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MR. UDOVIC: My recommendation then, is if that is something you want to include then draft something here. I think Karen is prepared to make any addition to COMM. 60.3, which is there. I think we can include that in the Final Report. CHR. SIRACUSA: Actually, it is in my personal communication, and I think it might be in some of the others; in which case we wouldn't have to go for a Special Meeting because it is already on the record. MR. UDOVIC: No, we would just need to draft specific language. CHR. SIRACUSA: So, if we all agree on that, then we could put that in with the recommendations of the entire Commission. So, I would like to know how the Commissioners feel about that. MR. MIDDLESWORTH: My only concern about it would be the issue of fairness in terms of representation. We get into that -- -That was part of this whole thing. MR. UDOVIC: Be that as it may; the present Council tried their best to make sure that "one person, one vote" was the criteria, and that is the formula that they used. And we abided by that; the Commission abided by that. If you have a recommendation, you can make your recommendation. They may not agree with you, but you know, you can make the recommendation I think. Karen is here to answer, I think. CHR. SIRACUSA: And I would also, then, want you to discuss with us how do we go about getting the attention of the Council on the recommendations that we want to make to them. But, let's finish with this first, okay? MS. EOFF: That is basically what I was going to say. The recommendations that we put in Communication 60.3 were very general. You folks had a little bit more specific comments in your individual recommendations that are in the attached exhibit. So, it is all there. I think, like Mike said, we could amend the recommendations and put them into the report, but to get the actual outcome, you would need to approach an individual councilperson and ask them to amend the Code. At this point, that is the only way to get a change. Just putting it into the recommendations isn't going to accomplish that either. The actual, most proactive thing to do is to ask your individual councilmember to introduce legislation to amend the Code. MR. MIDDLESWORTH: If we all agree on something, we could, all of us, each individually, communicate to our councilperson, our feelings about an issue and suggest that one, or more of them introduce legislation so that we can then have a discussion at the council level. MR. UDOVIC: That is certainly your privilege as a citizen of this great State and County, and Country. R