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Commissioners told a May 15 sea-level-rise meeting was noticed as a community event, raising Brown Act questions
Summary
City staff said a coming sea-level-rise community meeting was noticed as a community event, not a Forest and Beach Commission Brown Act meeting; commissioners pressed staff to change the notice so the full commission could attend without creating a quorum issue.
City staff told the Forest and Beach Commission that a community meeting on sea level rise scheduled for May 15 was noticed as a public community meeting rather than as a meeting of the Brown Act body, meaning the full commission could not attend without turning the session into a noticed public meeting.
The difference has prompted questions from commissioners who said they expected prior community workshops on related topics to have been noticed so any commissioner could attend. "The meeting is noticed as a community meeting. It wasn't noticed as a meeting of this Brown Act body," said Brandon, assistant city administrator, who described the current status and said staff would…
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