotely in a hybrid setting so people have as much flexibility as possible. Councilmember Most agreed. Councilmember Dickinson stated he supports allowing remote public participation for meetings going forward as a way to give people more options to engage in the process.