[0:12] . [0:12] >> WELCOME TO THIS LIVE [0:14] BROADCAST OF THE CHARTER [0:17] COMMISSION. MY NAME IS PETER [0:19] GINDER AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE [0:22] COMMISSION. BEFORE WE BEGIN I [0:23] WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY [0:25] REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS AND [0:27] STAFF THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE [0:28] BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER [0:31] PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE [0:33] BROADCASTS INCLUDE REAL-TIME [0:35] CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD [0:37] TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF [0:39] OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE [0:41] COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL [0:42] SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF [0:44] THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT [0:46] OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE [0:49] AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR [0:50] THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL [0:53] SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED [0:55] AND CLARITY OF THE COMMENTS. I'M [0:57] GOING TO ASK THE CLERK TO CALL [0:58] THE ROLL TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE [1:01] OF A QUORUM. [1:03] >> COMMISSIONER BOONE. [1:06] >> PRESENT. [1:07] >> CLEGG. [1:07] >> HERE. [1:09] >> COOPER. [1:10] >> PRESENT. [1:11] >> DAVIS CARTER IS ABSENT. [1:14] DEMELLO. [1:14] >> HERE. [1:15] >> DOHERTY. [1:16] >> HERE. [1:17] >> GARCIA IS ABSENT. KOZAK. [1:23] >> HERE. [1:24] >> NEY IS ABSENT. PERRY. [1:27] >> HERE. [1:28] >> SANDBERG. [1:29] >> HERE. [1:30] >> SMITH. [1:31] >> HERE. [1:32] >> VICE CHAIR RUBENSTEIN. [1:34] >> HERE. [1:34] >> CHAIR GINDER. [1:35] >> PRESENT. [1:36] >> WE HAVE 12 PRESENT. [1:38] >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT [1:39] WE HAVE A QUORUM AND WE WILL NOW [1:41] PROCEED TO THE AGENDA. [1:44] COMMISSIONERS, THE AGENDA FOR [1:46] TODAY'S MEETING BEFORE US, MAY I [1:48] PLEASE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT [1:49] THE AGENDA. [1:51] >> SO MOVED, RUBENSTEIN. [1:53] >> IS THERE A SECOND? [1:53] >> SECOND. [1:57] >> WE HAVE A PROPER MOTION [1:58] BEFORE US. IS THERE ANY FURTHER [2:00] DISCUSSION? SEEING NO FURTHER [2:01] DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR [2:03] SAY AYE. [2:03] >> AYE. [2:04] >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED A NAY. THAT [2:08] MOTION PASSES AND THE AGENDA IS [2:10] ADOPTED. MAY I PLEASE HAVE A [2:12] MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES [2:13] FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING ON [2:15] JANUARY 15TH. [2:19] >> MOVE, PERRY. [2:20] >> IS THERE A SECOND? [2:21] >> SECOND, SANDBERG. [2:23] >> WE HAVE A PROPER MOTION [2:24] BEFORE US. IS THERE ANY FURTHER [2:25] DISCUSSION? SEEING NO FURTHER [2:29] DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR [2:30] SAY AYE. [2:31] >> AYE. [2:32] >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. [2:35] THAT MOTION PASSES AND THE [2:36] MINUTES ARE ACCEPTED. I WOULD [2:40] NOTE FOR THE CLERK THAT [2:42] COMMISSIONER NEY HAS JOINED US. [2:44] NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE [2:46] CHAIR'S REPORT. THE ONLY ITEM [2:49] THAT I HAVE IS I THINK AS MANY [2:50] OF YOU ARE AWARE IS COMMISSIONER [2:53] PAUL HILL HAS RESIGNED AS A [2:56] COMMISSIONER OF THE CHARTER [2:57] COMMISSION. I KNOW HE HAD SOME [3:00] PROMOTIONS, ADDITIONAL DUTIES [3:01] ADDED AT WORK AND HE FELT HE [3:03] COULD NO LONGER DO JUSTICE TO [3:06] THIS JOB. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK [3:08] HIM FOR HIS SERVICE BECAUSE HE'S [3:10] A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTOR TO THE [3:12] COMMISSION. AND I WOULD ALSO [3:13] NOTE THAT THE APPLICATION [3:15] PROCESS FOR A NEW CHARTER [3:17] COMMISSION MEMBER IS NOW OPEN. [3:18] SO PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING OR [3:19] IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE, THIS IS A [3:21] TIME THAT YOU CAN REMIND THEM [3:24] APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE. THE [3:28] NEXT ITEM IS THE REPORT OF OUR [3:31] COMMITTEES AND WORK GROUPS. AND [3:32] THAT IS RECEIVING REPORT FROM [3:35] THE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WORK [3:36] GROUP PROPOSED GOVERNMENT [3:37] STRUCTURE AMENDMENTS. AND I PASS [3:41] THIS OVER TO THE CHAIR, OR [3:43] CO-CHAIR, COMMISSIONER CLEGG. [3:46] >> THANK YOU, CHAIR GINDER. THE [3:49] REPORT, THE WRITTEN REPORT IS [3:51] ATTACHED TO YOUR PACKET AS THE [3:54] MINNEAPOLIS CHARTER COMMISSION [3:54] GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE REPORT. IN [3:57] SUMMARY, WE'VE MET SEVERAL TIMES [3:59] SINCE THE LAST FULL CHARTER [4:01] COMMISSION MEETING. ALL THREE [4:04] TIMES WE WERE REVIEWING THE [4:07] DRAFT AMENDMENT TO CONFORM THE [4:10] CHARTER TO THE CITY ORDINANCE ON [4:12] THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT. THE [4:13] FIRST TWO TIMES WE WENT THROUGH [4:15] EACH ARTICLE WORD BY WORD, [4:17] SECTION BY SECTION. MADE SOME [4:20] SMALL CORRECTIONS, WORDING [4:21] CHANGES, ET CETERA. I DON'T [4:23] THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING [4:25] CONTROVERSIAL. BUT OUR MINUTES [4:26] ARE AVAILABLE IF YOU WANT TO GO [4:27] THROUGH THOSE. THE THIRD MEETING [4:29] WAS THE MORE SUBSTANTIVE OF THE [4:31] MEETINGS. THE BIG ISSUE I THINK [4:34] IN THE DRAFT AMENDMENT IS REALLY [4:38] BOILS DOWN TO WHAT STAFF [4:42] POSITIONS DOES CITY COUNCIL [4:43] CONFIRM. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACK [4:46] OF THE PAGE WHICH HAS THE REPORT [4:51] ON IT, YOU WILL SEE ON THE [4:53] LEFT-HAND COLUMN THERE, ON THE [4:56] THREE-COLUMN SECTION, THE [4:58] LEFT-HAND COLUMN LISTS ALL OF [4:59] THE STAFF MEMBERS, ALL OF THE [5:01] DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT ARE [5:02] CURRENTLY CONFIRMED BY THE [5:03] COUNCIL. THE MIDDLE COLUMN [5:09] REPRESENTS THE POSITIONS [5:10] CONFIRMED BY THE COUNCIL UNDER [5:12] THE EXISTING DRAFT, AND IT'S [5:14] ONLY A DRAFT. IT HASN'T BEEN [5:16] APPROVED BY THE CHARTER [5:18] COMMISSION. SO THAT'S WHAT WE [5:20] WERE DISCUSSING AT MEETING [5:21] NUMBER 3 IS HOW TO RESOLVE THOSE [5:24] DIFFERENCES. AND WE'RE [5:26] SUGGESTING THAT WE HAVE A [5:27] CONVERSATION IN A JOINT MEETINGS [5:30] OR MEETINGS WITH MAYOR AND THE [5:31] COUNCIL TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON [5:34] HOW THEY THINK THE AMENDMENT [5:35] SHOULD READ. WHAT POSITIONS [5:37] SHOULD BE CONFIRMED BY THE [5:41] COUNCIL. AND THAT TO PREPARE FOR [5:43] THAT, WE'VE BEEN DRAFTING SOME [5:44] QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD SUBMIT [5:45] TO BOTH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO [5:48] GET THEIR PROPOSED INPUT. AND TO [5:50] THE EXTENT THAT YOU'VE NOT BEEN [5:52] A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNMENT [5:54] STRUCTURE WORK GROUP BUT DO HAVE [5:56] QUESTIONS TO SUBMIT, PLEASE [5:57] CONTINUE TO DO THAT. THESE ARE [5:59] BY NO MEANS FINAL. AND SO PLEASE [6:01] CONTINUE TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS. [6:03] WE'LL PROBABLY CUT OFF THE [6:05] SUBMISSION DEADLINE A WEEK OR SO [6:07] BEFORE WHATEVER TIME THE [6:08] ULTIMATE JOINT MEETING IS. BUT [6:10] UNTIL THEN, ALL QUESTIONS ARE [6:11] WELCOME. [6:15] >> THANK YOU, CO-CHAIR CLEGG. [6:19] ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS [6:22] FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR [6:22] COMMISSIONER CLEGG? OKAY. [6:31] >> I THINK MOST COMMISSIONERS [6:33] ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE. [6:34] >> I KNOW THAT MOST OF US ARE ON [6:35] THE COMMITTEE. [6:36] >> BUT I DO HAVE A MOTION TO [6:38] MAKE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT [6:40] STRUCTURE WORK GROUP. [6:41] >> OKAY. [6:41] >> IF I MAY. AND I'VE GIVEN A [6:44] COPY OF THIS TO THE CLERK SO [6:46] THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET THIS [6:48] DOWN. THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE [6:50] THE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WORK [6:52] GROUP PROPOSED QUESTIONS AND [6:54] SUBMIT THEM IN ADVANCE TO THE [6:55] CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR TO [6:56] SOLICIT THEIR IDEAS AND FEEDBACK [6:57] PRIOR TO THE JOINT MEETINGS OR [7:00] MEETING ABOUT THE PROPOSED [7:02] CHARTER AMENDMENTS. NUMBER TWO, [7:04] TO APPROVE THE TABLE SHOWING THE [7:05] THREE COLUMNS OF VARIOUS OPTIONS [7:08] FOR THOSE DEPARTMENT HEAD [7:09] APPOINTMENTS TO BE MADE BY THE [7:11] MAYOR AND APPROVED SUBJECT TO [7:11] THE CONSENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL [7:13] AS A STARTING POINT FOR [7:15] DISCUSSION, AND SUBMIT THEM IN [7:16] ADVANCE TO THE MAYOR AND CITY [7:19] COUNCIL, AND THREE, AUTHORIZING [7:21] CHAIR GINDER TO COORDINATE WITH [7:23] THE CITY CLERK TO SCHEDULE JOINT [7:25] MEETINGS WITH THE MAYOR AND CITY [7:27] COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED [7:28] AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER AND TO [7:29] SUBMIT THE QUESTIONS AND TABLE [7:30] TO THEM PRIOR TO THE MEETINGS. [7:33] >> MOVE, PERRY. [7:35] >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON [7:36] THIS ITEM? I DON'T SEE ANY [7:43] DISCUSSION. THEREFORE, CLERK, [7:48] WOULD CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. [7:49] >> COMMISSIONER BOONE. [7:53] >> AYE. [7:55] >> CLEGG. [7:55] >> AYE. [7:57] >> COOPER. [7:58] >> AYE. [7:59] >> DEMELLO. [8:00] >> AYE. [8:02] >> DOHERTY. [8:03] >> AYE. [8:04] >> KOZAK. [8:05] >> AYE. [8:06] >> NEY. [8:06] >> AYE. [8:06] >> PERRY. [8:08] >> AYE. [8:09] >> SANDBERG. [8:09] >> AYE. [8:10] >> SMITH. [8:11] >> AYE. [8:11] >> VICE CHAIR RUBENSTEIN. [8:13] >> AYE. [8:14] >> CHAIR GINDER. [8:14] >> AYE. [8:15] >> WE HAVE 12 AYES. [8:17] >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. I WILL [8:21] NOTE THAT THE CITY CLERK IS [8:23] CURRENTLY ON VACATION SO AS SOON [8:24] AS HE GETS BACK I WILL CONTACT [8:26] HIM AND WE'LL START WORKING ON A [8:28] PROCESS FOR TRANSMITTAL OF THESE [8:31] ITEMS AS WELL AS SETTING A DATE [8:32] TO GET THE INPUT FROM BOTH THE [8:34] MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL. THE [8:38] FINAL MATTER ON OUR AGENDA IS [8:40] THE RECEIPT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS [8:43] OFFERED AT THE END OF EACH [8:44] MEETING. IF YOU'RE HERE TO [8:45] SUBMIT A COMMENT, PLEASE MAKE [8:47] SURE TO SIGN UP. INTRODUCE [8:49] YOURSELF BEFORE YOU START. I'LL [8:50] ASK THE CLERK IF WE HAVE ANYONE [8:52] WHO IS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC [8:52] COMMENT. [8:55] >> CHAIR GINDER, WE DO NOT HAVE [8:58] ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NOR [8:59] HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC [9:01] COMMENTS SINCE OUR LAST MEETING. [9:03] >> OKAY. SEEING NO PUBLIC [9:05] COMMENTS AND SEEING NO OTHER [9:08] BUSINESS BEFORE US, WITHOUT [9:09] OBJECTION, WE WILL STAND [9:09] ADJOURNED.