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1 I Mr. Williams wondered if people who wanted to circulate an initi- e ative petition could do so at any time. City Attorney said that process is available to citizens at any time, but cautioned citizens would have to seek legal advice to prepare correct wording. Mr. Obie said as it seems to be a very technical area, he asked City Attorney to prepare an outline for the process so citizens could be correct. Manager replied proper guidelines are available in the Finance Department. Assistant Manager noted, also, it was not the practice of the City Attorney.s office to draft initiative petitions, that citizens would have to seek their own private counsel. However, the City does have legal responsibility for referendums. C. Public Hearing re: Human Rights Amendment--Mr. Obie had two phone calls from constituents who could not attend the meeting October 24. They were questioning the legality of the public hearing itself. City Attorney said the only issue that is presented by what happened is political and not legal. He said City Council had met the minimum legal requirements for a pUblic hearing. D. Vacancies on Budget Committee, Boards, and Commissions--Memo dis- tributed to Council. Manager suggested Friday, December 2, 5:00 p.m., as the closing date for receiving applications, after community publicity. There are two vacancies on the Planning Commission and he said e Council had always attempted to fill those vacancies before January 1. He wondered if Council wanted to reduce the amount of time for receiving Planning Commission applications so Council would have time to review those and make appointments prior to January 1. There was also the question of reappointment of existing Planning Commission members versus appointing new members. The questions Council should address were whether December 2 was suffi- cient time for receiving applications for these vacancies, whether Council wanted shorter recruitment time for the Planning Commission, and how it wanted to proceed with appointment for Planning Commission. Mr. Obie felt December 2 was too soon and suggested extending the date to December 15. In regard to the Planning Commission, he said he would not want to be in a position to indicate any prejudice to reappoint present members. He noted Council had often been in conflict with Planning Commission and felt it should look at that as the Council determines who should be appointed. Mr. Delay felt December 2 was adequate time, and perhaps City Manager's office could do a better job of advertising. e 10/26/77 --2 801