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staffs professional planners to be able to make decisions that are in the best interest for everyone. She told the Board to be very careful what they wished for. George Christopher, 945 Painted Bunting Road, contradicted some comments made by Ms. Offutt, and spoke in defense of the IRNA. He wanted the Charter to include Commissioner residency establishment at time of qualifications, and have two or three-day meeting notice requirements. He thought the ordinance adoption by an initiative was excellent. He favored the dual vote for municipalities, and suggested amending Section 1.8. The five -parcel issue was troublesome, and he suggested the unanimous vote was one solution, or any change to the Comprehensive Plan must involve more than five parcels. He did not understand the paragraph on special provisions, and thought it was contradictory to Sections 1 and 2, because you can only change density or height by Comprehensive Plan changes that go to the voters. He did say that Mr. Spitzer was doing a great job. There was a brief discussion regarding the time allowed to call a Special Call meeting. Bea Gardener disputed the comments made by Chairman Wheeler, that the Charter government has been a discussion for the last two years. In her opinion, the public never heard that Charter Government was a means of keeping the Urban Service line in place until such time that the straw ballot was passed at last election. She challenged the Chairman to respond. Chairman Wheeler responded that this has been an evolution that has gotten them to this point, saying, "they have tried other things, such as the "Village" town concept, that has not worked, and it has been a tug-of-war back and forth." Bea Gardner did not think the approach to the public was the same. She commented that maybe we have to constantly be looking at our politicians and understand exactly what the March 12, 2007 9 Public Workshop — Charter Government