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CITY OF
CHULA VISTA
Charter Review Commission AJ"
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
June 13,2018
6:00 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER .
Conference Room 103
276 Fourth Avenue
Chula Vista
ROLL CALL:Conunissioners De La Rosa ---'-,Felber ,Hopida _
O'Donnell ,Ross ,and Chair Rhamy _
CITY STAFF:Steinberg__,Googins _,Aguayo__
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Persons spealdng during Public Comments m.ay address the Commission on any subject
matter within the Commission 'sjurisdiction that is not listed as an item on the agenda.State
law generally prohibits the Com.m.ission .from discussing or taldng action on any issue not
included on the agenda,but,if appropriate,the Commission may schedule the topic for
filture discussion or refer the m.atter to staff.Comments are lim.ited to three minutes.
ACTION ITEMS
The item.(s)listed below will be considered individually by the Com.mission and are expected
to elicit discussion,deliberation,and potential action.If you wish to speak.on any item,
please jill out a "Request to Speak."form and submit it to the Secretary prior to the m.eeting.
1.Approval of March 14,2018 Minutes
2.Discussion and Potential Action on Draft Public Survey Regarding Potential Charter
Amendments
3.Discussion and Potential Action Regarding Bi-AIUmal Report to City Council Regarding
COlmnission Activities
4.Discussion and Potential Action Regarding Member Pmiicipation in Interviewing Board
of Ethics Applicants
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Meeting Date:June 13,2018U
OTHER BUSINESS
1.STAFF COMMENTS
2.CHAIR'S COMMENTS
3.COMMISSIONERS'COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
MATERIALS
Materials provided to the Charter Review Commission related to any item on this agenda are
available for public review in the Chula Vista City Attorney's Office,during normal business
hours.
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attend,and/or participate in a City meeting,activity,or service,contact the Human Resources
Department at (619)691-5041 (California Relay Service is availablefor the hearing impaired by
dialing 711)at least forty-eight hours in advance ofthe meeting.
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MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE
CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
March 14, 2018 6:00 P.M.
A Regular Meeting of the Charter Review Commission of the City of Chula Vista was called to order at 6:00 p.m.
in the Executive Conference Room 103, located at 276 Fourth Avenue, Building A, Chula Vista, California.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Chair Rhamy, Commissioners Michael De La Rosa (arrived at 6:11 p.m.), Bryan
Felber (arrived at 6:39 p.m.), Edgar Hopida, Tom O’Donnell, and Robert Ross
ABSENT: N/A
STAFF PRESENT: Glen Googins, City Attorney; Anthony Jemison, Chair to Board of Ethics; Anne
Steinberger, Marketing & Communications Manager; Marisa Aguayo, Secretary
PUBLIC COMMENT
None present
ACTION ITEMS
4. Discussion of Subcommittee to Participate in Interviewing Board of Ethics Applicants
Item heard first (out of order) due to BOE Chair Jemison attending. Googins presented. BOE Chair Jemison
also gave input and agreed with Googins’ presentation.
ACTION: Commissioner De La Rosa made a motion to have Charter Review Commission participate in
Interviewing BOE Applicants. Chair Rhamy seconded and motion failed to pass as follows:
Yes: 2 (De La Rosa and Rhamy)
No: 2 (Hopida and Ross)
Abstain: 1 (O’Donnell)
BOE Chair Jemison excused himself from the meeting (6:35 p.m.). Felber not present yet.
2. Subcommittee Report on Draft Survey to Solicit Public Input on Potential Charter Amendments
Item heard second (out of order) due to Marketing & Communications Manager, Anne Steinberger
attending meeting. Steinberg provided information on the City’s Social Media and outreach efforts. Chair
Rhamy introduced two hand-outs with sample language/questions for survey titled: Draft Survey Language
Revision Two and Draft Survey Language Revision Three.
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Page 2 Charter Review Commission Minutes March 14, 2018
A. Commission discussed Section I of Draft Survey Language Revision Three.
ACTION: Commissioner O’Donnell made a motion to accept language “as is” on Section I of Draft Survey
Language Revision focusing on three terms only. Commissioner Ross seconded and motion failed to pass as
follows:
Yes: 2 (O’Donnell and Ross)
No: 3 (De La Rosa, Felber and Rhamy)
Abstain: 1 (Hopida)
B. Googins suggested that Commission give survey company an idea of what they would like to
accomplish and allow survey company to guide them with respect to what language and questions to
present.
ACTION: Commissioner Hopida made a motion to move forward with Googins’ suggestion to allow
survey company to guide Commission with respect to what language and questions to present.
Commissioner De La Rosa seconded and motion passed as follows:
Yes: 4 (Hopida, De La Rosa, Rhamy and Felber)
No: 2 (O’Donnell and Ross)
Abstain: 0
C. Commission discussed Section II of Draft Survey Language Revision Three.
ACTION: Commissioner Hopida made a motion to use language/questions in Section II of Draft Survey
Language Revision Three. Commission O’Donnell seconded and motion to passed as follows:
Yes: 6 (Rhamy, De La Rosa, Felber, Hopida, O’Donnell and Ross)
Opposed: 0
Abstain: 0
D. Commission discussed Section III of Draft Survey Language Revision Three. Googins made two
suggestions as follows: 1) that Commission wait for Maland to finalize her research as to how other cities
handle this and then make a decision; or 2) if commission is comfortable with the language/question, make
motion to approve it subject to Maland’s research findings.
Commissioner Hopida made a motion to move forward with Googins’ second suggestion to approve this
language/question subject to Maland’s research findings. Commissioner De La Rosa seconded and motion
passed as follows:
Yes: 6 (Rhamy, De La Rosa, Felber, Hopida, O’Donnell and Ross)
Opposed: 0
Abstain: 0
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E. Commission discussed Section IV of Draft Survey Language Revision Three.
ACTION: Commissioner Hopida made a motion to remove word “unconsolidated” from this question, and
Googins to work with Steinberger on language/questions to be presented to survey company regarding
Section IV of Draft Survey Language Revision Three. Commissioner De La Rosa s econded and motion
passed as follows:
Yes: 5 (Rhamy, De La Rosa, Felber, Hopida, and Ross)
Opposed: 1 (O’Donnell)
Abstain: 0
1. Approval of February 28, 2018 minutes
ACTION: Commissioner O’Donnell made a motion to approve the minutes. Commissioner Hopida
seconded and motion passed as follows:
Yes: 6 (Chair Rhamy; Commissioners De La Rosa, Felber, Hopida, O’Donnell, and Ross)
No: 0
Abstain: 0
3. Discussion of Bi-Annual Report to City Council regarding Commission Activities
Chair Rhamy observed consensus to discuss at the next meeting.
OTHER BUSINESS
1. STAFF COMMENTS – No comments.
2. CHAIR’S COMMENTS – No comments. Thank you all we did a good job.
3. COMMISSIONERS’/BOARD MEMBERS’ COMMENTS – De La Rosa thank you to the subcommittee for
doing the work.
ADJOURNMENT: Meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. The next regular meeting will be on April 11, 2018.
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Marisa Aguayo, Legal Secretary