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Charter Commission November 29, 2007 Page 11 DRAFT 438 Ms. Marty stated this does not create a problem from a legal point of view. 439 440 Chair Duffy requested clarification regarding subd. 5 where it states that the City Council "may" 441 approve the public improvements by resolution at any time during the next year and asked if the 442 word "shall" should be inserted in place of "may." 443 444 Ms. Marty suggested revising subd. 5 to clarify the first sentence to read: "When proposed public 445 improvements are allowed under Subd. 3, the City Council shall adopt a resolution approving the 446 public improvements." 447 448 It was the consensus of the Commission to amend the first sentence of Section 8.09, subd. 5, to 449 read: "When proposed public improvements are allowed under Subd. 3, the City Council shall 450 adopt a resolution approving the public improvements." 451 452 Section 8.10 Specified Commercial Areas 453 454 It was the consensus of the Commission that no changes were required in Section 8.10. 455 456 Further Discussion Regarding Indication of Preferences 457 458 Chair Duffy requested the Charter Commission revisit Commissioner Trehus's ballot issue and '^ 459 asked if this results in instant run-off voting. 460 461 Commissioner Trehus replied it could be, with perhaps a different method of tabulating votes. He 462 presented proposed language for the Commission's review which asked the question "do you 463 want a ranked ballot" and to rank in order of preference what residents want, followed by an 464 instant run-off. He stated by doing a ranked ballot, you eliminate the possibility of a minority 465 getting a project approved. He felt this was the only way that you can get a project that 466 everybody can live with. He added then you will not need the petitioning for a referendum by 467 neighbors that can't live with the project. He stated if the taxpayers want to petition, they have 468 that option. He felt this provides for a really good process in the neighborhood and it is easy to 469 implement. 470 471 Chair Duffy asked how this would be implemented. 472 473 Commissioner Trehus replied it would use instant run-off methodology and felt that Ms. Marty 474 could draft appropriate language. 475 476 MOTION by Commissioner Trehus to include language with respect to ranked ballots in the 477 neighborhood process as opposed to the language currently contained in the amendment. 478 479 Hearing no second to the motion, the motion failed. 480 11