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Committee considers preamble, diversity language and a public‑comment matrix for charter review
Summary
Members discussed adding values language or a preamble, continuing gender‑neutral drafting, and creating a public 'matrix' to document proposed charter changes and solicit focused public input.
At its March 6 meeting the Sunnyvale Charter Review Committee debated whether to add a statement of values or expand the charter preamble, continued work on gender‑neutral drafting, and urged staff to publish an ongoing matrix to make proposed changes transparent to the public.
Several members supported a single preamble or values statement to avoid redundant language appearing across multiple articles. Member Rubino suggested a preamble could "cover a whole bunch of stuff in…
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