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January 31, 2006 Mr. William G. Hawkins Attorney at Law 2140 Fourth Av S Anoka, MN 55303 Re: Charter Amendment — Charter Membership Dear Mr. Hawkins: I am writing in regard to the matter of the petition submitted to the Lino Lakes City Council requesting amendment of the City Charter to not allow City Council Members (including the Mayor) to also be members of the Lino Lakes Charter Commission. The City Council received your opinion regarding the petition submitted by Robert Bening and Al Demotts at their work session on January 18. Based on your advice that if the subject of the petition is to be submitted to the voters, it should follow the process set forth in Minn. Stat., Section 410.12, Subd 5 (Amendments proposed by council), the City Council requested the following information: a) A timeline indicating how this amendment could be considered for inclusion on the fall 2006 ballot (I have prepared a proposed timeline and am attaching it to this letter for your review); b) Since you have stated in your letter that the form of the petition does not meet the requirements of State law, Council Member Carlson requests more specific information on how the petition is insufficient and if the petition could be corrected to meet both the requirements of the State Statute and the City Charter (Chapter 5). The City Council will be considering this matter again at an upcoming work session (February 8 or March 6), pending receipt of the requested information. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Sincerely, Ju anne Bart 11 City Clerk Enc.