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