Report to Carson Reclamation Authority
Monday, December 05, 2022
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CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 22-27-CRJPA MAKING FINDINGS RELATED TO THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO COVID-19 AND RE-AUTHORIZING THE PUBLIC MEETINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODIES OF THE CARSON RECLAMATION JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY TO BE CONDUCTED VIA REMOTE TELECONFERENCING IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54953(E) FOR A CONTINUED 30-DAY PERIOD (DECEMBER 6, 2022 THROUGH JANUARY 4, 2023)
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I. SUMMARY
A number of laws have changed since the beginning of the COVID pandemic related to the Act as it relates to public meetings, both from Governor Newsom's Executive Orders and recently from the enactment of AB 361. The CRA, as all public agencies in California, must now modify certain elements of remote public meetings. The major change is that the public must now be allowed to make comments live during the public comment period, either live (in person, if allowed), telephonically, or otherwise electronically (such as by Zoom).
The other major change is that all public agencies, if they want to continue to conduct public meeting remotely, must adopt a resolution every 30 days making the findings of necessity to do so and affirming the measures in place to allow remote public comments by the public.
In November, the Board readopted the original resolution because the duration between the October 1 and November 7 meetings was longer than 30 days and the Act required the readoption of the original resolution declaring the emergency and not the continuation resolution. At this meeting the Board can adopt the continuation resolution, so this staff report and resolution are substantially the same as the October 3 actions.
Given recent surges in COVD 19 variants such as Delta, Omicron and now BA.5 with higher transmissivity levels than the original virus, the need for remote meetings and the need to reduce in-person gathering is greater than ever and as such...
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