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Charter Commission November 29, 2007 Page 13 APPROVED 328 does for them and the citizens, and they will likely be confused about some of it. She stated she 529 felt the best way is for there to be an initial speaker who explains why the Charter Commission 530 felt compelled to revise the Charter and further explains what the proposed amendment does for 531 the city and its residents. She recommended that following the initial speaker, two or three 532 others could address specific areas of the proposed amendment to further explain the various 533 sections of the document and answer any questions. She stated she will attend to answer any 534 legal questions that may come up at the meeting. 535 536 Commissioner Trehus stated he felt Ms. Marty should be the initial speaker. 537 538 Ms. Marty respectfully disagreed, stating that it would be more beneficial to have a 539 Commissioner speak to the Council. 540 541 Commissioner Bor asked Ms. Marty to prepare a short outline containing her recommendations 542 for presenting the amendment to the City Council with succinct talking points. She reiterated the 543 importance of honoring the process and to select people who are neutral and have the highest 544 potential to be heard by the City Council. 545 546 Commissioner Carlson stated he felt Chair Duffy should take the lead at the Council work 547 session. 548 P"1549 Commissioner Bening called the question. 550 551 Commissioner Dahl requested a friendly amendment to the motion to state that all members of 552 the Charter Commission should try to attend the December 3rd City Council work session 553 meeting. 554 555 Commissioner Vacha stated an amendment to the motion is not necessary. 556 557 Commissioner Carlson stated he is not opposed to other people speaking at the work session; he 558 would like to have Chair Duffy take the lead at the meeting. 559 560 Motion carried unanimously. 561 562 MOTION by Commissioner Vacha, seconded by Commissioner Bening, to approve Version #3 563 of the draft Charter amendment, with the minor revisions as agreed upon earlier, for presentation 564 to the City Council on December 3, 2007. 565 566 Further Discussion 567 568 Commissioner Bening stated he felt there was too much micromanaging in some areas of the 569 amendment. He stated he was not in agreement with the changes proposed by Commissioner 570 Trehus and indicated he felt the procedure for having to petition for a referendum was unwieldy. 571 He stated his objection to using the mayoral election as a basis for the percentage to trigger a 13