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6. Amend Section 6.08 regarding the holding of elections after the certification of a recall petition: Sec. 6.08. Recall election. The provisions regulating examination, certification and amendment of initiative petitions shall apply to recall petitions. If the petition is certified by the city clerk to be sufficient, the council shall order and hold an election to determine whether such officer shall be recalled. The election shall be held on the date next authorized by state law for municipal elections which is at least 62 30 days after certification of the petition calling for the recall election. Rationale: The proposed change will keep the Charter current with State law. The State Legislature in 2003 revised the deadline in the State Election Code for calling a local election to 62 days prior to the election date. 7. Amend Section 7.0'1 regarding the composition of the planning and zoning commission and qualifications for its members as follows: Sec. 7,01. Planning and zoning commission. _(9_) 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, eight of the commission members must have resided and owned real property in the city for a period of three years before the date of appointment, and the remaining member must have resided and owned real property in the city's 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, and the commission member appointed as an extraterritorial jurisdiction resident must maintain residence in the extraterritorial jurisdiction. (c) To be eligible for election and continued service as chair of the commission, commission member must reside in the city. (d) The council shall establish, by ordinance, the .... ~,~ ..... ; ..... fo an~ month in which appointments are made, and the month in which terms of office o£members c, fthe con.miss'ion commence. The council may prescribe, by ordinance, educational requirements to be met by persons appointed to the commission. (e) In making appointments to the commission, council shall seek to ensure broad