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Committee debates membership and timing for future review committees; leans toward district-appointed seats
Summary
Members discussed whether future government-review committees should meet every 10 years and whether membership should be expanded. The group favored having representatives selected from each council district rather than assigning seats to named organizations.
Members discussed the committee’s composition and review-cycle timing. The committee’s current schedule aligns to a 10‑year cycle that runs with the decennial census and subsequent redistricting; some members asked whether a five-year or other interval might be preferable.
Several members suggested expanding the committee’s membership and creating direct connections to neighborhood representation if public turnout remains low. One option discussed was giving each council member the ability to nominate a representative from his or her district so every district would have a directly appointed participant. Members raised concerns about designating seats explicitly for named civic organizations because that could raise questions about selection criteria and fairness.
The committee agreed that the CAC will be invited to May 21 and that no new substantive issues will be added before the committee completes its current drafts. Members asked staff to revise issue papers to reflect the committee’s discussion about district appointment and to consider options for membership size and representative selection in the next draft.
