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City ?}Arts &Innovation Charter Review Committee Memorandum TO: CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE FROM: CITY CLERK'S OFFICE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SUBJECT: CHARTER AMENDMENT MEASURES PROCESS ISSUE: DATE: APRIL 8, 2019 WARDS: ALL Receive process information on the writing of Charter amendment language, writing of ballot measure questions, City Council consideration for placement on the ballot, impartial analysis, and arguments in favor and against. RECOMMENDATION: That the Charter Review Committee receive and file this report. BACKGROUND/LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: Writing of Charter Amendment Text As the Charter Review Committee determines support for proposed Charter amendments, the City Attorney will draft the specific language showing the Charter text changes for final approval by the Committee. Draft language proposed by members of the Charter Review Committee, elected officials, staff, or the public will be reviewed by the City Attorney for continuity of style and format with existing Charter Sections, legal compliance, and any effect on other Charter sections. Staff has been recording all ideas received from the Committee, City staff and the public regarding proposed Charter amendments. As the Committee identifies which of these proposed Charter amendments should be considered, Committee members can propose draft language or request that the City Attorney do so. If the proposal is to amend existing language, the City Attorney would then provide a redline of the appropriate Charter section and present that redline to the Committee for discussion. For wholly new sections to be added to the Charter, the City Attorney would format the proposed language as a new section of the Charter and then provide to the Committee for discussion. Samples of both types of Charter amendments are attached to this report. Placement of Measures on the Ballot Upon conclusion of the Charter Review Committee's work required by Charter Section 1403, recommendations for Charter amendment measures will be forwarded to the City Council for consideration. The City Council will determine which measures are placed on the November 3, 2020, ballot. The attached timeline summarized the detailed process explained below.