MINUTES
Tierrasanta Community Council Bylaws Committee
August 7, 2007
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
The Bylaws committee of the TCC met at 7PM on August 7th with the following in attendance: Deanna Spehn, Donovan Geiger, Tony Tibbetts, Lee Campbell, Eric Germain (chair) and Jennifer Cordeau (Planning Department). A quorum was present.
The committee reviewed the mark-up draft prepared by the Chair. The committee made several changes to the draft; highlights:
· Clarified the nature of a homeowner in Art III, Section 2
· Clarified the requirements to run for office, specifically the requirement to attend at least one meeting of the TCC in order to be eligible to run for office; change made in Art III, Section 2 and elsewhere in the document
· Clarified the requirements to be eligible to vote in Art III, Section 2
· Identified the requirement for a Standing Order to be updated each election cycle in Art V, Section 1
· Clarified the opportunities for voting and how this is specified in the Standing Order in Art V, Section 2
· Eliminated a Bylaws requirement to submit election procedures to the city for approval (couldn’t find where this is required)
· Clarified the steps to be taken to ensure voter eligibility in Art V, Section 2
· Eliminated the proposed markups relative to having the public sign-in at meetings (stayed with the Shell wording) in Art VI, Section 2, sub (a), sub (vi)
· Eliminated mention of Open Space, Rec Council and Community Plan as standing committees of the planning group in Art VI, Sec 2, sub (b), sub (i)
· Deleted mention of same in Art VI, Sec 2, sub (b), sub (iv)
· Clarified that officers are elected per the Standing Order in Art VII, Section 1
· Confirmed the decision to change the nature of Vice Presidents and that the seniority should rotate between these in Art VII, Section 3
· Clarified the designation of someone besides the President to be the TCC’s rep to CPC in Art VII, Section 6 (ex-Sec 5)
· The committee decided to revert to wording in the last approved bylaws (July 2006) in Art VIII, Section 1, sub (a)
· Clarified the conversion of seats to “at large” or from Commercial to Resident/Owner in Art VIII, Section 1, sub (b)
· The committee deleted proposed wording in Art VIII, Section 1, sub (c) and sub (d), preferring to address such matters in a Standing Order
· The committee deleted proposed additional wording in Art VIII, Section 1, sub (c) (formerly sub (e))
· Clarified the discussion on indemnification in Art IX, Section 1
· TCC has an Election Committee, not an Elections Committee
· The TCC has committees, not subcommittees (global change)
The Standing Order on generic election procedures was not reviewed.
The committee agreed to meet again to review these changes
one last time. Next meeting is scheduled for 6:30 on Tuesday, September 4th
(the day after Labor Day), at the
Adjourn: 9PM