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minutes 01-15-00Page 19 of 59 RAY: That’s the motion that’s on the floor right now. SANTANGELO: Oh good. So, that’s what happened when I was out of the room? I support it. KUROZAWA: But you were here when the motion was made. SANTANGELO: No, but we were still discussing a crossover and this is just there is none. RAY: Does anybody want to amend that with the one exception for the - HIGASHI: I want to defeat it and then start all over. It is more than this one Amendment. HERKES: I want it in writing. RAY: Well, go ahead and discuss what - HIGASHI: That’s why I wanted him to come up with a draft that we can look at something, and then amend that and move along. You know, with several scenarios. I think he has the gist of what we’re thinking about. RAY: Well, maybe, could you do it in more of an informal note form? HIGASHI: John, that’s what he’s been doing up to now and we’ve been taking votes after that. YUEN: I can draw up four or five options. I could draw up eight max. I can draw up eight max with a one time exception for six-year district Council members to go to ten. I can draw up eight plus eight, for a total of sixteen. Any other alternatives? Does nobody want eight plus eight? IRVINE: Was anybody thinking eight plus eight? YUEN: Nobody wants eight plus eight, so I’ll forget that one. HIGASHI: I’m not saying eight plus eight. It’s a new office, eight consecutive years, maybe. I mean, a person may be only in office for only two years now. A person may be in office for two years and he could run at-large and be only eight consecutive years. It’s not eight plus eight. YUEN: But I’m saying eight plus eight as a simplified way because those are the main scenarios I’ve heard discussed so far, and I can imagine a few more, but those - HIGASHI: I think you’ve covered most of them. MARTIN: There’s always the two-four-two. RAY: So, we have a motion on the floor. I guess we should vote on that. HIGASHI: I say we withdraw this motion. MARTIN: Sorry, sir, I’m not withdrawing it. SANTANGELO: I would speak against the motion, then, so that we can allow Chris to do what he’s doing, because, for me, it’s about better government, and we need to try to put something out there that people perceive as better government. And this whole discussion started because of how Council members were acting in terms of just territorial parochialism. RAY: Let’s vote on that motion. Does everybody understand the motion on the floor? George’s motion to strictly limit it to the eight years. All in favor, raise your hand. file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 01-15-00.html7/1/2011