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REQUEST FOR
COUNCIL ACTION
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CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
September 19, 2005
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CITY MANAGER
APPROVED
o As Recommended
D As Amended
o Ordinance on 1 sl Reading
o Ordinance on 2nd Reading
o Implementing Resolution
D Set Public Hearing For
Creation of Charter Amendment
Citizens' Task Force
CONTINUED TO
FILE NUMBER
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Create a Charter Amendment Citizens' Task
City Council Ad Hoc Charter Amendment
councilmernber to appoint two members to the
Force as
CornrnittoQ,
Task Force.
recommended by the
and direct each
DISCUSSION
On May 2, 2005 the City Council appointed an ad hoc committee composed of
Mayor PYO Tern Gist and Councilmembers Alvarez and Garcia to make
recommendations on poLential charter amendments focusing on opportunities
to streamline City operations and eliminate archaic Charter provisions.
The Committee met four times and has developed a list of proposed
amendments.
The commj ttee has recommended to the full Council that a citizens I task
force be appointed to review the committee's proposed amendments before
being submitted to the full Council for consideration. The Task Force
should be composed of fourteen persons, all registered voters of Santa
Ana, with each Councilmember appointing two members to the Task Force.
The Committee would lik" the Task Force to begin meeting by the first
week of October and complete its work before Thanksgiving. The deadline
for placing items on the Jun" 7006 Primary Election is February 21, 2006.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this Qction.
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