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Charter Commission <br />November 29, 2007 <br />Page 4 <br />APPROVED <br />X134 <br />135 Chair Duffy agreed and stated it should be left "may." <br />136 Commissioner Bening stated he felt it was up to the discretion of the City Council if only 25% of <br />137 the owners are requesting public improvements. <br />138 <br />139 Ms. Marty stated by using the word "shall," the Commission is requiring the City Council to <br />140 order a feasibility study if they get a petition; by using the word "may," the City Council can <br />141 choose not to order a feasibility study. <br />142 <br />143 Commissioner Carlson felt it was appropriate to leave the word "may" in this section. <br />144 <br />145 Commissioners Bor and Bening concurred. <br />146 <br />147 Ms. Marty explained if the word "shall" is used in these subdivisions, and there is a petition that <br />148 gets submitted, the City will be required to do a feasibility study; there may be instances when <br />149 this is not practical. She felt it would be better to leave this to the Council's discretion. <br />150 <br />151 Chair Duffy asked what would compel the City Council to order a feasibility study if, for <br />152 instance, all the property owners came to an agreement that they wanted their road fixed and <br />153 wanted a feasibility study done, but were only able to get a petition signed by less than 100%. <br />154 <br />^155 Ms. Marty stated it is important to remember the Charter is a concept document and it is not <br />156 possible to refine it to the point of defining who will have their petition considered and who will <br />157 not. <br />158 <br />159 It was the consensus of the Commission that no changes were required in Section 8.04. <br />160 <br />161 Section 8.05. Feasibility Study <br />162 <br />163 Commissioner Bening stated he would like to replace Sections 8.05, 8.06, 8.07, 8.08, and 8.09 <br />164 with something that is not so detailed and costly; he stated he drafted a proposal for the <br />165 Commission's consideration if there was interest. <br />166 <br />167 Commissioner Bor stated her preference would be to review the remainder of Version #3 as <br />168 prepared by counsel and then entertain Commissioner Bening's proposal. <br />169 <br />170 Commissioner Vacha concurred. <br />171 <br />172 Commissioner Trehus asked about the use of the word "recommended" and what constitutes a <br />173 recommendation. <br />174 <br />175 Ms. Marty replied that "recommended" public improvements provide an opportunity for staff to <br />176 say these are public improvements they recommend. <br />"-\177 <br />4 <br />