MEMORANDUM

TO: William Popp, Assembly President

Members, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly

FROM: Tim Navarre, Assembly Member

DATE: October 12, 2000

SUBJECT: Ordinance 2000-53 amending KPB 2.40.030(A) to conform to state statutory requirements

The following amendment would change the planning commission membership requirement to require members of the commission to be qualified voters of the borough, rather than residents, but would continue to eliminate the property ownership requirement. This would be readily enforceable. The motion would read as follows (changes shown are from the existing code section):

SECTION 1. That KPB 2.40.030(A) shall be amended to read as follows:

2.40.030. Terms--Vacancy filling--Compensation--Voting restrictions.

Members and membership of the planning commission shall be subject to the following conditions:

A. Members of the commission shall be qualified voters of the borough as defined in KPB 4.20.010(A) [who are property owners] and who are duly appointed and confirmed as provided in AS [� 29.33.080(a)] 29.40.020(a).

A qualified voter is defined at KPB 4.20.010(A) as:

A. A person is qualified to vote in borough-wide elections who:

1. is a citizen of the United States;

2. has passed his 18th birthday or is such other age as prescribed by law for voting in state elections;

3. has been a resident of the borough and the precinct in which he votes as provided by the state election code;

4. is registered to vote as required by the state election code in state elections at least 30 days before any election;

5. is registered to vote in state elections at a residence address within the borough at least 30 days before the borough election at which the person seeks to vote.