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All members voted in favor. Motion passed. <br /> 21. Communication from President O'Malley regarding ordinance to amend the names of <br /> Council Committees. (to be provided) <br /> President O'Malley delivered the following oral communication: <br /> Dear fellow members of Council, <br /> I am introducing the attached legislation to amend the names of two city council committees <br /> to better bring City Council's work in sync with the structure of the administration and to <br /> codes our stated aspirations to prioritize environmental responsibility and sustainability. We <br /> also are without a designated committee to focus on planning & economic development, so <br /> all of those items go to Committee of the Whole, which is certainly capable of considering <br /> those but there may be instances where we want to refer those items to a regular three- <br /> person committee. And so I propose that the Housing Committee be renamed as the Housing, <br /> Planning & Development Committee and the Public Works Committee be renamed to be the <br /> Public Works & Sustainability Committee. <br /> Again, we will have discussions on this. I am open to other ideas but wanted to get the ball <br /> rolling on this and have been in communication with both Councilman Rader and <br /> Councilman Shachner who are chairs of these committees. <br /> Motion by President O'Malley, seconded by Mr. Litten to receive and file the <br /> communication. <br /> All members voted in favor. Motion passed. <br /> 22. ORDINANCE 01-2020 - AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately, provided it <br /> receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or <br /> otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, to amend <br /> the title of certain Council Committees. (pg. 122) <br /> Motion by President O'Malley, seconded by Mr. Litten to refer to Rules & Ordinances <br /> Committee. <br /> Discussion: Councilmember Rader expressed support for this and thanked President <br /> O'Malley for introducing this legislation to focus on sustainability. <br /> Councilmember Shachner expressed initial support for the proposed change and expressed <br /> enthusiasm about potentially chairing this new committee. <br /> Director Corrigan confirmed that changing the committee names will not affect the Charter. <br /> 9 <br />