"You can do something in 48 hours instead of 10 days," she said. "It sounds good, but it doesn't get your name in the paper. It also gives the political side of it an airing and cuts down time at the council meeting and paperwork."
But the proposed change involving the format for public comment remains controversial.
Rather than beginning the meetings with up to 10-minute speeches from community members, the task force has proposed beginning meetings with the city manager's agenda and allowing speakers multiple chances to comment in two-minute intervals later in the meeting.
Bill Marcotte, a staff member who serves as a housing organizer for the Eviction Free Zone, expressed disappointment over the changes in public comment.
"In reality people have lives and jobs," Marcotte said. "To go to the meeting at 5:30 and not be able to speak until 6:30...is very disappointing."
If approved, the task force's changes will take effect for a six-month trial period, after which the task force will re-evaluate the format.
According to Triantafillou, the current format for public comment has only existed for three or four years.
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