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City Council, Planning Commission Meetings Now on the Web

2/22/2010

Residents can now watch public meetings live and on-demand through Redland’s website

Redlands, CA - Redlands residents are now able to watch City Council and Planning Commissions live on the Internet or replay all or part of those meetings at their convenience through a link on the City’s website – www.ci.redlands.ca.us.

The City will officially launch the new webcasting technology with the March 2, 2010, City Council meeting providing live meeting coverage to residents who may not have access to Redlands TV, the City’s cable TV channel.

In addition, the new technology allows anyone with an Internet connection to view past City Council and Planning Commission meetings at their convenience. Residents can view the entire meeting, search keywords for topics of interest or follow links in the online agenda on the City website to navigate directly to a particular item.

Currently the City televises both City Council and Planning Commission meetings live with additional replays scheduled throughout the week on Redlands TV Channel 3 for Time-Warner Cable customers or Channel 35 for Verizon Cable customers.

Residents can view meetings online by going to the City’s website at www.ci.redlands.ca.us, clicking the City Council, Clerk & Treasurer tab then clicking the Council Meeting Agenda tab. Live streaming video will be available during both Council and Planning Commission meetings. Archived videos are also listed.

The new on-line service is powered by San Francisco-based Granicus, Inc., the premier provider of government webcasting and public meeting management solutions to over 500 government agencies spanning 45 states across the nation.

The Granicus solution includes streaming software to capture, manage, store and distribute online video recordings. In addition, the video player window includes the meeting agenda with direct links to access specific agenda item discussions within the archived meeting. Archived meetings will generally be available for viewing by 10 p.m. the same evening depending on the length of the meeting. Meetings will be archived and available for viewing for one year.

About Granicus:
Granicus, Inc. is the leading provider of comprehensive government solutions for improving transparency, public participation, and collaboration over the Web. Our extensive streaming media platform helps public agencies create, manage, and distribute live and on-demand streaming media content over the Web. The technology was built to support and enhance public meeting communications, internal trainings, and public education programs—while reducing staff time and costs. Granicus manages the world’s largest government-exclusive webcasting network, streaming an average of 200,000 government webcasts, with over 600,000 hours of archived content, on a daily basis.

Contact:
Carl Baker
Public Information Officer
Phone: 909.798.7633
Fax: 909.798-7503
Email: cbaker@cityofredlands.org