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EXECUTIVE SESSION At 3:35 P.M. Mayor LEGAL MATTERS Garthe called an Executive Session to discuss potential litigation; the Council meeting was reconvened at 4:00 P.M., with the same Councilmen present. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION PROPOSED REORGANIZATION 'DRAFT 'RESOLUTION APPROVED IN CONCEPT by Councilman Evans: The Council, on the unanimously carried 6:0 motion of Council- man Bricken, seconded 1) Approved in concept the following recommendations contained in the City Manager's report dated December 27, 1976: a) To approve the draft of proposed resolution to reorganize the Human Relations Commission; b) To refer approved draft to the Human Relations Commission, Planning Commission, Personnel Board and Redevelopment Commission for their information and potential comment at the public hearing; c) To solicit applications for membership to the reorganized Human Relations Commission; z) Set a public hearing for February 22, 1977 at 7:50 P.M. to review all comments and to consider adoption of a resolution to reorganize the Human Relations Commission; and 3) Instructed Staff to schedule a meeting between January 4 and February 4 of the City Council-Human Relations Commission Select Committee,-with Chairmen of the Planning Commission, Redevelopment Commission and Personnel Board, Directors of Planning, Redevelopment and Personnel, the City Manager, Director of Community Services and Captain Robert Stebbins of the Police Department. Prior to the approval of the.motion, the following persons spoke: Zeke Hernandez, Chairman of the Human Relations Commission Rudy Moreno, Member of the Human Relations Commission Each of the speakers took exception to reorganization of the Commission by resolution rather than ordinance; Mr. Hernandez stated that the Commission had recommended~nine members while the proposed resolution proposes seven members, and both were agreeable to a meeting to iron out the remaining points of concern. CA 131.1 PROPOSED CHARTER REVISIONS REPORT Following a report by COUNCIL BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE Councilman Ward indicat- MEETINGS SCHEDULED ing that members of the Staff, the Council Ballot Measure Committee and the Personnel Board were concerned that the proposed amendments be reviewed by Council to develop the appropriate support, and that these measures are as important as the original Charter in 1952, joint meetings were scheduled between Council and Personnel Board on January 2S, and between Council and Charter Review Committee on February 22, on the motion of Councilma~ Bricken, seconded by Councilman Ward, and carried 5:1, with Councilman Evans dissenting. CA 129 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 9 JANUARY 3, 1977