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c�S ordinances on their own. He added the Council as a whole can introduce an ordinance if the committee approves it. Commissioner Sporleder then initiated a inquiry as to who may initiate a local historic preservation district designating ordinance. President Oxian replied that the HPC should be included in the list of bodies able to initiate a designating ordinance. He noted that originally Area Plan, the HPC, and the City Council were able to initiate the designating ordinance, and what came out of this was Area Plan and the HPC would go to City Council and hold a public hearing, but the City Council did not have to come to the HPC. City Council had the ability to introduce the ordinance, send it to Area Plan, and receive it back, bypassing the HPC. President Oxian expanded this is when the ordinance was created that required City Council to send designation ordinances to the HPC for recommendation, and required a 90 day time limit. Commissioner Sporleder referred to the chronology and asked if what was written there was no longer correct. President Oxian reiterated that an individual member of the Council can no longer initiate an ordinance. Commissioner Sporleder read point two(2) stating that a petition of the owners of 50' or more of ti.�- aifeutc:d Yroperti0S can initiate an ordinance. She questioned to whom to petition is made. President Oxian replied the petition went to the HPC. Mr. Duvall inquired if the petition could be made to the Council. President Oxian made reference to the enabling ordinance of the HPC, and stated that the petition goes to the HPC, not the Council. Commissioner Sporleder noted that the HPC was not listed among those bodies able to initiate a designating ordinance, and asked if the HPC should be in place of a petition of 50% of the owners. President Oxian stated that the owners can indeed make a petition, but they must come to the HPC first. Commissioner Choitz stated the HPC should be the first body listed as able to initiate an ordinance. President Oxian noted the reason for the change was due to Councilmembers introducing ordinances to vacate alleys, so that constituents did not have to pay to have them vacated. Commissioner Choitz commended Mr. Duvall for searching the records and trying to follow the procedure through and recommended an addition as to notification of the City or County Councilmember responsible for the proposed district. President Oxian recommended that a statement regarding notification of the appropriate Councilmember be added to the Creation of a Local Historic District procedures. Mr. Duvall agreed such a statement should be added as standard operating procedure, but at this point, it is not something required by a resolution or ordinance. A discussion on informing Councilmembers continued briefly. Commissioner Sporleder directed the discussion back to the attempt to clarify what bodies can initiate a designating ordinance. Commissioner Sporleder noted that there seemed to be agreement that there are several sets of procedures and recommended that this matter needs to be understood clearly so that a written policy may be made. Inquiries were made by President Oxian as to whether staff had the two different procedures for setting up historic districts. Mr. Duvall indicated that he was not aware of such documentation being in the hands of the staff. Commissioner Sporleder commended Mr. Duvall for bringing the confusion to light. Legal Council DeRose suggested that a meeting be set up between President Oxian and herself for the purpose of putting together a composite of all the information on procedure for Creation of Local Historic Districts. Ed Talley inquired if the changes made to the voting procedure affected the districts created before the change in procedure. President Oxian responded negatively. Mrs. DeRose added the exception is that if a district chooses to