Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 350 - COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE COMMISSION › Division 11 - OPEN MEETINGS › Section 350-011-0003 - Meetings of Commission to Be Open to Public; Location of Meetings

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) All meetings of
			 the commission shall be open to the public and all persons shall be permitted
			 to attend any meeting except as otherwise provided by 350-011-0001  to
			 350-011-0010. A member of the public shall not be required, as a condition of
			 attending a meeting, to give his or her name, other information, complete a
			 questionnaire or fulfill any other condition precedent.
(2) No quorum of the commission shall meet in
			 private for the purpose of deciding on or deliberating toward a decision on any
			 matter except as otherwise provided by 350-011-0001  to 350-011-0010.
(3) The commission shall not hold a meeting
			 at any place where discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, age,
			 sexual orientation or national origin is practiced. However, the fact that
			 organizations with restricted membership hold meetings at the place shall not
			 restrict its use by the commission if use of a place by a restricted membership
			 organization is not the primary purpose of the place or its predominate
			 use.
(4) Meetings of the commission
			 shall be held within the geographic boundaries over which the commission has
			 jurisdiction, or at the administrative headquarters of the commission or at the
			 other nearest practical location. Training sessions may be held outside the
			 jurisdiction so long as no deliberations toward a decision are involved. A
			 joint meeting of two or more governing bodies shall be held within the
			 geographical boundaries over which one of the participating public bodies has
			 jurisdiction or at the nearest practical location. Meetings may be held in
			 locations other than those described in this subsection in the event of an
			 actual emergency necessitating immediate action.
(5) Notwithstanding the requirements of
			 section (4) above, committee meetings may be held in any location where the
			 committee deems it useful.
(6)
			 Meetings of the commission shall be held in locations that are accessible to
			 the disabled.
(7) Upon request of a
			 person who is deaf or hard of hearing, the commission shall make a good faith
			 effort to have an interpreter for persons who are deaf or heard of hearing
			 provided at a regularly scheduled meeting. The person requesting the
			 interpreter shall provide the commission at least 48 hours' notice of the
			 request, shall provide the name of the requester, sign language preference and
			 any other relevant information the commission may require. As used in this
			 subsection, "good faith effort" includes, but is not limited to, contacting the
			 Oregon Disabilities Commission, the Washington Aging and Adult Services
			 Administration, or other state or local government or community service agency
			 that maintains a list of qualified interpreters and arranging for the referral
			 of one or more qualified interpreters to provide interpreter
			 services.
(8) It shall be
			 considered discrimination on the basis of disability for commission to meet in
			 a place inaccessible to persons with disabilities, or upon request of a person
			 who is deaf or hard of hearing, to fail to make a good faith effort to have an
			 interpreter for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing provided at a regularly
			 scheduled meeting. The sole remedy for discrimination on the basis of
			 disability shall be as provided in Commission Rule 350-011-0008.
(9) Voting by the commission shall take place
			 in public and each member's vote shall be recorded as it is cast. Any vote
			 taken in violation of this subsection shall be null and void, and shall be
			 considered an "action" under this chapter.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  196.160 & RCW
				  43.97.015
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  196.160, RCW 43.97.015 &
				  16 U.S.C.
				  544 et
				  seq.