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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-07-25 CRC Agenda - Special NOTICE AND AGENDA FOR SPECIAL MEETING CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION Monday, July 25, 1994 6.00 p.m. Council Conference Room 276 Fourth Avenue Chula Vista, Ca. 91910 Please take notice that the Charter Review Commission will meet at the above-stated time and place to consider the following matters: 1. Roll Call 2. Approval of Minutes of February 1 and anuary 18C1994'Meetings 3. Election of Officers 7 V 4. Expiration of Members Dorso and Fuller's terms. a- 5.. Public comments ell 6. Consideration of Resolution to Request the Board of Sup o of the County of San Diego to Consolidate a Special Muni ci a un off Election to be Held on the Date Pursaunt to Section 23302 of the Elections Code and for Submission to the Voters a Question relating to Amending the Charter to Cause the Date of General Municipal Elections to Coincide with the Date of State Primary Elections All other. Matters which were the Subject of the Prior Recommendation to Council. 00 � Members Comments I declare under penalty of perjury that I am employed 00 by the City of Chula Vista in the office of the City Attorney and that I posted this-Agenda/Notice on the Bulletin Boards at the Public Services Building and at City Hall on Dated 7-,,ia-q4 Signecls:g� ' Charter Review Commission Notice Page 2 9. Adjournment Notice Dated: 7/22/94 Q\CRC\notice Glen R. oog' , Secre The City of Chula Vista, in complying with the American With Disabilities Act, request individuals who require special accommodation to access, attend and/or participate in a City meeting, activity or service request such accommodation at least forty-eight hours in advance for meetings and five days for scheduled services and activities. Please contact Lorraine Kraker for specific information at 691-5037 or Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf (TDD) at 585-5655. California Relay Service is also available for the hearing impaired. MINUTES .OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE JULY 25, 1994 July 25, 1994 Council Conference Room 6: 00 p.m. ----------------------------------------------------------------- MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Campbell, . Susan Fuller, Sharon Reid, Deric Prescott and John Dorso MEMBERS ABSENT: Jack Blakely (excused) and Janet Lawry (unexcused) STAFF PRESENT: Bruce Boogaard, City Attorney and Michael Karp, Legal Intern The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Campbell at 6:00 P.M. The roll was called and all members were present except Member Blakely who was excused for a previous meeting and Member Lawry who was unexcused. MSUC (Campbell/Reid) to approve the minutes of the January 18 and February 1, 1994 regular meetings. City Attorney Boogaard conducted the elections at the Commission's request, opened nominations. MSUC (Reid/Fuller) to retain the present officers for FY 1993/94. Nominations were closed, and Attorney Boogaard declared Campbell and Dorso elected. There were no comments from members of the public. Agenda Item 6: Consideration of Charter amendment to cause the date of General Municipal Elections to-coincide with the date of State Primary Elections. City Attorney Boogaard presented the proposed amendment to allow the date of Municipal Elections to automatically change with. the changes in the date of the Statewide primary. The reason for this change was explained to be the State's interest in moving the date of the presidential primary to March in Presidential election years to increase. the importance of California in choosing the presidential candidates but not in gubernatorial election years. The -date of the State primary in non-presidential years remains in June, thus without .this amendment, the Charter would need to be. changed annually. Chula Vista's interest in holding the Municipal elections on the same date as the State elections involves reducing the cost of the elections, estimated at over $100,000. Member Reid noted that the language in the change was effective to create a floating election day in the City which coincides with the date of the State election. i _ Charter Review Commission Minutes July 25, 1994 Page Two MSUC (Reid/Fuller) to recommend the adoption of language change by the Council and People. Other Matters: City Attorney Boogaard presented a compilation of the proposed amendments which had been presented to Council at the February 22 Meeting. These amendments had been deferred to facilitate further discussion prior to their inclusion on the November ballot. The City Attorney suggested a format for each proposed change to be presented in a complete packet to Council subsequent to further review of the Commission. . Member Campbell expressed the fact that hundreds of hours had already gone into the review of each amendment. The City Attorney responded that his own review.-of each proposed amendment would be included in the packets, , and the Commission would have the opportunity to review his analysis. Attorney Boogaard gave an example of one proposed measure with language he had found to be problematical. Member Campbell indicated that he would need time alone to carefully review the. City Attorney's analysis of each issue and suggested to reconvene the Commission after the City Attorney had provided his analysis to each member. Member Fuller noted that none of the issues were pressing which remained for review, thus the need to put these proposed changes on the November ballot was minimal. The lack of time constraint was. noted and the City Attorney agreed that there was time to consider all the measures thoroughly to -place them on the ballot for the next election in March 1996. City Attorney agreed to submit his analysi of the pro osed changes to the members with sufficient time for r view pri to the next meeting date. The members agreed to a the dat or the next meeting for Tuesday, September 20, 19 4 t 4: 00 p. Bruce M. Boogaard C-%crc V-25-4 minutes