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File #: 212967    Version: 1
Type: Order Status: Approved
File created: 1/24/2022 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/27/2022 Final action: 3/24/2022
Enactment date: 1/27/2022 Enactment #: 212967
Title: That the Director of Communications report on measures that could be taken to provide more equitable and consistent access to online public meetings.
Sponsors: Beatriz GomezMouakad, Charlotte Kelly, Lance L. Davis, Kristen Strezo, Willie BurnleyJr., Judy PinedaNeufeld, Jesse Clingan

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That the Director of Communications report on measures that could be taken to provide more equitable and consistent access to online public meetings.

 

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That the Director of Communications report on measures that could be taken to provide more equitable and consistent access to on-line public meetings, including but not limited to,

                     ensuring that presenters and translators use the same platform across all departments,

                     developing standards for translation, and

                     providing visual instructions at the start of meetings on the operation of on-line meeting systems, rules, and protocols.