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Seto: The public generally exemption usually requires that it either involve everyone or 25% of the whole public of your whole community. I mean some of the thresholds are quite steep, so I don't want to create a false expectation. Commissioner Allen: No, I'm assuming I probably will not be able to be on it, but I think they're legitimate so let's explore it, and I'm happy to give whatever financial information that helps you to work through it. Commissioner O'Connor: Do we have a deadline Gerry to actually place people on the task force? When's the first meeting? Beaudin: So that was part of what I was going to wrap up with this evening. The first task force meeting is scheduled for January 24th and it's 6:30 p.m. at the Operations Services Center. The goal was to be with the City Council on December 20th to re- ratify the task force membership and then to be ready to go for that January 24th meeting. There is another City Council meeting the 17th of January and I think there is a Planning Commission meeting on the 11th of January. So there is a possibility of that time working for us. Seto: The FPPC has been reasonably responsive. If Nancy and I collaborate quickly, we could probably get something to them and hope to have an answer back by that time. Commissioner Allen: And in worst cases, all three of us; Justin, Herb and I, all three of us have been approved by the City Council so for sure there will be two people. I think Justin ought to assume that he would be at that meeting, whether as an alternate or as a primary member. Commissioner Brown: Much like I'm an alternate here, I come to the meetings ready to go in an instant. Commissioner Allen: And I'll hopefully be there whether I'm on the task force or not. I hope to be attending the meeting and I've asked Larissa that if I'm not on the task force is it okay if I attend the meetings and participate as an individual. Seto: You can get guidance because the Commission's regulations provide for different levels of participation depending on your level of financial interest. Commissioner Balch: As a person on the Commission who has dealt with the FPPC with Larissa for many years, can I just add a word of caution that unfortunately it might be in conflict with Commissioner Nagler, but in personal experience in many instances, I do back out of situations that are possible grey areas because the .... and I'll just say it for myself... so I'm a licensed CPA so in the training of a CPA you have to look at not only the public perception but the rule of the law. So the rule of the law might be where you can get the exemption, but the public expectation or perception might be different. So I've applied the same standard with my sitting on this body and I back out of a lot of things unfortunately where I would keenly like to participate. From a personal perspective I try to do that to advance the reverence of this body. And I also try to do it PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, December 14, 2016 Page 47 of 49 i