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<br /> -12- <br /> The Commission also was given a presentation of the history <br /> and theories behind various forms of council election systems <br /> by Dr. Dan Farlow of the Political science Department at <br /> Southwest Texas state University. <br /> The Commission concluded that the current at-large place <br /> system of electing council members has been effective in <br /> producing diverse representation of the community, including <br /> ethnic minorities and women, and that no changes to the <br /> current system would therefore be recommended. <br /> 2. The second of these two topics involved the possible <br /> consolidation of the Planning and Zoning Commissions into one <br /> commission. The Charter Review commission received reports <br /> from interim Director of Planning and Development Services Dan <br /> O'Leary, the new Director Ron Patterson, and the Planning and <br /> Development Services Department staff on this issue. In <br /> addition, the Commission received the recommendation of the <br /> Planning and Zoning commissions to leave the present system <br /> intact, along with a report from the Sunset Advisory <br /> Commission that no recommendation would be made on this issue. <br /> The Charter Review Commission decided also not to make a <br /> recommendation on this issue. <br /> MBT:js <br /> Attachments <br /> T~~ <br /> <br /> ~~~ <br /> Randy Ro rs <br />