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2. Previous restrictions within the Brown Act had prohibited a fourth member of a seven member legislative body from attending a subcommittee meeting. The Attorney General considered the following exception to the definition of "meeting": "The attendance of a majority of the members of a legislative body at an open and noticed meeting of another body of the local agency, provided that a majority of the members do not discuss among themselves other than as part of the scheduled meeting, business of a specific nature that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body of a local agency." The Legislature amended the Brown Act in 1997 and slightly modified the notice requirements for standing committees of the City Council. A majority of a legislative body may now attend an open and noticed meeting of a standing committee within their own agency if they only observe the proceedings. (Government Code Section §54952.2) If members of a local legislative body attend a meeting of a standing committee in which they are not a part, the observing members should sit in the audience and refrain from making any comments or asking any questions. 3. It is the policy not to hold joint Council -Committee meetings nor joint Sub - Committee meetings. An item that might be considered for such meeting should be scheduled for a work session of the whole Council. 90 XIV - 2