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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL March 14, 1990 Nays (2) Collova, Blesener. Ordinance declared adopted. RAMSEY Virginai Sykes appeared before the Council and reported COUNTY that she was appointed a member of the Ramsey County HOME RULE Charter Commission in 1987 representing District 1 and CHARTER this Commission has been working on the issue of a Home Rule Charter for the County. Sykes reported that this evening she would like to present the Charter, which is being proposed to the voters, and would like to ask the Council to consider approving a resolution urging citizens to go the the polls on November 6, 1990 and vote on the issue of the Charter. Scalze stated that she was concerned about the wording of the third paragraph thinking that it might influence voters. 5ykes reported that the former City Clerk worked with the Charter Commission on the Home Rule Charter. Sykes stated that the intent of the resolution was not to get voters to vote a certain way on the Charter, but to encourage voters to vote on the issue whichever way they choose. At this point in the meeting, Sykes presented a slide show on the Home Rule Charter. Sykes pointed out that if the Charter is not adopted the current operation of the County would continue, wherein the County lobbies the Legislature for whatever it desires. Sykes believed that process to be expensive. Sykes pointed out that the Charter will allow the County to bond for its long-term growth, and this will open the process to more public input into the process, in terms of public hearings, referendums, recall, etc. Scalze noted that Sykes has spent a lot of time on this issue and thought it good that a citizen of Little Canada was involved in the process. Blesener stated that he agreed that the wording of the resolution should be amended so that it does not appear that the City is advocating a position on the issue. Page 10