2000-05-10 Charter Commission Minutes

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Transcript of Meeting of May 10, 2000Page 19 of 62 right hand. HANDS RAISED: All Commissioners. RAY: That was unanimous. Number 10, Planning Commission Powers. IRVINE: I move we remove this from our consideration as well, due to the large amount of confusion on the part of the public about what we were doing here. YOSHIYAMA: Second. RAY: Would anybody like to speak to that? We’ve had a lot of discussion and input from our legal counsel. It doesn’t seem to be a substantive issue, and it has caused a lot of confusion. All in favor of eliminating raise your right hand. HANDS RAISED: All Commissioners. RAY: Okay, number 10's eliminated. The other items we discussed, and I don’t really have a sense of how strongly people feel about them. Oh wait a minute, one for sure; Number 14, the Board of Appeals. That was connected with number 6, the Planning Department Functions. So I think if we’re going to eliminate number 6, it makes sense to eliminate number 14. HERKES: I move we eliminate number 14. IRVINE: Second. RAY: Can you say which is - HERKES: Board of Appeals. RAY: Moving the Board of Appeals. We have a second. All in favor? HANDS RAISED: All Commissioners. RAY: Now, the item in regard to the Special Counsel. There was a lot of discussion back and forth on that at the - We just voted unanimously to eliminate moving the Board of Appeals. HERKES: I move that we eliminate Special Counsel, number 13. YOSHIYAMA: Second. RAY: Discussion. IRVINE: I think it’s entirely appropriate to remove it in light of the fact that I think it was pointed out to us that the Corporation Counsel shouldn’t be the ones hiring the attorneys for the other side, so to speak. That the County Counsel themselves should probably do that. RAY: That’s really a different issue, but – IRVINE: No. That was my feeling. I often have a different take. file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 05-10-00.html7/1/2011