The Monterey Peninsula College Governing Board welcomes you to the meeting of the Board Subcommittee for Governing Board Policies. Anyone wishing to attend or participate in this meeting may do so via the Zoom link listed on the agenda.
************************************************************************** ZOOM TELECONFERENCE - JOIN FROM: Zoom Link and Password located on BoardDocs
***************************************************************************** PUBLIC COMMENTS and MEETING PROTOCOLS:
Public comments may be made at the time of the meeting or submitted electronically by emailing JFinnell@mpc.edu.
- Electronic submissions must be received prior to the posted start time of the meeting.
- Please include in the email subject line: “Public Comments for the Governing Board Meeting of (insert meeting date).
- Please indicate in your email if you are addressing a specific agenda item or if you are making a comment regarding an item not on the agenda
****************************************************************** Please note the following:
- Submissions of public comments will be considered a public record under the Public Records Act and are therefore subject to public disclosure.
- Submissions will be read aloud at the meeting and must comply with the three-minute time limit.
- Submissions must either address an item listed on the agenda or be within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board.
*************************************************************************** SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF THE BROWN ACT AND BAGLEY-KEENE ACT
Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order No. N-25-20 on March 12, 2020, and Executive Order No. N-29-20 on March 17, 2020, announcing the suspension of certain meeting requirements of the Brown Act and Bagley-Keene Act in response to the increasing threat posed by the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). These orders:
- authorize state and local bodies to hold public meetings by teleconference and to make public meetings accessible telephonically or otherwise electronically to all members of the public seeking to attend and to address the local or state agencies (N-25-20);
- waive the requirements expressly or impliedly requiring the physical presence of members, the clerk or other personnel of the body, or of the public as a condition of participation in or quorum for a public meeting (N-25-20); and
- state that “such a body need not make available any physical location from which members of the public may observe the meeting and offer public comment.” (N-29-20)
