05.24.23 CHARTER WHOLE Presentation — File 22-1520

Charter Review: Public Hearing and Line-By-Line Review Somerville MA City Council May 24, 2023

Tonight’s Agenda Reminder of Procedure Anticipated Schedule Public Hearing Scrivener’s Changes Line-By-Line Review, including Recomendations and Requests

End of the Schedule ● In-Person, May 24 ○ Concluding Public Hearing ○ Line-by-Line Review ○ Final Amendments and Vote to Refer ● In the Fall ○ Mayor’s review and return to City Council ○ Review for submittal to the state house

Resources and Process ● Subject Matter Experts: Collins Center consultants ○ Legislative Policy Analyst Brendan Salisbury serving as City Council liaison ● Subject Matter Experts: Charter Review Committee members ○ Bev Schwartz (member) and Anna Corning (Mayor’s Office), liaisons ● Online Document repository: tinyurl.com/hashtagCharterReform

Parliamentary Procedure ● Deliberation ○ Largely focused on the current topic area; Rules of the Council prevail ● Amendments are “in order” ○ Amendments to the text before us this evening are in order. ○ A final text will result which may be referred for approval.

Public Hearing ● Written Comment is always welcomed at cityclerk@somervillema.gov ● Public Hearing has been held open for live or online testimony tonight ● Speakers in Chambers: please sign in on the sheet. ● To request to speak this evening remotely, please use the Raise Hand function in GoToMeeting and you will be recognized after in-person speakers.

Scrivener’s Changes Proposed Charter Text - Scrivener’s Errors.docx ● Vote to substitute this version and vote to adopt changes redlined therein

“Scriv Plus” Proposed Charter Text - Council Requests and Analyst Recommendations.docx ● Foundation for our line-by-line review ● Includes items with language requests voted previously, to be adopted by amendment ● Includes items recommended for adoption by the Clerk’s Office for discussion and potential adoption by amendment ● This document will be the official working document

“Scriv Plus” Visualization Tool xref-charter-v5.html ● Document with Scrivener’s Corrections adopted ● Includes markup for items contained in Council Language Requests and Clerk’s Recommendations for easy reference ● Anticipated for use on-screen for simpler step-by-step review