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the City Council. Upon feeeivi final determination, the Clerk-Administrator shall report the date of the determination and its sufficiency to the City Council. Upon receipt of the report, the City-Council shall ay.o ine by re elut. n the suffi ieney of the po*.. � immediately declare the sufficiency of the petition by resolution, including the reported date of determination of sufficiency. Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the couneilClerk- Administrator determines that the sufficiency of a petition iscannot be declared, it shall be determined to be insufficient or irregular=4-The Clerk-Administrator shall deliver a copy of the petition, together with a written statement of its defects, to the sponsoring committee and to the City Council within 10 calendar days. The committee shall have thirtyZ1 calendar days in which to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the petitien in all other partiettlars,exeept that,in the ease of a petition for reeall,the eernmittee may not ehange the statement of the grounds on :.i ieh the meals i h+.specified irreaularity. Within 9 calendar days of receipt of the corrected petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall again repot t, , Council. ifthe C„,,, ei finds that the pets determine if sufficiency of the petition as corrected can be declared by the City Council and proceed as directed in Section 5.03. If the etition is still insufficient or irregular, the City Council shall pass a resolution of insufficiency and this shall be considered the Final Finding, The Clerk-Administrator shall file the petition as noted and notify the sponsoring committee within 10 calendar days that no further action will be taken. The final finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose unless otherwise specified within this Charter. Except in the case of a petition for recall, it shall snot prevent the Council from referring the subject matter of the petition to the voters at the next regular or special election. Section 5.05. Initiative. Any ordinance may be proposed by a-petition wliieh shah state at the head of each page or a4taeh(_1 _1 1.— "..' act text of the proposed ofdinanee. if the Gotincil passes the proposed ordifianee with amendments,and a Maj ority of the . - ""ittee do not disapprove the amended 4;arfa b" statement filed with the Clerk Adrainistfateerv,,ithin�en days efits passage by the Getineil,the ordinanee need no ommittee within sixty days after-the final determination of sufficieney of the petition,the ordinance as ;AJ 4hin 1 6 days after the filing E)f the petition,the Couneil shall eall a speeial eleetien on the ordinanee te be he! within sueh peFiE)d. 1fa majority efthose voting on the erdinanee vete in its faveF,it shall beeerae eMetive thi days after adoptian uniess the ardinanee speeifies a later effeetive date. (Arnended,Ord. 650, 8 16 2o . The exact text of the proposed ordinance must be stated at the head of each paae of the petition or attached thereto. The petition once filed with the Clerk-Administrator shall be valid for 180 days during which time a completed petition with signatures must be filed. Within 60 calendar days after final determination of the petition's sufficiency under the provisions of Section 5.03 of this charter. the Council may either hold a first readina of the ordinance, as defined in Section 3.05 of this charter and proceed with the adoption process, or propose an amendment to the petitioned ordinance. If an amendment is proposed by a majority vote of the Council and presented to the petition committee,the petition committee has 14 calendar days from the receipt of the amended proposed- ordinance to disapprove the amendment by majority vote, and file a statement with the Clerk-Administrator. Upon filing a statement of disapproval, the proposed ordinance, as stated on the orjgjnal petition, must be placed on the ballot at the next election occurrina in the City. If there is no proposed amendment, or should the petition committee agree Markup Revision J Page 2 of 4