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Charter review panel asks city legal staff to share administration memos and boosts outreach to public
Summary
The commission voted to request copies of an October administration memo identifying recommended charter edits and to ask the legal department for any substantive and housekeeping suggested changes; commissioners also asked the administration to publicize meetings more broadly.
At the end of the meeting the Charter Review Commission moved to formally request that the city legal department provide (1) any substantive changes the administration proposed to the charter and (2) any non‑substantive or 'housekeeping' revisions identified in prior work.
Commissioner Bobby introduced the request for written materials and told the panel he possessed a highlighted copy of an October memo that staff had not distributed to commissioners. "My motion is to request that the legal department provides their, non substantive changes to the charter," he said, asking staff to circulate the document so commissioners could review the administration’s position.
Commissioners also approved a separate, related request that the city administration step up public outreach about the commission’s meetings and materials—asking for notices in public-facing newsletters and other communications to improve resident participation. The motion carried; the chair said staff would collect and circulate the two public comments that had been submitted for the record.
No charter language was changed at the meeting. The requests are procedural: the panel intends to review the legal memos and any suggested edits before deciding whether to recommend amendments to voters.
