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Remote meetings under Minnesota Open Meetings Law (Minn. Stat. 13D.021) <br />Open Meeting Law allows meetings to be conducted by "interactive television" if all five of the <br />following requirements are met: <br />1.At least one member of the body is physically present at the regular meeting location; <br />2.All members of the body participating in the meeting, wherever their physical location, can <br />hear and see one another and can hear and see all discussion and testimony presented at any <br />location at which at least one member is present; <br />3.Members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the body can hear and see all <br />discussion and testimony and all votes of members of the body; <br />4.All votes are conducted by roll call so each member's vote on each issue can be identified and <br />recorded; and <br />5.Each location at which a member of the body is present is open and accessible to the public. <br />Minn. Stat. 13D.02, Subd. 1(a). The term "interactive television" is not defined in the statute, however the <br />Department of Administration has advised that video meetings such as Skype, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom <br />could qualify as interactive television for the purposes of complying with the Open Meeting Law. <br />REQUESTED ACTION: <br />Staff is requesting further direction from the City Council regarding your preference for returning to <br />in-person meetings at the June 9th or the June 23rd City Council meeting. Both the Parks and Recreation <br />Commission and the Planning Commission will be returning to in-person meetings beginning in July.