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PROPOSITION B: Shall Sections 3-1/2 and 48a of the Charter of the City of Redwood City be amended to enable the Port of Redwood City to approve leases by ordinance following public hearing thereon? SECTION 5 . (a) The Council of Redwood City hereby proposes, on its own motion, to amend the Charter of the City of Redwood City by amending Section 8 thereof to read as follows: "SECTION 8. ELIGIBILITY OF ELECTIVE OFFICERS. "No person shall be eligible for election to, or hold any elective office of said city unless he such person shall have been a resident and elector thereof for at least three-years 30 days next preceding his-eleetien-therete the time of filing nominating papers or equivalent declaration of candidacy for such office, or his such person' s appointment to fill a vacancy therein. " _ _ (b) Said Charter amendment proposal shall be submitted to the electors of the City of Redwood City at the General Municipal Election to be held in the City on April 11, 1978 , in the form of a proposal to amend said Charter by amending Section 8 thereof. On the ballots and on the voting machines to be used at said election, in addition to all other matters required by law to be printed thereon, shall appear the following: PROPOSITION C: Shall Section 8 of the Charter of the City of Redwood City be amended to reduce the residence requirement of candidates for elective city office to conform to constitutional limitations? SECTION 6 . (a) The Council of Redwood City hereby proposes, on its own motion, to amend the Charter of the City of Redwood City by amending Section 9 thereof to read as follows: "SECTION 9 . THE COUNCIL: "The Council shall be comprised of seven councelmen members, including the Mayor, and shall be the legislative body of the city, each of the members of which, including the Mayor, shall have the right to vote upon all questions before it. "Councilmen members shall be elected at each general municipal election and shall hold office for the term of four years from and after the Monday next succeeding the day of such election and until their successors are elected and qualified. The councilmen members in office at the time of this charter taking effect shall continue in office until the end of the terms for which they were respectively elected. -7-