First review the agenda by ….
First review the agenda by visiting https:// www. sealbeachca. gov/Government/Agendas- Notices- Meeting- Videos/ Council-Commission-Meetings. Check the public comment deadline on the agenda and submit comments prior to the deadline via one of the following options: To submit comments via email:
• Email the Acting City Clerk Dana Engstrom at dengstrom@sealbeachca.gov.
• When composing your email, in the subject line, include all of the following: name, date of public meeting, and agenda item number (if applicable).
To submit comments online:
• Once the meeting agenda is published in the legislative meeting portal, go to https:// www.sealbeachca.gov/Government/ Agendas-Notices-Meeting-Videos/ Council- Commission-Meetings
• Click on the comment icon next to the agenda
• Select the “+” sign to add a comment
• Indicate your vote if desired and write a comment in the box provided. When composing your message, include the following: date of public meeting and agenda item number (if applicable)
• “Submit” comments.
• Select “Next” and enter your first and last name.
• Select “Submit” and you will receive a success box.
• Select “OK.” To make a public comment during a virtual meeting: To make a public comment during a virtual public meeting, take the following steps:
• Access the meeting. Virtual public meetings are hosted by Zoom Webinar. Each meeting has a unique meeting ID number that provides participant access.
• To obtain the meeting ID, look up the meeting you are trying to access in the city’s legislative meeting portal: https://www.sealbeachca.gov/ Government/Agendas-Notices- Meeting-Videos/Council-Commission- Meetings. The meeting ID is located on the meeting “Agenda.”
If accessing the meeting through a streaming device to watch, click on the Zoom meeting hyperlink within the agenda to access the meeting as an attendee.
If you log in before 7 p.m., a message on your screen will indicate the live meeting has not started and you will be automatically admitted when the meeting begins.
If listening from a phone, dial the number located on the agenda and follow these steps: 1. Enter the meeting ID when prompted. If you don’t have a participant ID press #. To unmute press *6.
2. Raise your hand for the public comment once prompted
• During the meeting, the mayor or chair will announce the opportunity for public comment.
• If watching on a device, use the “raised hand” feature in Zoom to make a comment.
• If listening from a phone, dial *9 to raise your hand and make a comment.
• The meeting host will go through raised hands one by one. The name you signed in with on Zoom is the name that will be called upon when asked to speak.
3. Make your comment
• When it is your turn to speak, you will be prompted to unmute, and your Zoom username will be called upon to speak.
During council meetings, each speaker is allowed 5 minutes to provide public comment.
—from the City of Seal Beach
