The Charter Review Commission on Nov. 20 agreed to move forward with a corrected community survey and a timetable of public outreach that begins Nov. 30 and includes two public hearings in December. Chair (name not stated) told commissioners the corrected survey would be posted online after the city clerk notifies IT and asked each member to provide lists of organizations to receive the survey.

Commissioners said the edits were largely grammatical and numbering fixes rather than substantive changes. "The survey is a road map," one commissioner said, arguing the instrument should produce meaningful data for drafting possible charter referendum questions. Members agreed the version under review keeps existing questions but cleans wording and numbering errors; the final draft contains nine enumerated questions after corrections to misnumbering.

The commission read a draft calendar: Nov. 30, survey launch; Dec. 4, internal discussion of referendum ideas; Dec. 11, first public hearing; Dec. 13, survey close and calculations begin; Dec. 18, second public hearing. The chair repeatedly urged commissioners to invite constituents to the hearings: "Get your people to the public hearings," the chair said.

Members asked IT to publish the survey with a prominent link and create a QR code for field distribution. A commissioner outlined how a QR code would appear at the top-right of the survey and said scanning it would open the survey immediately in a smartphone browser, allowing easy on-the-spot responses for people who cannot complete the paper version.

The commission also agreed that colleges (named as Alvernia and RAC during discussion) would receive survey copies for student participation and that online and paper collection routes would be used to reach residents who do not access web forms.

Procedurally, members moved and seconded approval of the previous meeting minutes; the chair called the voice vote and the motion carried. The meeting closed after housekeeping items; the commission will reconvene on Dec. 4 to discuss referendum proposals and next steps for outreach.

Next steps: commissioners should send proposed referendum questions and lists of outreach organizations to the chair by Nov. 30; staff will coordinate with the city clerk and IT to publish the survey and QR code.