ORDER
AND NOW, this 16th day of April, 2010, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is *859GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issues set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issues, as stated by Petitioner, are:
a. Is the public participation provision of the Sunshine Act 65 Pa.C.S. § 710.1 satisfied when members of the public are never permitted to address the governing body of a municipality, but are only permitted to address a committee comprised of less than a quorum?
b. Does a meeting of a committee of a municipal governing body, comprised of less than a quorum of the governing body, meet the Sunshine Act’s definition of a “special meeting” and if so does this relieve the governing body of the obligation to receive public comment at its meetings?