Not much to say to start off, but how about if Hizzoner does he remote transmissions with a different background that's not so "personal"? From the "study session" no one has any comments or requests to hear, discuss or provide guidance on any of the items on the 15 pages of the regular meeting's agenda. However, "the news" is that the federal CARES program have arrived, the tens-of-millions dollar amounts are not disclosed and neither is a plan for the spending. City Manager Chris Brady sent out what he called 'brief statements' a couple of hours earlier.
Here's the screen-grab again of Hizzoner for the regular meeting that lasts more than an hour. . . .Surprise! In the six weeks since Council meetings turned into virtual reality video teleconference, Giles says how the public is permitted to participate________________________________________________________________
NOTE: On this blog that information has been made available the very first time CHANGES IN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION started
For ease-of-access here's the extra step the public needs to take due to the restrictions imposed by the city's use of Zoom:
LINK > https://www.mesaaz.gov/city-hall/city-council-meetings/online-meeting-comment-card
QUESTION: Is this too much information that is asked for?
Example 1:
Reading of Comments
Example 2:
Support/Oppose
Online Meeting Comment Card
Must be completed at least 1 hour prior to start of the meeting.
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City Council Meeting - 4/20/20
•Apr 20, 2020
2 Proclamations
Kevin Christopher starts reading the Consent Agenda
Start at 9:00
Finish18:00
They will be included when the Approved Minutes of this meeting are released, but there's a summary prepared and read aloud starting at 19:25 for support or oppose and the reading of names
30:00 one of the developers Ralph Pew, refers to the long history of their plans for real estate development from 2008
