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e IIW was used as a designation by Manager's office in agreement with staff and department heads for items of high priority. The action status coding was self-explanatory, with IIPUII (progress unsatisfactory) not reflecting on anyone in particular but indicating maybe a lack of resources or other jurisdictions involved. He said items I. through lV. were matters that would require considerable Council involvement. Under item I., Manager said these items were undertaken to try to improve the capacity of the City Council in terms of facilitating decision-making processes. He said some items may be out of date, but he hoped to have quarterly or perhaps more frequent updates. Under item l-B, new budgetary format, Manager said Council had received a questionnaire and staff was continuing to work on developing a new format for 1979-80. Item 1-0, Manager said staff was trying to revisethe licensing code for such things as taxi license appeals. Under l-H, Mr. Delay requested clarification on the Council's election procedures. Joyce Benjamin, City Attorney's Office, said Councilors were not elected, but nominated, in the primary election in May. lf a person received an absolute majority, his or her name would be the only name on the November ballot. There would also be a blank space for write-in. Mr. Delay then questioned if two persons' names appeared on the November ballot and a third had a write-in campaign, what would happen if no one received a majority. Ms. Benjamin replied that was a problem and at that point City Council would probably have to call a special election. Assistant Manager said there were several issues r~ised in the new elec- tion ordinance and staff had tried to assess them as realistically as possible. There were constraints under state law and state constitution as to what could be included in the charter. He said if Council wanted to strike out on a new venture, after the May primary election, it could seek to declare a Councilor elected and go to court to settle the issue. Ms. Benjamin said it might be possible to submit a controversy without suitor action and would take months. She said one problem existed in that the City did not want to be in a position where it adopted an ordinance satisfactory to the City Council and Attorney's office that would put new Councilors in jeopardy. Therefore, she cautioned Council might want to proceed carefully. -- Mr. Lieuallen raised a question regarding item l-E, saying he understood the Planning Commission needed to be more careful about its public hearing procedures and wanted it included in that section. Manager said it possibly could fit in that category or be included under the Planning Department activities. Continuing with lI, Manager said these were basically intergovernmental priority activities and were much more difficult to arrive at satisfactory conclusions. - 1/25/78--9 '0