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City oJArts &Innovation Charter Review Committee IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII TO: CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS DATE: February 10, 2020 FROM: CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WARDS: ALL SUBJECT: DRAFT REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL SUMMARIZING THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHARTER AMENDMENTS ISSUE: At the January 13, 2020 meeting, the Committee requested that staff prepare a report which includes each of the City Charter amendments that the Committee has conceptually approved thus far, including any arguments raised by Committee members in opposition to a proposed amendment, and the sample ballot measure language for each proposed amendment. RECOMMENDATION: That the Committee review this receive and file this report and recommend any revisions. BACKGROUND: The Charter Review Committee has conceptually approved the following 8 City Charter amendments to be presented to the City Council. At the January 13, 2020 Committee meeting, the Committee directed staff to prepare a draft report to be presented to the City Council documenting the Committee's discussions and proposals. Staff has reviewed the Committee meeting minutes and video recordings of each meeting to ensure that the following summary accurately reflects each proposal, the discussion by the Committee (including any arguments or issued raised in opposition to a proposed Charter amendment), and the vote to approve each proposal for recommendation to the City Council. Here is the summary of the Committee action to be presented to the City Council in April of 2020: 1 Amendment to Charter Section 400(b) that would clarify that Councilmembers are "nominated and" elected by registered voters from his/her ward. Proposal: On July 8, 2019, the City Clerk proposed an amendment to Charter Section 400(b) to state that members of the City Council are nominated and elected by voters in their respective Wards. The City Clerk reported that Section 400(b) has always been read and implemented to provide that nomination of candidates be by registered voters of the respective ward only. The proposed language change would reaffirm the intent and historical implementation of this Section. The proposed Charter amendment is presented in a red -line format and attached to this report. Page 93