Ord 2017-045/Calling General Election and Special Election

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TEXT AMENDMENT - FOR PROP "M" SECTION 7.01 OF THE CITY CHARTER WOULD BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Sec. 7.01. - Planning and zoning commission. (a) A city planning and zoning commission is established.The commission shall consist of nine members appointed for staggered three-year terms. Commission members shall be appointed by the council and serve without compensation. (b) To be eligible for appointment to the commission, all eight of the commission members must have resided and owned real property in the city for a period of three five years before the date of appointment, - •- •- -• - • ..-. . - - - • - - - . . .. • •- • ' extraterritorial jurisdiction for a period of three years before the date of appointment.To be eligible for continued service on the commission,the commission members appointed as city residents must maintain residence in the city, . . •- - ••- - • ••-• - . - --• - . an extraterritorial jurisdiction resident must maintain residence and property ownership in the extraterritorial jurisdiction. • - . • •- ••-• - - •- - ••- - - deleted and a qualified city resident member shall be appointed. [(c)] To be eligible for election and continued service as chair of the commission, a commission member must reside in the city. (dc) The council shall establish, by ordinance,the month in which appointments are made,and the month in which terms of office commence. The council may prescribe, by ordinance, educational requirements to be met after persons are appointed to the commission. 4-e4d In making appointments to the commission,council shall seek to ensure broad citizen representation which includes geographic, professional, gender, racial, and viewpoint diversity. The commission shall establish bylaws to govern rules of procedure and the annual election of officers. All meetings of the commission shall be open to the public. TEXT AMENDMENT—FOR PROP "N" SECTION 7.02, SUBPART 1, OF THE CITY CHARTER RELATING TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WOULD BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Sec. 7.02. - Powers and duties of the commission. The commission shall have the power and be required to: (1) Be responsible to and act as an advisory body to the council on all matters related to the physical growth and development of the city. The Planning and Zoning staff shall follow all city ordinances, rules, and regulations and confer with the city attorney before making any recommendations to the Planning and Zoning Commission. The Planning and Zoning 13