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Charter Commission April 17, 2008 Page 9 DRAFT 351 cannot more forward with anything on this matter until they Charter Commission makes their 352 decision or exhausts their timeframes. 353 354 Commissioner Trehus advised that their attorney has offered to draft the ballot language for their 355 amendment and thought their might be a small chance that the City would approve the language 356 once submitted. 357 358 Commissioner Lyden thought that it might be easier to defeat the amendment from the Council 359 by not submitting anything. 360 361 Commissioner Drennen thought the best idea would be to put out their own amendment to take 362 votes away from the Council's. He advised that it neither amendment received enough votes, the 363 charter would remain the same. 364 365 Commissioner Gunderson advised that she spoke with a member of the Mounds View Charter 366 Commission who recently passed an amendment change. She thought it might be helpful to 367 research other cities that had recenly passed an amendment. She advised that it could show them 368 the format and language that had been used. 369 370 Commissioner Trehus advised that the League of Minnesota Cities might be the place to get that "\ 371 information and then request copies of the ballots for the next meeting. 372 373 Commissioner Bretoi thought it would be interesting to find multiple options and how things 374 were put on the ballot including the rules and tactics. 375 376 Commissioner Trehus thought that the Commission should be clear that this was not going to 377 backfire. He did not think that they had enough information tonight to determine that. He 378 thought that the idea of researching the ballots was a good idea. 379 380 Commissioner Bretoi questioned if it would not be a better idea to hold off on approving or 381 denying the amendment from the Council until they get their information. He advised that 382 obviously they do not like the amendment proposed from the Council and questioned what the 383 best strategy would be for the Commission at this point. 384 385 Commissioner Trehus advised that might be a good idea to investigate and not make the decision 386 tonight. 387 388 Commissioner Storberg advised that if they reject the amendment from the Council they are still 389 going to put it on the ballot and advised that their only option then would be to add their own 390 question or leave it. 391 392 Chair Duffy advised that if they reject the amendment tonight it would stop their clock. 393