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Commission members shall be selectedand to require Commission members to attend Commission meetings? If Proposition W is approved by the voters on November 8, 2022, Sec. 43 of the Charter will thereafter read as follows: Sec. 149.Amending the Charter. Amendments to this Charter may be framed and submitted to the qualified voters of the city by a Charter commission in the manner provided by law for framing and submitting a new charter,or may be proposed by a majority vote of the full membership of the city council, or may be proposed by a petition signed by not fewer than five percent of the number of qualified voters in conformity with the provisions hereof. When a Charter amendment petition shall have been filed with the council in conformity with the provisions of this Charter as to petitions for initiated ordinances, the council shall forthwith provide by ordinance for submitted such proposed amendment to a vote of the voters. Any ordinance for submitting a charter amendment to the voters shall provide that the election shall occur on the next available uniform election date. Not less than 30 days prior to such election, the city clerk shall provide to the qualified voters of the city, in such manners, times and places as the council shall direct, information that shall inform the voters of the purpose and effect of the proposed amendment, including its exact language. If a proposed amendment isapproved by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon it shall then become a part of the Charter. Each amendment shall be confined to one subject; and when more than one amendment shall be submitted at the same time, they shall be so submitted as to enable the voters to vote on each amendment separately. Not less than every five years,the council shall appoint a Charter review commission to review the Charter and make recommendations to the council regarding proposed amendments, if any, that the commission considers to be appropriate and in the best interest of the city. Said Charter review commission shall comprise fifteen members and two alternates who are registered voters of the city and who are selected by council in the following manner:Each of the seven council members shall appoint two members to the commission, and the mayor and mayor pro tem shall jointly appoint the fifteenth member. The two alternate members shall be appointed after nomination and vote by the council.The chair of the commission shall be appointed by the council after nominations and vote, and the vice chair shall be elected by the commission from among its number. Current and former council members and current and former city employees are not eligible to be appointed to the commission.Once constituted the commission shall determine the dates and times for conducting its meetings.Each commission 14