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Charter Commission October 14, 2004 Page 2 APPROVED REPORTS OF THE CHAIR Member's Terms (Chair Trehus) - Chair Trehus handed out the current member list and when their terms expired. He stated the old State Statute was that Charter Commissioners could not serve more than two terms consecutively and that requirement had now been removed. He noted Charter Commissioners could now serve unlimited terms. He stated according to the By-Laws, the Chair was required to notify members of their terms expiration five months in advance. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES City Web Site/Commissioners' Group Photo (Commissioner Dahl) - Commissioner Dahl stated at their last meeting the Commissioners had agreed to have a group photograph taken. She indicated they would be taking that group picture tonight. Archives Report(Commissioner Dahl)— Commissioner Dahl stated they had not sent any more letters out to former Charter Commissioners because there were a lot of names and the current addresses were not in the City of Lino Lakes. She noted looking up the addresses took a lot of time so she asked if there were any Commission members who would be willing to look up five or ten former Charter Commissioner's addresses and phone numbers. Once the addresses were obtained, Ann Blair would send out the form letters. Commissioner Dahl stated the reason for the letters being sent out was to ask previous Commissioners for any old charter documents they had and were willing to give to the Commission. Commissioner Bor asked if Betsy Friesen had any history with the Charter Commission. Commissioner Dahl replied she did not believe Betsy had any documents. Commissioner Dahl asked for a Committee to be formed to find the previous Commissioners addresses and phone numbers. Commissioner Warren volunteered to look up five names. Commissioner Storberg stated she had located the original Charter and would give it to Commissioner Dahl to determine if there were additional former Commissioners who needed to be looked up. Commissioner Bor stated the City could also give the names to the Minnesota Historical Society to assist in looking up residents in Minnesota. Commissioner Dahl stated she did not mind looking up the names, but it was very time consuming. She noted she would get in touch with the Minnesota Historical Society for assistance before asking for the Committee members to look up addresses. 2