Venice City Meeting Equipment Test and Closed Captioning Verification — September 16, 2026

The September 16, 2026, Venice city meeting opened as an equipment test rather than with formal agenda business. Staff tested closed captioning and broadcast streaming for the meeting feed, read quasi-judicial hearing time limits aloud to verify captioning, asked viewers to report what they were seeing, confirmed the broadcast looked okay on the receiving end, and ended the test when no one requested additional time. No agenda, minutes, or substantive discussion items are included in the available record.

Equipment Test & Broadcast Verification

• Staff announced the session was a test for closed captioning and broadcast streaming, noting a delay in the broadcast streaming feed, and asked viewers to email with what they were seeing on their end.
• The operator read the quasi-judicial public comment time limits to check captioning: five minutes for residents, property owners, and business owners; two minutes for non-residents or non-owners; ten minutes for designated representatives; 25-minute presentations for staff, applicants, and affected parties; and per-witness limits for cross-examination, redirect, rebuttal, and final comments. The read was partially inconsistent, listing cross-examination as five minutes and then three minutes per witness.
• The operator checked with "Tony" and referenced "RN," asking whether the broadcast was looking okay on that end; the feed was reported as looking okay.
• Receiving no requests to continue the test, the operator ended the testing session.

Key Outcomes

• The closed captioning and broadcast streaming test was completed, with the broadcast appearing correctly on the receiving end.
• No formal agenda items, public comments, or votes occurred during this portion of the meeting; the available record contains only the pre-meeting testing exchange.