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requested that the Council give him the authority to make the decision. Mr. Goodrich als~ that as with previous Charter petitions and amendments if the Council deems the amendments to be unconstitutional the Council has the authority not to forward the public. I i I Mayor Gamec inquired if the City Attorney had any comment re. being unconstitutional. City Attorney Goodrich replied no. ~;i-?zt~,, '",~:??~, ~}i Councilmember Hendfiksen inquired if the Ci~ Council shg, uI~,be sending'the issue back to ~e ?:' Cha~er Commission since the a~angement of the~ ~ates does not meet the legal'%;~~ requirements. City Attorney Goodrich replied that if it is found l~:~?name candidates alphabetically it will be removed. Councilmember Hendriksen replied that the City Attorney took could not pick and choose. that they City Attorney Goodrich re! proposed the issue in question ~as more~Senous. amendment was Councilmember Hendriksen stated that thrown out over one word I this one should be as well. City Attorney.Goodrich reP~:e~~ that the leave it off entirely, he did not feel it was Councilmember .Kurak ~qUi~ed~.to who ~}Uaed ~e lan~age. City Attorney GoOd~ch replied that he wr6te the lan~age off the reco~endation of the Charier Ke~th Kmffer, former Cha~CS~ission Chairperson, stated that the City Attorney represents the Charter c'°mmission~afid:~i~derstands what their intentions are. He felt that the City Attorney has the authori.~'to make'those changes. CouncilmemberHendriksen replied that there is no legal basis. Co.uncilmember Zimmerman stated that he has a problem with changing the requirement for adopting 'a.comprehensive plan from a 4/5~h vote to a majority vote. He felt that the language should b~ more clear in the question to make residents understand that they would be changing the.reqUirement to only three votes instead of the current requirement of four votes. City Council/September 11, 2001 I Page 15 of 22 -33-