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Webcasts Allow Citizens Live and On-Demand Access to City Council Meetings

10/04/2009

October 4, 2009 - The City of Rohnert Park is pleased to announce that starting Tuesday, November 10, 2009, anyone with a computer or laptop and internet access can view City Council meetings live through a link on the City’s website. Viewers can also access archived webcasts of previous meetings at their convenience. These archived webcasts are indexed, allowing users to quickly jump to a particular agenda item, and provide easy access to all agenda‐related documents.

The new webcasting system is facilitated by Granicus Inc., a San‐Francisco‐based company specializing in webcasting and public meeting management for local government. “By streaming City Council meetings and saving them to the Internet we have opened up a whole new avenue for citizens to access their local government meetings,” said Dave Rowley, Rohnert Park’s Information Services Manager. “The Granicus product will contribute to an open government policy and make it much more convenient for the general public to see, hear, locate and review specific meeting information. With a click of a mouse and a modest investment we have taken a great step forward in enhancing citizen awareness and involvement in the future of Rohnert Park.”

To access a City Council meeting on the internet:

1. Visit www.rpcity.org
2. Click on the Government heading in the top banner.
3. Click on Meeting Webcasts (Live and Archived Video)
4. Choose a live meeting that is currently in progress or an archived meeting by clicking on Video.

City Council meetings are generally held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, beginning at 6:00 p.m. Meetings will be available live and will be archived within a few hours after the meeting is adjourned.

In the future, the City plans to make other board and commission meetings available, as well as a variety of videos on topics of interest to Rohnert Park citizens.

For more information ‐ Should you have further questions about the webcasting of City meetings, please contact David Rowley, Information Services Manager at (707) 584‐2684, or Judy Hauff, City Clerk at (707) 588‐2216. For more information about Granicus, visit www.granicus.com or contact Lauren Alexander, Granicus Communications Manager at (415) 357‐3618.