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Mr. H~mel thought the four separate groups under one neighborhood Counc~l a goo~ idea. Th~s is a very closely knit area in geographical locatlon, maklng boundar~es hard ~~ def~ne. It was a s(edh in the right dir4jtlon Manager noted a concern ln recognlzlng our separate nel borhood . groups, as there were already 17 such groups in the City. There were substantial staff committments to each one of these groups. Mr. Obie wondered if Manager saw this as a significantly increased burden to the staff. Manager replied no, not as was being proposed. Ruth Miller, Neighborhood Liaison, said the amendments simply were spelling out how the Whiteaker Council is currently functioning, and would not significantly alter its current structure. Res. No. 2692--Approving and amending charter revisions for Whiteaker Community Council, was read by number and title. Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. 'Hamel, to adopt the resolution. Ro 11 ca 11 vote. Motion carried unanimously. B. Westside Neighborhood Quality Project--Memo and revisions distributed to Counci 1 . Neil Murray, representative of the Westside group, said most of the revisions had been made some time ago. The changes had not constituted any significant changes in the operation of the group, but were mostly rewording and better definitions of officers' roles and active membership roles. He directed staff to Article IX, Section 1, as being the most recent change--establishing some new committees. He offered to review for Council the significance of those committees. Res. No. 2693--Approving and amending charter revisions for Westside e Neighborhood Quality Project was read by number and title. Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel, to adopt the resolution. Ro 11 ca 11 vote. Motion carried unanimously. IV. . Code Revisions for Eliminating Housing and Community Development Commission and Redefining Roles and Relationships of Joint Housing Committee and Community Development Commission--Ordinance distributed to Council. Manager noted information and discussion of these code revisions had been held previously at Committee-of-the-Whole meetings. He said there was a slight change in the wording of the ordinance. Charles Kupper, HCC, said the changes had come from the HCDC meeting, not- ing its desire to split the 12-member committee into two six-member com- mittees. There was some discussion of reducing the membership from six to five. When the Code ordinance was drafted, the change did not appear in the Code, and a page was distributed to Council reflecting the changes which had been decided upon by the HCDC. Section 2.244 would create a Community Development Committee with membership consisting of: one Counci 1 or appoi nted by the Mayor, one member from the Pl anni ng Commi ss ion appointed by the Commission, and four members from the public appointed by Counci 1. However, upon the resignation of or the failure of the Council to reappoint a lay member, whichever occurs first, no appointment will be made to fill the vacancy and the permanent public membership will have to remain at three members. Section 2.254 creating the Joint Housing e 6/22/77 --4 ljqb