2000-07-12 Charter Commission Minutes

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Charter Commission - Transcript of Meeting of July 12, 2000Page 18 of 45 YUEN: Yes, at first I didn’t want do it that way because there are not requirements for parks and recreation, and research and development now. It’s not greatly inaccurate to say put them in as requirements being strengthened. I think it does somewhat imply that there are requirements now but in the interest of simplifying it, I don’t think it would be deceiving the voters. That could be cleaned up in the Digest as far as what exactly is going on. KUROZAWA: Or if you could word it something like ‘requirements being developed and strengthened’. Something in one sentence where – YUEN: Yes. What I would say, hearing what the feedback of the Commission is, is just to say the requirements are being strengthened and list all the ones for which the requirements are either being proposed or strengthened, and do that in the ballot question, also mentioning – I think I have to mention the Chief Engineer name change, specifically, in the question. Then in the Digest be a little more specific. RAY: George. MARTIN: I think that name change is going to pose a problem in that what the doc was just saying that, yeah, they’re all the same, we’re strengthening some and implementing new ones for others. But it’s still, nonetheless, requirements and qualifications. The name change, in itself, is a different question. I think we’re going to need another amendment for that or if the body feels comfortable with leaving it there, we may be losing something with leaving that there. I mean, talking about fairness to the voters, I think we should separate them. At least the name change. IRVINE: I just can’t imagine anybody caring whether we change the name or not and so maybe we could throw it in and the other stuff is the significant. SANTANGELO: Well, you’ve got to talk about it before you change it. John? RAY: Yes. SANTANGELO: Dr. Daryl, here, made a good point to me just now, and if you read it the way it was before we changed it, it’s pretty good. MARTIN: What change? IRVINE: Number 7 on here. HERKES: I think we’re having too many meetings, Mr. Chairman. SANTANGELO: I’m looking in the proposed because Sharron has the original question there. ‘Should there be qualifications for the directors of research and development, and parts and recreation, and shall the qualifications of the managing director and planning director and water director and chief engineer be changed?’ Or you could put ‘strengthened’. But that makes it pretty clear what you’re doing there. MARTIN: But if you notice, John, there’s no mention of changing the name in there. HERKES: Right. MARTIN: But I agree with you a hundred percent. file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 07-12-00.html7/1/2011