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Subject: FW: Public Comment at Meetings
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MAY 11 2011
From: John Grady [ma ilto: COUNCIL MEETING:
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 4:00 PM ITEM NO.:
To: E-mail Council Website <emailcouncil@slocity.o> -
Subject: Public Comment at Meetings
Dear Mayor Harmon and Council members,
I see on your upcoming agenda is a discussion about the Public Comment opportunity for items not
on the agenda. I think this is a critical opportunity for the public to bring to your attention issues and
items that you would otherwise not be aware of or likely ever even consider.
I urge you to keep this public comment period at the beginning of every council meeting! To move
this to the end of the meetings would be telling the people that you don't care what their thoughts or
concerns are! Who would sit around until 10 pm or often later to avail themselves of this valuable
opportunity? And one would never know what time to show up as there would be no time certain
dedicated to this opportunity.
If you really feel the need to shorten the time allotted to this endeavor, then perhaps cut back each
person's time to 2 minutes - but no less. Having spoken to council on many issues thru the years,
even 3 minutes seems a very brief time to get one's point across, so two minutes should be the
minimum you would reduce each person's time to speak.
Thank you.
John Grady
San Luis Obispo, CA