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City of Coldwater issued the following announcement on Oct. 2. 

Electronic Regular Meeting of the City of Coldwater Planning Commission 

Telephone Conferencing Meeting Notice 

Monday, October 5, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. 

In accordance with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ recommendations designed to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Executive Order 2020-154 declaring public bodies subject to the Open Meetings Act can use telephone or video conferencing technology to meet and conduct business, the City of Coldwater Planning Commission will hold such a meeting via telephone conferencing at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, October 5, 2020. For current and up-to-date information regarding the coronavirus, visit:

http://www.Michigan.gov/Coronavirus or http://www.CDC.gov/Coronavirus. 

Members of the public wishing to participate in the meeting through electronic means will have access to the meeting through the following methods: 

ELECTRONIC PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ACCESS

For individuals who may wish to give public comment, the method for providing public comment during this remote-participation meeting is to call the following toll-free numbers: 1-877-853-5257 or 1-888-475-4499 (Meeting ID: 892 3383 8030) Participant ID is not required. Callers wishing to give public comment may call in before the meeting starts and wait in a “virtual waiting room.” These instructions will be included in every official published agenda of the Planning Commission. Those calling in will be able to hear the audio of the Planning Commission meeting, yet their microphone will be muted. Callers who do not wish to give public comment are encouraged to view the meeting live-streamed on YouTube by selecting Planning Commission meeting of October 5, 2020 at bit.ly/ColdwaterVideo. 

ELECTRONIC PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING PARTICIPATION

The following are the procedures by which persons may contact members of the public body to provide input or ask questions about any business that will come before it. 

• To help meeting flow and organization, all public comment will be taken at the beginning of the meeting and again at the end of the meeting. 
• Phone-in audience: To make a public comment, state your name and express your interest when called upon to do so. 
• The time limit for an individual’s public comments shall be 5 minutes.

If you would like to contact the Planning Commission about any matter, on the agenda or otherwise, please do so via the email addresses below by 3:30 pm prior to the meeting and if you wish your email to be read at the meeting, please so specify in your email: 

• Planning Chairman Aloha Miller: awmiller192@gmail.com 
• Planning Member Jeff Budd: jbudd@coldwater.org
• Planning Member Jessika Cole: Jessika.l.cole@gmail.com 
• Planning Member Aaron Garn: aaron.garn@zetaone.com 
• Planning Member Dave Rumsey: rdavid.rumsey@gmail.com 
• Mayor Tom Kramer: tkramer@coldwater.org 
• Planning Member Michael Beckwith: mbeckwith@coldwater.org 
• Planning Member Chris Stevens: rmservicechris@aol.com 
• Planning Member Zack Stempien: zstemp84@hotmail.com 
• Zoning Administrator Dean Walrack: dwalrack@coldwater.org

The City of Coldwater will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids such as YouTube viewing of the meeting complete with Closed Captioning. If other aids and services are needed for individuals with disabilities please contact the City Clerk, at sheath@coldwater.org. 

Technical support for this meeting is available by calling the CBPU Help Desk at 517-279-1330.

Original source can be found here.

Source: City of Coldwater