Item 37 - Consider Amending City Council Meetings Rules and Procedures

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g. "Two-way telephonic service" means a telephone service that does not require internet access, is not provided as part of a two-way audiovisual platform, and allows participants to dial a telephone number to listen and verbally participate. h. "Webcasting" means a streaming video broadcast online or on television, using streaming media technology to distribute a single content source to many simultaneous listeners and viewers. 2. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION USING TELECONFERENCING. a. Public Participation. Santa Ana will allow members of the public to remotely hear and visually observe the meeting for each meeting. Members of the public will be allowed to remotely address the legislative body using: (i) a two-way audiovisual platform; or (ii) a two-way telephonic service and a live webcasting of the meeting only during such meetings where a member of Council participates using teleconferencing under the Just Cause or Emergency Circumstances provisions or the meeting is held regarding a proclaimed state of emergency. b. Requests For Reasonable Accommodation. Council shall implement a procedure for receiving and swiftly resolving requests for reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities, consistent with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12132), and resolving any doubt in favor of accessibility. In each instance in which notice of the time of the meeting is otherwise given or the agenda for the meeting is otherwise posted, the legislative body shall also give notice of the procedure for receiving and resolving requests for accommodation. c. Additional Teleconference Locations. Nothing in this Policy shall prohibit the Council from providing the public with additional teleconference locations. d. Additional Physical Locations. Nothing in this Policy shall prohibit the Council from providing members of the public with additional physical locations in which the public may observe and address the legislative body by electronic means. 3. COUNCILMEMBER PARTICIPATION USING TELECONFERENCING. a. Teleconference Meeting Requirements. During all meetings where members of the Council participate remotely by Teleconference, the following requirements shall apply: (A) all votes taken during a teleconferenced meeting shall be by roll call; (B) the teleconferenced meetings shall be conducted in a manner that protects the statutory and constitutional rights of the parties or the public appearing before the legislative body of a local agency; (C) the legislative body shall give notice of the meeting and post agendas as otherwise required by the Brown Act; and (D) the legislative body shall allow members of the public to access the meeting and the agenda shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to address the legislative body directly pursuant to Section 54954.3. 3