HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Package - Charter Review Commission - Regular Meeting_Aug10_2022
Date:Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Time:6:00 p.m.
Location:City Hall, Bldg. #A, Executive Conference Room #103
276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista
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1.CALL TO ORDER
2.ROLL CALL
Commissioners Buddingh, Disharoon, Glanz, Hopida, Inzunza, McDonald, and
Chair Scofield
3.PUBLIC COMMENTS
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4.ACTION ITEMS
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the Commission and are expected to elicit discussion and deliberation. If you
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4.1.Discussion and Action Regarding Preparation of a Ballot Argument in
Favor of the Chula Vista City Charter Update Measure To be Submitted
to the Voters on the November 8, 2022 Ballot
Recommended Action:
The Commission discuss and approve a plan for preparation and
submission of ballot arguments in favor of the Chula Vista Charter
Update measure to be submitted to the voters at the special municipal
election to be held on November 8, 2022.
4.2.Annual Activity Report, July 2021 to June 2022.4
Recommended Action:
The Commission hear the annual activity report provided by Chair
Scofield.
OTHER BUSINESS
5.STAFF COMMENTS
6.CHAIR'S COMMENTS
7.COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS
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8.ADJOURNMENT
to the regular meeting on September 14, 2022, at 6:00 p.m.
Materials provided to the Charter Review Commission relating to any open-
session item on this agenda are available for public review by contacting the
City Attorney's Office at CRC@chulavistaca.gov.
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ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT CITY OF CHULA VISTA BOARDS &
COMMISSIONS FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022
Commission: Charter Review Commission
Highlights of activities during the fiscal year 2021-2022
1. Charter amendments were proposed for the City Council to review
and make recommendations. The goal was to put one or more
amendments on the ballot in November 2022.
2. The commission returned to in-person meetings. One meeting was
canceled and one postponed due to lack of a quorum. There were 10
absences of commissioners over the year’s meetings.
Detailed Summary:
1. The Commission embarked on a major task beginning in November.
We completed a thorough review of the City Charter and proposed
numerous changes. The City Attorney’s office developed a plan of
attack which the commission approved. The entire Charter was
divided into 4 main focus areas. Each area had two commissioners
and one staff member involved in an ad hoc committee. All
commissioners served on at least one subcommittee. After the ad
hoc committees completed their in-detail review, each subcommittee
presented their recommendations and observations to the whole
Commission. The Commissioners then debated these items, along
with the guidance of the City Attorney, Glen Googins, and the Deputy
City Attorney Megan McClurg. The result was a proposal that was
presented to the City Council. The proposal included three levels of
changes. Level 1 changes were felt to be non-substantive; Level 2
changes had some substance, but were felt to be issues that the
public would view as updates and would not substantially change City
practices. Level 1 and level 2 changes were bundled into one
document. The Commission felt the City Council would approve these
changes without much discussion. Level 3 changes were more
substantive and included a proposal to change the requirement for
City Boards and Commissions be changed from “qualified elector” to
“resident. This had been approved by a previous commission. A
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second proposed change was to revise the “Legislative Counsel” to
“Conflict Counsel.” These changes were discussed by the
commission and also sent to the City Council for review. A third
change was to require the City Attorney to be a City resident and to
have 10 years legal experience instead of 7. A fourth change was to
give the City Council the added option to conduct an all-mail ballot to
fill a vacancy of a Councilmember’s seat. Another proposed change,
which an earlier Commission had recommended, was to suspend a
Councilmember who was indicted on felony changes. The current
Commission added some changes, but also presented this to the City
Council. These five Level 3 changes were offered to the City Council
to be included in one Charter update, or to be separated into
separate amendments. The presentation was on July 12, 2022. The
results of this will be described in the Activity Report for 2022-2023.
Of special note is the amount of input from the City Attorney’s Office,
the City Clerk, and many offices and City staff. This input allowed the
Commission to take into account City practices and how the Charter
is being used.
Submitted by James Scofield, Chair
August 10, 2022
cc: Maria V. Kachadoorian, Glen R. Googins
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