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Charter Commission October 11, 2007 Page 5 APPROVED 174 Commissioner Trehus stated the City has not indicated what is involved in the project and 175 nothing is defined. The Commission has concerns about this and wants the City to define an 176 improvement project. 177 178 Ms. Marty stated a project would normally start with a proposal, then a feasibility study, 179 followed by City Council review and a determination if the project is feasible. At that point they 180 should know which trees are coming out, how wide the road will be, etc. She added that all plans 181 are available for public viewing. 182 183 Chair Duffy stated the Commission's concern is that the City has not previously made it clear to 184 residents how much a particular project will cost, etc. and residents are feeling they are not being 185 given adequte opportunity to provide input. 186 187 Commissioner Handrick left the Commission meeting at 8:00 p.m. 188 189 Bullet #5: It was the consensus of the Commission to send notices via certified mail. 190 191 Bullet #6: Ms. Marty agreed with this provision. 192 193 Bullet #7: Ms. Marty requested clarification of the word "affected" as it relates to affected 194 property owners blocking a project with a petition of 25% of the affected property owners. "'"N195 196 Chair Duffy stated it is important the Charter be consistent throughout with respect to this 197 provision. She added this provision relates to an objection of a proposed assessment and it does 198 not stop a proposed project. 199 200 It was the consensus of the Commission to leave the wording as currently proposed regarding a 201 petition. 202 203 Bullet #8: Commissioner Trehus stated the Charter currently has a referendum requirement; the 204 Commission proposes adding language to replace referendum with a "petition for" referendum 205 requiring a percentage of registered votes. The question is how many signatures would be 206 required on the petition. Chair Duffy added that currently, it automatically goes to a referendum. 207 208 It was the consensus of the Commission to continue to discuss this matter and provide feedback 209 to Ms. Marty. 210 211 Commissioner Aldentaler left the Commission meeting at 8:32 p.m. 212 213 Bullet #9: Ms. Marty requested the Commission provide her with the number of years it proposes 214 to include in the disallowance provision. 215 216 It was the consensus of the Commission to further deliberate this issue. 217 5