Evidentiary Hearing on October 3, 2022

By Press release submission

Sep 28, 2022

Evidentiary Hearing

Description

CITY COUNCIL

Evidentiary Hearing

Review of the Certificate of Insufficiency

Freedom from Toxic Trespass

Monday, October 3, 2022

Hybrid

4:30 pm

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I. Call to Order & Purpose

The purpose of this evidentiary hearing is to review the Certificate of Insufficiency issued to We The People for the petitions submitted to seek a Charter amendment to add a new section to Charter Article XI regarding Freedom from Toxic Trespass, as per Charter Section 1105 b.

1105. Initiative and referendum; procedure after filing.

(b) Council review. If a petition has been certified insufficient and the Petitioners' Committee does not file notice of intention to amend it, or if an amended petition has been certified insufficient, the Committee may, within two days after receiving the copy of such certificate, file a request that it be reviewed by the Council. The Council shall review the certificate at its next meeting following the filing of such request and approve or disapprove it, and the Council's determination shall then be a final determination as to the sufficiency of the petition.

(c) Court review; new petition. A final determination as to the insufficiency of a petition shall be subject to court review. A final determination of insufficiency, even if sustained upon court review, shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose.

II. Testimony from Petitioner (No more than 10 minutes)