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Commission reviews open-meetings, harassment prevention training and plans for ADU and housing ordinance work
Summary
Staff led annual training on open-meeting law and harassment/discrimination prevention, reiterated public-comment rules (legislative items require public hearings; administrative items do not), and said staff will prepare an accessory dwelling unit ordinance and follow up on affordable-housing ordinance changes already discussed with the council.
City staff used the meeting to deliver required annual training on open-and-public-meeting requirements and harassment/discrimination prevention before the commission’s regular business.
On open meetings, staff reviewed the definition of a public body, quorum rules, notice requirements (24-hour minimum and additional posting practices), agenda content, and minute/recording obligations. Staff emphasized that legislative actions require public hearings before decisions are made, while administrative items do not carry the same public-comment requirements: "Everything that is allowed to take…
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