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-5- Item 10: Sec. 6.02. Fbær of referendum. "The people reserve the power to approve or reject at the polls any legislation enacted by the council which is subject to the initiative process under this Charter. Prior to or within thirty (30) days after the effective date of any ordinance which is subject to referendum, a petition by qualified voters of the city equal in number to at least ten (10) per cent of the qualified voters voting in the last regular city election or two hundred fifty (250), whichever is the greater, may be filed with the city secretary requesting that any such ordinance be either repealed or submitted to the vote of the people. ~~hen such a petition has been certified as sufficient by the city secretary, the ordinance specified in the petition shall not go into effect, or further action thereunder shall be suspended if it shall have gone into effect, until and unless it is approved by the voters as herein provided." Add the following provision: "Notwithstanding the foregoing, no zoning district boundary ordinance shall be subject to the referendum process." ITEM 11: Sec. 6.04. Filing, examination and certification of petitions. "vJi thin thirty (30) days after an ini tiati ve or referendum petition is filed, the city secretary shall determine whether the same is properly signed by the requisite number of qualified voters. The city secretary shall declare void any petition paper which dœs not have an affidavit attached thereto as required in Section 6.03 of this article. In examining the petition the secretary shall write the letters "D. V." in red ink opposite the names of signers found not qualified. After completing examination of the petition the secretary shall certify the result the reo f to the council at its next regular meeting. I f the certificate of the city secretary shall show an initiative or referendum petition to be insufficient the secretary shall notify the person filing the petition, and it may be amended within ten (10) days from the date of such notice by filing a supplementary peti tion upon additional papers signed and filed as provided for in t~e original petition. Within thirty (30) days after such amendment is filed, the secretary shall examine the amended petition and certify as to its sufficiency. If the amended petition is then found to be insufficient no further proceedings shall be had with regard to it." Change the thirty (30) days to forty five (45) days which the City Secretary has available to certify any petition that is submitted to her.