ITS TIME FOR AN INITIATIVE IN WILDOMAR

With the city of wildomar burying the public meetings for “by district” discussion behind regularly scheduled city council meetings, the lack of applicants for a Planning Commission and Measure Z Oversight Committee openings, talk of how overwhelmed city staff is with “Public Records Request” for which they provide no evidence, now is the time for citizens to act.

These initiatives are sometimes know as Sunshine Ordinances or Open Government Ordinances and include some of the following

Video and Audio Recording of Meetings

All meetings of the City Council and Planning Commission shall be live streamed and within one week (5 working days) of the meeting video shall be made available by webcast on the City’s website. Audio recordings should also be made available on the City’s website

Notice and agenda requirements: Regular meetings

Delivering a copy of the agenda and copies of all agenda-related material to each member of the local body, to each local newspaper of general circulation, to each agenda subscriber, and to each media organization which has previously requested notice in writing, so that a copy of the agenda is received at least ten days (10) before the time of the meeting set forth in the agenda. Receipt of the agenda shall be presumed upon reasonable proof that delivery was made.

Neighborhood Notices

Any notice that is mailed, posted or published by a City department, board, agency or commission to inform those residing within a 2,500 foot radius

Public Records: Access Requests and Responses

All requests received via any format where an email address was provided shall be sent a return email acknowledgment of the receipt within one (1) business day after the request is received. Reasonable effort shall be exerted to promptly complete requests

There are many more items that need to be in this initiative, this is just a sampling of a work in progress which can be seen and followed at http://www.wildomarconnected.com/