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• <br />• <br />(h) <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Date: August 18, 2008 <br />To: City Council <br />From: Julie Bartell <br />Re: Charter Amendment Petition <br />le tql. <br />Background <br />Last week an email was sent to the council informing you that the city (and the charter <br />commission) has received a petition from the Lino Lakes Citizens for Safer Roads. The <br />petition requests that the Lino Lakes City Charter be amended regarding procedures for <br />special assessments. A sample section of the petition is attached. <br />State Statute 410.12 and Minnesota Administrative Rule 8205.1030 establish the requirements <br />for the form, timing and signature eligibility for petitions. Based on the advice of Attorney <br />Steve Bubul, the form and timing of this petition are valid at this point. The process for <br />verifying signatures has been underway, since the city clerk is required to make a <br />determination of sufficiency within ten days (of receipt of the petition). <br />A petition to amend a city charter must be signed by registered voters equal in number to five <br />percent of the total votes cast at the last previous state general election in the city. In this case <br />that number is 415. The petition contains 421 signatures however I have not been able to <br />verify that some of those signatures represent a "registered voter ". The verification process <br />will continue. <br />Requested Council Direction <br />At this time, staff does not have enough information to certify that the petition is sufficient or <br />insufficient. That certification is required and must be provided to the council and the five <br />electors who submitted the petition by August 22, 2008. No official council action on the <br />certification is required; the council is required to approve the language if the matter is placed <br />on the ballot. <br />Attachment(s) <br />Sample section of petition <br />Minnesota Statutes, Section 410.12 <br />1 <br />