HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-02-07 CRC MinutesMINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Police Dept. Community Conference Room 5:00 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Randy Bellamy, Ron Kelley, and Bill Richter.
EXCUSED ABSENCE: Carra Rhamy
STAFF PRESENT: Jill Maland, Assistant City Attorney and Cheryl Ponds, Legal
Assistant
PUBLIC PRESENT:
1. Roll Call.
Randy Bellamy, Chair called the meeting to order at 5:05 p.m. The roll was called and
members were noted as present or absent as indicated above.
2. Approval of January 18, 2012 Minutes
• Mr. Bellamy announced the January minutes were not available and tabled for approval
to the next meeting.
Public Comments (items not on the agenda)
None
4. Discussion/Action Items
A. Consideration of the Commission'- Mr. Bellamy presented the information
from his subcommittee for the final report. Ms. Maland said that at the last
meeting it was agreed that Mr. Bellamy and Mr. Richter would prepare a
statement regarding the Public Outreach side that had been done and Mr.
Kelley and Ms. Rhamy would prepare the information regarding the
recommendation including the Pros and Cons of District Elections. Ms.
Maland stated that she would pull it all together with her legal analysis as
well as a summary of what the other cities have done, which the City Council
specifically requested. Ms. Maland reviewed the three items that the City
Council wanted included in the report, 1) Public Outreach; 2) What other
cities had done; and 3) prepare a report including the Pros & Cons with a
recommendation. Ms. Maland clarified with the commissioners that the
recommendation was for "By District" not "from District" and did they want to
include the process. Mr. Bellamy had prepared and distributed a cost sheet
between the current election system and the District Election System over a
ten (10) year period. The commissioners discussed the preparation of the
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final report and what to include. Mr. Richter wanted to make an addendum to
the previous motion made at the last meeting. He made a motion to the
process to draw the District Election lines should be done by an independent
commission whose members are appointed by judges. Motion was
seconded by Ron Kelley, the vote was unanimous 3-0. The discussion
continued among the commissioners about the information to include in the
final report. Mr. Kelley said he would send a paragraph or two to Ms. Maland
by Thursday afternoon or Wednesday night regarding the Pros and Cons.
Ms. Maland informed the commissioners that they could include their
information as attachments to her report. The commissioners discussed their
recommendation to City Council. The commissioners and Ms. Maland
discussed the timeline involved with placing the item on the City Council
agenda. The commissioners agreed on adding this paragraph to the final
report: "Reason for our recommendation from outreach and feedback from
the public on the issue of District Elections was nearly equally split 50-50 in
favor and against, feelings were strong on each side of the issue, given the
results were not overwhelmingly against forming District Elections, the
commission believes the issue should be presented to the public for a vote."
The commissioners agreed to get the remaining information to Jill Maland by
Thursday afternoon. Mr. Bellamy said he will be attending the City Council
meeting. Cheryl Ponds said that she would email them the agenda. Ms.
Maland explained to the commissioners the various directions that the City
• Council could take including drafting the initiative language. The commission
asked if Ms. Ponds would email the recommendation made at the last
meeting for their review.
5. Members Comments -None
6. Staff Comments -None
7. Adjournment -Randy Bellamy adjourned the meeting at 5:55 p.m.
NEXT MEETING: At the call of the Chair.
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C ryl Ponds-Poole,Secretary
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