OCII Commission adopts monthly teleconference findings to continue remote meetings

The San Francisco Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure Commission voted unanimously (4-0, one absent) on Oct. 5 to adopt Resolution No. 34-2021, making the findings required to continue meeting remotely under state public-meeting law.

Agency general counsel Jim Morales told the commission that the Brown Act ordinarily requires in-person meetings but that executive and legislative actions during the COVID-19 emergency have created a process for governing bodies to adopt monthly findings permitting teleconferencing. "The law also requires that when you hold remote meetings that you abide by certain standards," Morales said, describing the standards attached as an exhibit to the resolution.

The action ensures the commission can meet remotely while continuing to provide public-participation opportunities such as a phone-in public comment line. No members of the public called in to speak on the item during the meeting. Commissioners thanked staff for keeping the commission compliant with public-health guidance.

The resolution was moved and seconded and carried on a roll call vote recorded as four ayes and one absent. The commission noted the next regularly scheduled remote meeting is Oct. 19 at 1 p.m.