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Charter Commission APPROVED November 29, 2007 Page 11 /Th40 Ms. Marty stated this does not create a problem from a legal point of view. 441 442 Chair Duffy requested clarification regarding subd. 5 where it states that the City Council "may" 443 approve the public improvements by resolution at any time during the next year and asked if the 444 word "shall" should be inserted in place of "may." 445 446 Ms. Marty suggested revising subd. 5 to clarify the first sentence to read: "When proposed public 447 improvements are allowed under Subd. 3, the City Council shall adopt a resolution approving the 448 public improvements." 449 450 It was the consensus of the Commission to amend the first sentence of Section 8.09, subd. 5, to 451 read: "When proposed public improvements are allowed under Subd. 3, the City Council shall 452 adopt a resolution approving the public improvements." 453 454 Section 8.10 Specified Commercial Areas 455 456 It was the consensus of the Commission that no changes were required in Section 8.10. 457 458 Further Discussion Regarding Indication of Preferences 459 460 Chair Duffy requested the Charter Commission revisit Commissioner Trehus's ballot issue and ''461 asked if this results in instant run-off voting. 462 463 Commissioner Trehus replied it could be, with perhaps a different method of tabulating votes. He 464 presented proposed language for the Commission's review. He stated by doing a ranked ballot, 465 you eliminate the possibility of a minority getting a project approved. He felt this was the only 466 way that you can get a project that everybody can live with. He added that there would be less 467 need to petition for a referendum by neighbors that can't live with the project. He stated if the 468 taxpayers want to petition, they have that option. He felt ranked ballots provide for a really good 469 process in the neighborhood and it is easy to implement. 470 471 Chair Duffy asked how this would be implemented. 472 473 Commissioner Trehus replied it could use instant run-off methodology or another method, and 474 felt that Ms. Marty could draft appropriate language with ease. 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. 480 481 Commissioner Storberg stated the purpose of the public hearing is to gain citizen input and it 482 provides an opportunity for citizens to object to a project. ^483 11