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Hugh D.Spitzer F <br /> Attorney at Law <br /> 5604 16th Ave.NE <br /> Seattle WA 98105 <br /> spitzerhd( gmail.com <br /> 206-790-1996 <br /> 3 - <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> Date: June 5,2015 <br /> 3 <br /> To: Jim Iles,City Attorney,City of Everett <br /> Re: Description of Ballot Title Ordinance f <br /> This memo discusses several provisions—and choices included in the attached draft dart <br /> ordinance that would place amendments to five City Chatter provisions before Everett's voters. <br /> a <br /> If enacted,the Charter amendments would provide that a specific number of City Council <br /> positions would be elected by voters in districts.The other Council positions and the Mayor <br /> would continue to be elected at large.The district boundaries would be determined by an I <br /> independent commission,which would be assisted by a professional"districting master?' <br /> You will see several instances of alternate provisions in brackets.Obviously,the ordinance will <br /> read much more smoothly when the Council's decisions have enabled us to choose which <br /> bracketed options to use.For example,the Council's choice of whether to propose the initial <br /> implementation of the district system in 2021 or 2023 will reduce the possible versions of an <br /> amended Charter Section 2.3 from four to two(the remaining two options would be decided <br /> upon by the voters in choosing whether to have four districts or five districts). In developing the <br /> draft amendments,I have endeavored to write the Charter amendments as concisely as possible, <br /> to retain overlapping Council terms,including during the election year that the district system <br /> commences,and to reduce the incidence of shortened(two-year)terms during the transition. <br /> Below are some provisions I wanted to point out as well as the key choices for Council to <br /> consider. <br /> Ordinance Section 1 AJ/Charter Section 2.1 <br /> a - <br /> Question 1: How many districts,and how many at-large positions? <br /> Discussion: Should there be,for example,four Council members elected from districts, <br /> - and three at large,city-wide? Or should there be five districts,with two city-wide <br /> Council positions? <br /> I <br /> fl <br /> 2 <br />