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File #: 19-097 MEETING DATE: 1/22/2019
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Mike Posey, City Councilmember
Subject:
City Councilmember Item submitted by Councilmember Posey for the January 22, 2019 City
Council meeting - Formation of a Charter Review Commission
Statement of Issue:
Section 804 of the City Charter states that the City Council shall determine if there is a need to convene a
citizen's Charter Review Commission to conduct a review of the City Charter no less than every ten years. On
April 20, 2009, the City Council voted to convene a Charter Review Commission comprised of 15 members. It
has been nearly ten years since the last Charter Review Commission was convened and the time has come to
reconvene the Commission to review the potential update of the City's Charter.
Noted City Charter expert, Dr. Sonenshein, was retained to guide the Commission through the 2009 review
process. The Commission meetings were publicly noticed and open to the public for comment. The
Commission met for a year. Their final report was presented to the City Council in April 2009, and their
Charter recommendations were approved via Resolution No. 2010-41 on June 7, 2010. Once their
recommendations were received and approved by the City Council, the Commission was formally dissolved by
Council action on June 21, 2010. The Commission primarily recommended language changes to the Charter
and technical amendments that amended current election processes and included certain changes to the form
of government.
It would be prudent for the City Council to convene a new Charter Review Commission as it has been ten
years since the last review and the Commission will take nearly a year to study and present their
recommendations to City Council on any proposed changes/updates. The proposed changes to the Charter
were ratified by the voters on November 2, 2010 and were filed with the Secretary of State on January 6, 2011.
Recommended Action:
Direct the City Manager to:
A) Convene the Charter Review Commission to be made up of 15 members--7 appointed
individually by each of the City Council Members and 8 to be appointed by the City Council as
a whole; and
B) Retain the services of a Charter Review Consultant to assist the Commission and staff in the
review of the Charter.
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CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
?•. ,� City Council Interoffice Communication
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council e ers
From: Mike Posey, City Council Member
Date: January 2, 2019
Subject: CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ITEM FOR THE JANUARY 22, 2019,
CITY COUNCIL MEETING — FORMATION OF A CHARTER
REVIEW COMMISSION
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Section 804 of the City Charter states that the City Council shall determine if there is a need to
convene a citizen's Charter Review Commission to conduct a review of the City Charter no less
than every ten years. On April 20, 2009, the City Council voted to convene a Charter Review
Commission comprised of 15 members. It has been nearly ten years since the last Charter
Review Commission was convened and the time has come to reconvene the Commission to
review the potential update of the City's Charter.
Noted City Charter expert, Dr. Sonenshein, was retained to guide the Commission through the
2009 review process. The Commission meetings were publicly noticed and open to the public
for comment. The Commission met for a year. Their final report was presented to the City
Council in April 2009, and their Charter recommendations were approved via Resolution No.
2010-41 on June 7, 2010. Once their recommendations were received and approved by the
City Council, the Commission was formally dissolved by Council action on June 21, 2010. The
Commission primarily recommended language changes to the Charter and technical
amendments that amended current election processes and included certain changes to the form
of government.
It would be prudent for the City Council to convene a new Charter Review Commission as it has
been ten years since the last review and the Commission will take nearly a year to study and
present their recommendations to City Council on any proposed changes/updates. The
proposed changes to the Charter were ratified by the voters on November 2, 2010 and were
filed with the Secretary of State on January 6, 2011.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Direct the City Manager to:
1. Convene the Charter Review Commission to be made up of 15 members--7 appointed
individually by each of the City Council Members and 8 to be appointed by the City
Council as a whole; and
2. Retain the services of a Charter Review Consultant to assist the Commission and staff in
the review of the Charter.
xc: Fred A.Wilson, City Manager
Lori Ann Farrell Harrison, Assistant City Manager
Robin Estanislau, City Clerk
Michael Gates, City Attorney