REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Ongoing Consideration and Possible Action on the Charter Review Committee's Recommendation for Placement of a Comprehensive Charter Update Measure on the November 2026 Ballot, Including Consideration of a Possible Stand-Alone Measure that Would Update the City's Public Works Procurement Rules
Report
BACKGROUND
At the City Council's June 9th meeting, in a study session format, the City Attorney presented the Charter Review Committee ("CRC") Charter Project 2026 Final Report to Council ("CRC Final Report") (Attachment 1). Members of the CRC Presentation Ad Hoc Subcommittee attended this meeting and were on standby to answer Council questions. At the end of the allotted study session time period, with additional information still to be presented, it was agreed that City Attorney would pick up where he left off and complete the presentation at the June 15th special session.
At the City Council's June 15th meeting, as contemplated, the City Attorney completed his presentation of the CRC Final Report. Members of the CRC were again in attendance to provide support and answer questions. In summary the topics presented included:
1. Charter Project Origins and Objectives. A description of the origins and objectives of the Charter Project.
2. The Process. A summary of the process and approach used to implement the Charter Project. This includes details on: (a) the creation and function of the six CRC Ad Hoc Subcommittee "working groups;" (b) the solicitation and provision of stakeholder input; (c) benchmarking with other "comparable" charters and charter update projects; and (d) the categorization of proposed changes into "levels."
3. The Results. A summary of the proposed changes resulting from this process. Changes presented include Charter-wide updates and conventions, along with the Article by Article, Section by Section changes, ranging from mere corrections, wording updates and reorganization ("Level One"), changes ...
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