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• A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE FURTHER EFFORTS OF THE CITIZENS' COMMITTEE TO STUDY COUNCIL CHANGES (CCSCC) WHEREAS, City Council has previously appointed the CCSCC to study whether changes are desirable in the composition of the Council, and the CCSCC has reported that a majority of its members favor.the creation.of a City Council'comprised of some members elected from wards and some elected from the city at large; and WHEREAS, the Council has considered the report of the CCSCC and determined that it may be advisable to,hold an advisory referendum on a proposed change in the method of selecting City Council, at the November 1981 general election; and WHEREAS, the Council now wishes the CCSCC to study in.further detail the specific provisions which would be proposed in such a referendum, and to consult with the city staff and Dr. Timothy O'Rourke of the Institute of Government about the details of such a proposal; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia that the CCSCC is _requested to consult.with Dr. O'Rourke, the City. Attorney and City Director of Planning, the General Registrar and Electoral Board, and such other city officers and agencies as may be necessary to determine: (1) What specific question or questions should be posed to the voters in an advisory referendum. (2) What measures should be taken to ensure that the voters of the city are well informed about the issues presented. by the advisory referendum questions. (3) Whether it is possible`"to_provide for a city council elected partly from wards in which the wards would approximate historic ward and precinct boundaries. (4) Whether it is possible to prov die"for a city council elected partly from,wards in which the ward boundaries would approximate traditional "neighborhood" boundaries. \(5) Whether'it *is `possible to provide for a city council elected partly from wards with ,a significantly' increased probability of election of a black member of city council, or'of a member residing in a histor- ically underrepresented area of the city.