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Date:Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Time:6:00 p.m.
Location:City Hall, Bldg. #A, Executive Conference Room #103
276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista
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Pages
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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4.1.Approval of September 21, 2022 Special Meeting Minutes 4
Recommended Action:
Approve minutes
4.2.Action on Changing The Charter Review Commission's Regular Meeting
Frequency To Monthly.
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Review and approve CRC's Resolution to change the regular meeting
frequency.
Recommended Action:
Approve the Resolution.
4.3.Discuss and Consider Approval of Recommendations for Measure K
Community Outreach.
Discuss and Consider Approval of Recommendations for Measure K
Community Outreach.
4.4.Discussion of Alternative Voting Systems.9
Review and discuss materials and issues related to Alternative Voting
Systems.
OTHER BUSINESS
5.STAFF COMMENTS
6.CHAIR'S COMMENTS
7.COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS
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8.ADJOURNMENT
to the regular meeting on November 9, 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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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION
Meeting Minutes
September 21, 2022, 6:00 p.m.
City Hall, Bldg. #A, Executive Conference Room #103
276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista
Present: Commissioner Buddingh, Commissioner Disharoon,
Commissioner Inzunza, Chair Scofield
Absent: Commissioner Glanz, Commissioner Hopida, Commissioner
McDonald-Hernandez
Also Present: Deputy City Attorney Megan McClurg and Secretary Doris
Cornejo
_____________________________________________________________________
1. CALL TO ORDER
A special meeting of the Charter Review Commission of the City of Chula Vista
was called to order at 6:02 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
Secretary Cornejo called the roll.
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Public comment was received via email from Theresa Acerro. Secretary Cornejo
read the comment. No action was taken at this time.
4. ACTION ITEMS
4.1 Approval of July 13, 2022 and August 10, 2022 Meeting Minutes.
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Approved Minutes.
Moved by Commissioner Buddingh
Seconded by Commissioner Inzunza
Approve minutes.
Result:Carried Unanimously
4.2 Discussion and Action On Changing The Charter Review
Commission's Regular Meeting Frequency.
Discussion ensued regarding the need to have regular monthly meetings
based upon upcoming projects for the 2022 - 2023 Fiscal year. Attorney
Megan McClurg confirmed that she would draft a Resolution establishing
the Charter Review Commission 2022 - 2023 Fiscal Year Meeting
Frequency for the Commissioners to review and approve during their next
regularly scheduled meeting.
Moved by Commissioner Disharoon
Seconded by Commissioner Buddingh
Recommend Charter Review Commission monthly meeting frequency for
Fiscal Year 2022 - 2023.
Result:Carried Unanimously
4.3 Discussion of Charter Review Commission Goals and Topics.
Chair Scofield opened discussion to Staff and Commissioners to speak
about Charter Review Commission Goals and Topics for Fiscal year 2022
- 2023. There was consensus to create an ad-hoc subcommittee to
organize public outreach for Measure K. The ad-hoc subcommittee
consists of Chair Scofield, Commissioner Disharoon and Commissioner
Buddingh. Additional fiscal year 2022 - 2023 goals were discussed.
OTHER BUSINESS
5. STAFF COMMENTS
6. CHAIR'S COMMENTS
7. COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS
8. ADJOURNMENT
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The meeting was adjourned at 7:01 p.m.
Minutes prepared by: Doris Cornejo, Secretary
_________________________
Doris Cornejo, Secretary
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RESOLUTION NO. __________
RESOLUTION OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA CHANGING THE SCHEDULE
OF REGULAR MEETINGS
WHEREAS, Chula Vista Municipal Code section 2.29.050 requires the Charter Review
Commission meeting schedule to include at least one regular meeting per year, at the day, time,
and location established by written resolution of the Commission; and
WHEREAS, Chula Vista Municipal Code section 2.25.200 authorizes a board or
commission to change is regular meeting day, time, or location by written resolution; and
WHEREAS, the Charter Review Commission previously selected Executive Conference
Room 103, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91910 as the place for the Charter Review
Commission to hold its regular meetings via Resolution 2014-03 adopted on May 27, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the Charter Review Commission wishes to maintain Executive Conference
Room 103 as the location for the Charter Review Commission to hold its regular meetings, but
also wishes to establish a schedule of regular meetings beginning November 9, 2022 and
continuing thereafter; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Charter Review Commission of the City
of Chula Vista, that the Charter Review Commission’s regular meetings shall take place in
Executive Conference Room 103, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91910 every second
Wednesday of the month at 6:00p.m., starting November 9, 2022 and continuing thereafter on a
monthly basis unless canceled or modified accordingly.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the Charter Review Commission of the City
of Chula Vista, California, this 12th day of October, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioners: _______
NAYS: Commissioners: _______
ABSENT: Commissioners: _______
____________________________________
James Scofield, Chair
(Attestation on following page)
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ATTEST:
Doris Cornejo
Secretary of the Charter Review Commission
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Doris Cornejo, Secretary of the Charter Review Commission of the City of Chula Vista,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. ___________ was duly passed,
approved, and adopted by the Charter Review Commission at its regular meeting held on the 12th
day of October, 2022.
Executed this _____ day of _________________________, 2022.
__________________________________________
Doris Cornejo
Secretary of the Charter Review Commission
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Some References on Election Systems
Jim Scofield, Chair, Chula Vista Charter Review Commission
October 3, 2022
Bloom, A. 2013. Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) vs. Approval Voting (AV) (commoncause.org).
Dennis, G. 2018. How is RCV better than Approval, Score or Condorcet voting methods?-FairVote.
Drutman, L. 2019. Why ranked-choice voting beats approval voting. The Fulcrum.
*Garrick, D. 2022. Ballot measure that could switch San Diego to 'ranked choice' voting delayed to 2024
- The San Diego Union-Tribune (sandiegouniontribune.com), June 22.
Hounshell, B. and C. Homans. 2022. With Peltola’s Defeat of Palin, Alaska’s Ranked-Choice Voting Has a
Moment - The New York Times (nytimes.com). September 1.
Nodzynski, M. 2021. The mathematics of ranked-choice single-winner voting systems. Munich: Grin.
*Noel, E. and C. Modica. 2022. 22-12_review_of_ranked_choice_voting_ballot_proposal.pdf
(sandiego.gov)
Poundstone, W. 2008. Gaming the vote. New York: Hill and Wang.
Santucci, J. 04_ranked-choice-voting (jacksantucci.com)
Santucci, J. 2022. More parties or no parties. New York: Oxford University Press.
Sosnick, S. H. 2014. Which election system is best? Las Vegas, NV
Szpiro, G. G. 2010. Numbers rule. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
The Center for Election Science. Approval Voting vs. RCV | The Center for Election Science
Wallis, W. D. 2014. The mathematics of elections and voting. New York: Springer.
Wikipedia. 2022. List of voting systems
Note the two references with asterisks (Garrick and Noel/Modica) pertain to the
City of San Diego.
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