Meeting was cancelled.

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ROLL CALL

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

3-1. July 8, 2008, minutes.

4. PUBLIC COMMENT

For persons desiring to address the Commission/Committee/Board on an item that is not on the agenda please note that each speaker is limited to three (3) minutes. The Brown Act limits the Committee’s ability to take and/or discuss items that are not on the agenda; therefore, such items are normally referred to staff for comment or to a future agenda.

5. DISCUSSIONS AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:

5-1. Consideration of Instant Runoff Voting

·Burlington, Vermont, sample IRV ballot

·San Francisco sample IRV ballot

·San Francisco sample IRV results

·Los Angeles City Clerk report on IRV

6. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS

7. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

7-1. Choice Voting

7-2. Reorganization

(Commission/Committee/Board Member announcement of requests for future agenda items. No public comment will be taken on announcement of future agenda items).

8. ADJOURNMENT

Please note that if you provide your name and address when speaking before the Commission/Committee/Board it will become part of the official public record, which will be posted on the Internet.

Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Committee regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection at the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall located at 405 Kains Avenue, Albany during normal business hours.