All regular and special meetings of the City Council shall be open and public and all persons shall be permitted to attend such meetings, except that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to closed sessions held pursuant to any provision of Chapter 9 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code of the State of California (the Ralph M. Brown Act), or any successor statute thereto. No person shall be denied the right to be heard by the City Council on any item of interest to the public that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council, but such right shall be subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as may be authorized or adopted by ordinance. (Amended November 3, 1992, filed by Secretary of State, December 21, 1992; amended November 7, 2000, filed by Secretary of State February 6, 2001.)