tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post4014147124121732595..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: City Council, December 9th - Food Carts and Bond SurplusSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-34143652538639185662014-01-02T12:13:08.304-08:002014-01-02T12:13:08.304-08:00Very interesting! I hadn't followed the UDC &...Very interesting! I hadn't followed the UDC "clean-up" very closely since the principals kept saying it was going to be "policy neutral." It was also beyond the scope of this blog. <br /><br />Here's <a href="http://breakfastonbikes.blogspot.com/2013/12/public-works-to-make-rules-on-streets.html" rel="nofollow">the follow-up on this particular admin rule-making process</a>.<br /><br />Maybe there will be more to say on this later.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-72052970041829354022014-01-02T06:43:51.075-08:002014-01-02T06:43:51.075-08:00You wrote:Public Works has an announcement for &qu...You wrote:Public Works has an announcement for "administrative rulemaking," but the way the process is set up, it's nearly completely opaque. On a proposed ordinance, or other process, the staff report would contain a list of the proposed language and rules. This has nothing, and links in the staff report lead to 404 errors! I don't know whether this is just bad typing or if the City's process for administrative rulemaking is flawed and officially offers a much lower level of transparency for public information. (Emails into staff on Friday for clarification have not yet been returned.)<br /><br />I just want to say that a lot of citizens and neighborhood association people have been saying there is a problem with how the City operates when it comes to rule making. Very hard to be involved and yet there are very significant things that happen by these administrative processes.<br /><br />Recently the City passed the newly revised UDC. If you look at it closely more and more decisions that affect us quite directly have been taken away from our elected officials and placed in the hands of administrators.<br /><br />The only way that the public can comment is IF a City Councilor notices and agrees to call it up for discussion. They almost never do this, however. <br /><br />Citizen's ability to engage in dialog on very important issues is being curtailed. I think in the long run we are going to find this is an increasingly bad trend, no matter your issue!Susann Kaltwassernoreply@blogger.com