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Attorney Dill argued that that is a lot of uncertainty to plan your future <br />with, that they have to go hat in hand to every city and the County, to get unanimous <br />approval, every single time they want to grow. To have some certainty so they could <br />plan their future, they are asking for unanimous approval to do it, so long as they are in <br />certain guidelines (as shown in Exhibit "D"). He explained that they are not exempt; they <br />are basically asking for pre -approval, otherwise every time they do something they are <br />the only city that has to go to everyone for approval, and that is not fair. They do not <br />think they are going to be able to move south on the east part of the Urban Service Line <br />because there are too many blockades. The only realistic chance they have is in the area <br />of the Western Economic Center. <br />Commissioner Flescher wanted to revisit Section 15(b)(1) (pages 14-15 <br />of the draft ILA) regarding "... termination upon ....the appointment of a charter <br />commission either following the adoption of a resolution by the Board of County <br />Commissioners or upon submission of a petition ....and signed by at lease fifteen percent <br />(15%) of the qualified electors . _ ..". He wanted municipalities and County <br />representatives to openly discuss it. <br />Attorney Stringer replied that if the County Commission takes the <br />affirmative step to appoint a Charter Commission without a Petition that is a good <br />indication that the County Commission is considering it. If an ordinance was done to <br />propose it, that was a good indication, but felt the rough one was the 15% rule. He said <br />the problem is, once that happens you have to appoint a Charter Commission and then it <br />would go on the ballot. Therefore, if the philosophy is, at some point this is heading to <br />Charter and we need, out of fairness, to go back to the status quo, it is hard to figure out <br />where that line is. Attorney Stringer added that instead of just allowing one parry to <br />terminate it, you can set another number, and that was something they could explore. <br />30 <br />July 23, 2008 / Joint Workshop <br />ISBA, Sebastian <br />