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Charter Commission July 13, 2006 Page 4 APPROVED 131 Commissioner Dahl stated she requested the information for the purpose of being updated only. 132 She suggested the Commission receive another update at the October meeting. 133 134 Five Year Plan Response — Chair Warren read the response from the City and stated there is no 135 public end date to the Five Year Plan. She stated there needs to be a plan to complete the plan. 136 137 Commissioner Duffy stated she does not believe there will be any new information on this until 138 January or February when the budget process is completed. 139 140 MOTION by Commissioner Duffy to table the Five Year Plan to the January 2007 meeting. 141 142 Commissioner Dahl and Trehus suggested another update should be given at the October meeting 143 to keep the City on task with the Plan. 144 145 Chair Warren suggested Commissioner Dahl requests clarification from the City regarding the 146 completion of the Five Year Plan. 147 148 Commissioner Duffy withdrew the motion. 149 150 MOTION by Commissioner Trehus, seconded by Commissioner Dahl, to send a memo to the —151 City Administrator asking for clarification on the completion of the Five Year Plan. Motion 152 carried. 153 154 Quality of Life Survey - Chair Warren referred to the written response from the City regarding 155 this issue. 156 157 Kennedy and Graven Charter Review: YMCA and Legacy — Trehus (Refer to Line 76 in 158 April 13, 2006 Minutes) - Commissioner Trehus provided the background on this issue noting 159 the headings on the expenses have white out on them and the services were not paid for one year. 160 He added he is not aware of any concerns raised over this issue but more investigation could be 161 completed. 162 163 Chair Warren stated it appears that staff got legal opinions about the Charter. Staff can do that as 164 long as the fees do not come out of the Charter budget. 165 166 Commissioner Carlson read a memo from the Finance Director regarding this issue. The memo 167 stated the auditor indicated the expenses were handled in the proper manner. The auditor also 168 recommended the titles of the line items be changed to avoid confusion in the future. 169 170 Commissioner Dahl stated if staff is obtaining legal opinions related to the Charter the 171 Commission should have access to that information. 172 73 MOTION by Commissioner Dahl, seconded by Commissioner Storberg, to request copies of 174 information related to Charter inquiries and legal opinions when available. 4