RULES COMMITTEE: 10/25/2023
Item: B.1
File ID: ROGC 23-380
TO: Honorable Mayor & FROM: Toni J. Taber, CMC
City Council City Clerk
SUBJECT: The Public Record DATE: October 25, 2023
October 12 – October 19, 2023
ITEMS FILED FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD
Letters from Boards, Commissions, and Committees
Letters from the Public
1. Letter from Blair Beekman, dated October 13, 2023, regarding: Blair Beekman. Tuesday, October 10, 2023 ...... To extend Public Comment, for item 4.1.. SJ city council,
10.17.23. 2. Letter from Ruth Callahan, dated October 17, 2023, regarding: Opinion: WSJ debunks absurd idea that Taxpayer Protection Act would snuff out cities' essential services. ____________________________
Toni J. Taber, CMC
City Clerk
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Blair Beekman. Tuesday, October 10, 2023 ...... To extend Public Comment, for item 4.1 .. SJ city council, 10.17.23.
b. beekman
Fri 10/13/2023 8:31 AM
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Dear San Jose city govt, and community,
It was decided at RaOG, October 4, at the SJ - that Item 4.1, public comment, at the October 17, 2023, SJ city council meeting, will be limited, to 1 minute. And overall public comment, on the item, will be limited, to 30 mins.
Can I make a suggestion, to continue to allow public comment, for item 4.1, at Open Forum time, at the end, of the city council meeting. for 1 minute. If you are in an especially good mood, the regular 2 mins, of public comment, would be helpful.
There will probably not be, as many people remaining, to speak on item 4.1, at the end of the meeting. But offering, continued public comment, for item 4.1, at Open Forum time, is an important, goodwill gesture. And, at 1 minute each, for public comment time, their portion of Open Forum, may take only 10-15 mins. Or perhaps, not much longer, than 30-40 minutes.
The end of a city council meeting & Open Forum, is a time of less pressure. And that city council, should be available to listen, if people will still want their voices heard, on the issue. Much like, how the VTA practices, if open forum time is needed, at both, the beginning & end, of a VTA Board of Directors public meeting.
As there is usually only, a small number of persons, for regular open forum public comment, i hope SJ city govt, can plan for, at least, an additional 30-60 mins total, of Open Forum time, at the end, of the October 17, city council meeting. And to hear remaining public comment, for item 4.1. sincerely,
blair beekman
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Opinion: WSJ debunks absurd idea that Taxpayer Protection Act would snuff out cities' essential services
Ruth Callahan
Tue 10/17/2023 9:31 AM
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Ruth A Callahan
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