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and; COMM. 136.3: Memo from commission secretary, Karen Eoff, dated March 31, 2010 summarizing proposed charter amendments that passed 2nd reading and may be discussed as part of Comm. 136. Proposed amendments include CA -1: Department of Water Supply; CA -2: Data Systems; CA -3: Fire Department; CA -4: Civil Service Laws; CA -5: Merit Appeals Board; CA -6: Removal of Directors Serving Under Commissions; CA -7 (Draft 3): Recall Procedures; CA -9 (Draft 2): Special Meeting Notice Requirement; CA -10: Department of Environmental Management, Powers, Duties, and Functions; CA -11: Department of Environmental Management, Requirements of Director; CA -12 (Draft 3): Initiation of Amendments or Revisions; CA -13: Mandatory Charter Review; CA -15 (Draft 3): The Land Fund; CA -17 (Draft 2): Reapportionment to Redistricting; CA -24: Electronic Notice with Newspaper Publications; CA -26: Conservation of Natural and Cultural Resources; CA -29: Prosecuting Attorney Powers; CA -36: "Housekeeping" Amendments; CA -38: (Draft 2): Voluntary Status of Board and Commission Members. CHR. HAITSUKA: Mr. Hookano, I'm not sure what type of motion should be made at this time. MR. HOOKANO: Currently, it would be a motion to file Communication 136 and all related communications. CHR. HAITSUKA: Do I have a motion? Mr. Nahale -a moved to file Comm. 136 and all related communications. Seconded by Ms. Osborne. CHR. HAITSUKA: Is there any discussion? I just wanted to note that since Communication 136 came out, not all of the amendments in that particular communication passed; in particular, CA -30 didn't make it, and also CA -31. Subsequent to that memorandum, a few of the other proposed amendments did pass. MS. JARMAN: Mr. Chair. CHR. HAITSUKA: Ms. Jarman. MS. JARMAN: I would like to speak against consolidating any of the amendments. I feel like we passed them separately, and so they should be voted on separately. If we had wanted to combine them, we should have done it at the time. So, I would be opposed to it. However, I think when we decide on what order to put them on the ballot, we can put "like" items together on the ballot, and "unlike" items together. When we reorganize them and put them in the correct part of the Charter, we could put them all together. That could be part of our educational outreach. But, I don't think we should consolidate things, because that's not how we voted on them.