City of Gainesville recently issued the following announcement.
Limited capacity is available for the public to attend this meeting in person. Safety protocols, including masks and social distancing, are strongly encouraged but not required for meeting participants. The City of Gainesville continues to offer public meeting participation opportunities utilizing communications media technology.
Public access to this virtual meeting can be accomplished as follows:
• Telephone via Zoom audio conference (listen-only): Dial 1 312 626 6799. Enter the meeting ID: 895 8262 3536
PUBLIC COMMENT: Submit written or verbal comments on the agenda before and during the meeting.
• By mail to the City of Gainesville, City Clerk: P.O. Box 490, Station 19, 32627-0490
• By email to citycomm@cityofgainesville.org
• By e-comment to gainesville.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. Visit the “Agenda & Minutes” page on the City’s website www.cityofgainesville.org. Click the “eComment” link for this meeting agenda to comment on specific items.
• By phone before the meeting to the City Clerk Office at 352-334-5015
• Live Comment by Phone during the meeting
• Join the Zoom meeting by phone (see instructions above)
• When the meeting chair announces public comment, dial *9 (star 9), to “raise your hand” to speak.
• Your microphone will be unmuted when it is your turn to provide public comment.
• Please mute the sound on your computer/devise if you are watching the meeting online
• State your name clearly for the record. Each speaker will have three minutes to comment
All written comments submitted shall be made part of the public record. If any member of the public requires additional information about this meeting, or has any questions about how to submit a public comment at the meeting, please contact:
Omichele Gainey, City Clerk City of Gainesville
200 East University Avenue, First Floor
Gainesville, FL 32601
352-334-5015
Please contact the Clerk’s Office at 352-334-5015 to report issues with the technology that the City is using (not the technology members of the public are using) to provide public access (viewing, listening and/or commenting) to the meeting.
Persons with disabilities who require assistance to participate in the meetings are requested to notify the Equal Opportunity Office at 352-334-5051, or call the TDD phone line at 352-334-2069 at least two business days in advance of the meeting.
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