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! <br />! <br /> <br />Refer to Page 5, Paragraph 11, of these minutes for further action <br />regarding the approval of the February 28, 1984 meeting minutes. <br /> <br />NOTE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES <br /> <br />! <br />! <br /> <br />Charter Commission noted regular City Council minutes dated February 28, 1984. <br />LETTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS <br /> <br />Charter Commission noted letter from Mr. Ben Deemer of the Planning Commission. <br /> <br />COMMISSION BUSINESS <br /> <br />Commission consensus is to review and respond to Mr. Ben Deemer's letter. <br /> <br />Item ~1: <br /> <br />Mr. Deemer's Comment: "Whatever happened to good old fashioned page numbering <br />of documents? You are not writing a document to impress someone with your <br />knowledge of bureaucracy, you are writing something the ordinary citizen can <br />understand." <br /> <br />Commission Response: The page numbering system utilized was for clarity sake <br />during charter preparation and designates chapter, page number of that chapter <br />and charter draft revision number, i.e., 4-1/7 represents 4th chapter, page 1 <br />of that chapter, 7th revision. <br /> <br />Item #2: <br /> <br />Mr. Deemer's Comment: "Page 4-1/7 - The use of he/she and his/her as parts of <br />the document could be replaced by ~Jthey' and 'their'. Use of this type of <br />English should be reserved for lawyers who didn't Pass in English. 'They' is <br />the "indefinite singular antecedant", used in place of the definite masculine/ <br />femine he/she. 'Their' is also used to replace his/her after an indefinite <br />singular antecedant. Although your use is not wrong, it is incorrect grammar, <br />and occurs on Page 4-1/7 and 5-1/7." <br /> <br />Commission Response: This point is rather insignificant and no action will be <br />taken by the Commission. <br /> <br />Item #3: <br /> <br />Mr. Deemer's Comment: "Page 5-2/7 - 'last city wide election' - in Section <br />5.03. It is conceivable that the last city wide election could have been a <br />special election with very few voters, thereby lowering the number of signatures <br />required for petitions, and the situation could be self perpetuating. With the <br />low number of percentage required, the phrase 'last presidential election' or <br />'last statewide election' would serve the majority of the people better." <br /> <br />Commission Response: Commissioner Gamec did attend the March 6, 1984 meeting <br />of Planning and Zoning and at that time Commissioner Gamec pointed out to <br />Mr. Deemer that the required number of signatures required on a petition is <br />not based on the number of voters at the last City wide election, but rather <br />on the number of registered voters at the time of the last City wide election. <br /> <br />CC/March 8, 1984 <br /> Page 2 of 6 <br /> <br /> <br />