TO VOLUNTEER, PLEASE MAKE COPIES AND COLLECT SIGNATURES - PETITION SHEETS MUST BE TWO-SIDED 0N PAPER limit Ended City of Tacoma Citizens? Charter Change Proposal Measure No. 8 Proposed Ballot Title City of Tacoma Citizens? Charter Amendment No. 8 concerns limiting terms of office for the Tacoma City Council Members and Mayor. If enacted, this measure would limit a council member and or mayor, to no more than two consecutive 4-year terms and are allowed to serve again after an eight year break in service. Should this measure be enacted into law? 8 Years is Enough! 8 tears in ottiee 8 vears out Tacoma Eleetetl ottie-ia-Iswill no longerlre alrle to resign to run, to extend their time in of?ce End the term limit loophole - Yes on Amendment a Every person who signs this petition with any other than his or her true name, or who knowingly signs more than one ofthese petitions, or signs a petition seeking an election when he or she is not a legal voter, or signs a petition when he or she is otherwise not quali?ed to sign, or who makes herein any false statement, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Yes .. No CHARTER CHANGE PETITION FOR SUBMISSION TO THE PEOPLE WARNING To The City Council of Tacoma and Doris Scrum, City Clerk: We, the undersigned registered and legal voters of Tacoma, Washington, respectfully propose and ask for the enactment of Charter Amendment known as Tacoma Charter Amendment 8 entitled: ?Term Limit Loophole Ended? a full, true and correct copy of which is printed on the reverse side of this petition, for submission of Charter Amendment No. 8 to the legal voters of the City of Tacoma at the General Election to be held on the clay of November, 2017; and each of us for himself or herself says: I have personally signed this petition; I am a legal voter of the State of Washington, in the City of Tacoma as written after my name, my residence address is correctly stated, and have knowingly signed this petition PLEASE USE BLACK INK 0 PLEASE DO NOT CUT INVALIDATES SIGNATURES 0 PLEASE ATE SIGNED only once. J: iffif?gld VI r14 tie PLEASE SIGN YOUR NAME AS YOU ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE SIGNATURE FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES PRINT NAME HERE STREETAND NUMBER RESIDENCE ADDRESS PAID FDR CITY 8: COUNTY BY 1524 Tacoma Ave Tacoma, WA 98402 (253) 209-7988 SIGNATURE DEADLINE: June 19, 2017 TURN-IN I WANT TO HELP OPTIONAL INFORMATION FOR VOLUNTEERS TELEPHONE EMAIL ?(.9 SGNATURE GOAL: REQUIRED FROM REGISTERED TACOMA VOTERS BY JUNE 19, 2017) We need your help! Please take a sheet and get a few signatures. Thank You! VOLUNTEERS: Please read through each line with a signature on it. If it is readable and includes the address, count it as good and put the total of good signatures in the top half of the box at right. Thank you! Tacoma charter Amendment 8 I will volunteer! El Please send me more petition sheets QTY have enclosed a SASE, please rush my petition(s) to me! QTY El i will donate $100 $250 El Other$ Make checks payable to: Yes on 8 El 1 will collect signatures at events with other volunteers, please call me! AREA CODE it i I I endorse this campaign, you may use my name/business name publicly Name Fold petition and place in envelope and mail petition in as soon as you have the sigantures you intend to collect - we hope the sheet is full with 20 signatures! Please do this ASAP but before the deadline: June 19, 2017. We need valid signatures from City of Tacoma voters and our goal is signatures to be sure we have enough. Volunteers, please fill out below before mailing - Thank You! NOT TAX-DEDUCTIBLE Address City State Zip- Contactnumber SIGNATURE El Endorsement from my group or business DATE I Email El Keep me informed, add me to your Email list EMAIL For more information call Donna Walters at (253) 209-7988 or email or visit the web site or Facebook on 8 8 IN 8 MIT 1524 Tacoma Ave 0 Tacoma WA 98402 ATTN Donna Walters, Treasurer COMPLETE TEXT OF TACOMA CHARTER AMENDMENT 8 - 2017 Term Limit Loophole Ended WHEREAS,theCityofTacomaCharter allows for the citizens to- amend the city charter and to be placed before the voters during odd year elections; WHEREAS, the ?10?consecutive years term limit? language has a loophole that allows for elected council members and or/ mayorto resign their seat on the council to avoid the intent of the term limit law of 10-consecutive years; WHEREAS, the ?1 O-consecutive years term limit? language'lacks language defining break in service; WHEREAS, the ?10-consecutive years term limit? language provides a loophole allowing council members and or mayor to resign from office, creating an appointment process which results in providing an advantage to the appointed person when they run as an incumbent for the position they were appointed to; WHEREAS, ?10-consecutive years term limit? language is unique compared with other term limit laws where the word ?term? is used in place of thew word ?years?; WHEREAS, the City of Tacoma was the first city in the state to limitthe terms of law-making council members; WHEREAS, since :1973, ?10-consecutive years term language has been in place; the limit? WHEREAS, since 1980, the Pierce County Council Members are limited to two 4-year terms;- WHEREAS, this proposed charter amendment language used in the Pie-roe County Charter regarding limiting terms of office for lawmakers; WHEREAS, since 1991, when the term limit movement swept the nation, the standard-language used for limiting I terms of office is two 4-year terms; WHEREAS, the people, whenVOting on term limits, overwhelmingly support limiting lawmakers-to eight consecutive years in office; WHEREAS, in 2008, a majority of Tacoma voters rejected a proposal by politicians that deleted term limits altogether; WHEREAS, in 2014, 61% of Tacoma voters rejected extending term limits when the politicians put forth a proposal that would have allowed for 18 years on the Tacoma City Council; WHEREAS, this citizen-sponsored 2017 term limit charter amendment proposal removes the term limit loophole, Clarifies and standardizes the language for limiting the terms in office for members of the Tacoma City Council Members and Mayor; is modeled after the. Therefore be it ordained by the voters in the City of Tacoma the enactment of Charter Amendment 8 entitled: ?Term Limit Loophole Ended? Tacoma City Charter Section 2.35 .H I No. person shall?be allowed to serve in Citv elective office for more than tWo consecutive 4-year terms. complete or partial as a Council member and/ or?Mavor but shall be allowed to serve again after an 8?vear break in service. Establishment of residency in an alternate district will not circumvent this two-term restriction. SEVERABILITY. Invalidity or unenforceability of one or more provisions of this charter amendment shall not affect any other provision of this charter amendment. if possible, any unenforceable provision within this charter change will be modified to reflect the sponsor?s original intention. EFFECTIVE DATE. This charter amendment shall take effect fifteen (15) days after; either adoption or election certification. -END- PARTIAL LIST OF ENDORSERS -