On March 11, the Santa Clara planning commission held a study session about the city’s current charter review project, with city attorney Glenn Googins presenting an overview of the initiative to modernize the city’s 1951 charter.
Googins urged the Commission to consider changes that will revise the charter with current practices, clarify quasi-judicial functions and ensure the commission has appropriate authority over city planning and environmental decisions.
Much of the discussion concentrated on definitions of the planning commission’s role in the charter review, particularly its input on Article 10, Sections 1006 and 1007, which govern the commission’s composition, powers and duties…