PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
The Public May Observe And/Or Participate In This Meeting Many Ways.
OBSERVE:
• To observe, the public may view the televised video conference by viewing KTOP channel
10 on Xfinity (Comcast) or ATT Channel 99 and locating City of Oakland KTOP - Channel 10
• To observe the meeting online from the City’s Agenda Meeting Calendar, at the noticed
Progress” link under “Video” for the corresponding meeting.
• To observe the meeting by video conference, please click on this link at the noticed meeting
time:
DEFINITION OF TERMS:
• Action Item: shall mean any resolution, ordinance, public hearing, motion or recommendation
requiring official vote and approval of the City Council to be effective.
• Informational Item: shall mean an agenda item consisting only of an informational report that
does not require or permit Council action.
• Consent Item shall mean, for the purposes of the City Council agenda: 1) approval of Council
minutes, and 2) any action or informational item placed on a Council agenda for a Regular
Meeting or Special Meeting (i) as a Consent Item by the Rules and Legislation Committee, (ii)
pursuant to Rule 28, or (iii) that a Standing Committee has forwarded to the full Council with
unanimous recommendation for approval by the members who are present: Consent Item shall
not include: 1) any item having a high level of public interest or controversy as determined by
the Standing Committee Chair, or the Rules and Legislation Committee, or pursuant to Rule
28; 2) any item that requires a public hearing or that otherwise is ineligible by law as a Consent
Item.
• Non-Consent Item shall mean, for the purposes of a City Council agenda for a Regular
Meeting or Special Meeting, any action or informational item that: 1) a Standing Committee has
forwarded to the full Council without unanimous recommendation for approval; 2) has a high
level of public interest or controversy as determined by a Standing Committee Chair, the
Rules and Legislation Committee, or pursuant to Rule 28; or 3) requires a public hearing or is
otherwise ineligible by law as a Consent Item.