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Charter Section 2.3 Amendments <br /> Charter Section 2.3 would be amended to provide a transition mechanism for moving to the <br /> district system. When the system is in place, all the district positions would be elected in the <br /> same election cycle, and the at-large positions would be elected two years later in the next cycle. <br /> If the voters choose the 5-2 alternative,then in 2019 (when Council Positions 4 through 7 are up <br /> for election),Positions 4 and 5 would be elected at large for two-year terms and Positions 6 and <br /> 7 would be elected at large for four-year terms. This would allow for transition in 2021 to <br /> Positions 1 through 5 all being elected from districts,for four-year teems,with district elections <br /> every four years thereafter. In 2023,Positions 6 and 7 would again be elected at-large for four- <br /> year terms, and every four years thereafter. <br /> If the voters choose the 4-3 alternative,then in 2019,just one Council member(Position 4) <br /> would be elected at large for a two-year term,and Positions 5 through 7 would be elected at large <br /> for four-year terms. In 2021,Positions 1 through 4 would be elected from districts for four-year <br /> terms,and again every four years thereafter. <br /> The term of the Mayor would remain unaffected by the transition provisions. The Mayor would <br /> be elected every four years at the same time that Council members are elected from districts. <br /> • Charter Section 2.4 Amendments <br /> Charter Section 2.4 confirms that Council terms would continue to be four years, except for the <br /> transition to districts in 2019.It continues to provide that general elections are in odd-numbered <br /> years unless state law requires otherwise. <br /> Charter Section 9.1 Amendments <br /> The Charter Section 9.1 amendments are non-substantive. That section would continue to <br /> provide that City elections are non-partisan. <br /> Remaining Ordinance Sections <br /> Section 2 of the ordinance provides the ballot title. Because Section 1 had offered two <br /> alternative sets of amendments (Option A: 5-2 approach, and Option B: 4-3 approach), Section 2 <br /> sets up the ballot title so that voters first vote on a proposition concerning whether they wish to <br /> move to the district system. The second proposition asks whether, if a majority votes in favor of <br /> districts,the voters prefer five districts or four. <br /> Section 3 of the ordinance simply declares that if the voters approve the Charter amendments,the <br /> Mayor is to proclaim the ratification of those changes. <br /> 3 <br /> fi <br /> 7 <br />