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Charter Commission October 12, 2006 Page 2 APPROVED 46 to discuss this issue. The decision was made to postpone the discussion to the January 2007 47 meeting because of staff attending a meeting that is being held this evening. 48 49 Commissioner Trehus noted the agenda item should be changed to "Road Reconstruction and 50 Staff Discussion". He indicated Chair Warren would be re -drafting his letter that will be sent to 51 City staff regarding the discussion. 52 53 Outcome of City Staff and City Council Actions with Pending Charter Amendment 54 Gordon Heitke, City Administrator — Chair Duffy referred to the memo sent by City 55 Administrator Heitke regarding the petition that was presented to the City Council. The Council 56 decided to prepare the amendment as requested in the petition with no revisions for placement on 57 the ballot. 58 59 Review of City Council Decision, Commissioner Dahl — Commissioner Dahl stated that 60 because the Charter was so involved in this issue that the Commission needed detailed minutes 61 from the Council meeting when this was discussed. She distributed verbatim minutes from that 62 section of the Council meeting as prepared by Commissioner Duffy. 63 64 ONGOING REPORTS UPDATED QUARTERLY, GORDON HEITKE 65 66 Five -Year Plan — Acting Chair Duffy referred to the memo from the City Administrator 67 regarding this issue. The memo indicated the final revision would be made in December 68 concurrently with the 2007 budget. 69 70 Commissioner Montain stated it is the job of the Commission to ensure the City has a Five Year 71 Plan. The memo is just another brush off to the Commission regarding this issue. The City 72 needs to follow the Charter and have a Five Year Plan. It is the job of the Chair of the 73 Commission to get the Council's attention and make sure they complete a Five Year Plan. The 74 Chair should make it more of a public discussion and get this issue put on a Council agenda to 75 point out to them in a public form they are not doing their job. 76 77 Commissioner Bening suggested this issue be put on the Council agenda and a letter be read to 78 them outlining options such as taking the requirement out of the Charter, complete the plan, or 79 petition on a recall of the elected officials. 80 81 Commissioner Carlson pointed out the Surface Water Management Plan would make a big 82 difference in the Five Year Plan. 83 84 MOTION by Commissioner Trehus, seconded by Commissioner Montain, to form a 85 subcommittee to bring this issue to the Council face to face as an agenda item to enforce the Five 86 Year Plan. 87 88 Acting Chair Duffy also suggested the Commission do some research about what the 89 Commission's options are in regard to this issue. 2