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Charter Commission August 23, 2007 Page 2 APPROVED 44 OLD BUSINESS 45 46 A. Review of July 23rd Meeting with City Council -Chair Duffy provided a report on the July 47 23rd meeting with the City Council. She stated she had requested additional funding to cover 48 potential attorney fees to review the amendment as well as any publishing costs to get the 49 Commission's viewpoint to the public. The Council did not approve the request but said a 50 request could be made with an estimate provided. It was brought up that the Citizens Task 51 Force had cart -blanche and did not need expense reports. A request was made to include 52 Commissioner Trehus' piece about the Charter Commission in the City Newsletter. The 53 Council did not agree to include the 'Fact or Fiction' portion, but the paragraph describing 54 the Charter Commission was included in the latest Newsletter. The Commission discussed 55 the funding request that will be forthcoming once estimates have been received from possible 56 attorneys. 57 58 B. Charter Communication Plan- Commissioner Trehus requested input from the 59 Commission regarding the Charter Commission Communication piece. He indicated one 60 option is the 'Fact or Fiction' and 'Who is the Charter Commission'; the other option would 61 be the letter format about the Charter Commission that the Subcommittee presented to the 62 Commission a couple of months ago. Chair Duffy informed the Commission there was an 63 article in the Quad about the special meeting that had some errors. She contacted the writer "-• 64 of the article to correct the errors, and also asked about the Charter Commission being able to 65 get something in the Revolving Door in the Quad. The writer had said that would work out 66 fine and that the Citizens Task Force would be asked for their input as well. Commissioner 67 Vacha suggested the Charter Commission pay to put an article in the newspaper so they are 68 not dependent on anyone else's timeline. The cost of the article would be included in the 69 estimate for the funding request. The Commissioners agreed that the suggestion to pay for 70 the article is a good idea. Discussion regarding the Charter Communication Plan related to 71 the following: 1) legal review to ensure what is stated is accurate; 2) timing to run the ad a 72 couple of times prior to the election; 3) run the ad in the Quad and the Citizen; 4) desired 73 content of the article and whether to include Fact or Fiction. 74 75 Discussion on the topic of the Charter Communication Plan was discontinued while 76 Commissioner Trehus excused himself to look for additional information pertaining to the 77 Communication Plan in relation to the Charter and citizen rights. 78 79 Consensus of the Commission was to move Agenda Item 6E & 6F up next in the agenda. 80 Following action on Agenda Items 6E & 6F, the Commission returned to discussion on the 81 Charter Communication Plan (Commissioner Trehus returned to the meeting). 82 83 MOTION by Commissioner Trehus, seconded by Commissioner Dahl, to revisit the Charter 84 Commission Communication Plan at the September 6, 2007 Commission meeting, and to 85 determine at that time what communication piece will be used. 86 87 Commissioner Bor arrived at 7:18 p.m. 2