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COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 23, 1997 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT, BRIAN WESSEL Consideration of Public Facility Architectural Contract - This item was deleted from the agenda upon adoption of the agenda. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION. 97 - 79, DETERMINING THAT A PETITION TITLED, "ORDINANCE NO. 08 - 97 BE REVOKED BY THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF LINO LAKES IN A REFERENDUM", IS DETERMINED TO BE INSUFFICIENT MARILYN ANDERSON Ms. Anderson explained that on April 28, 1997, the City Council adopted the second reading of Ordinance No. 08 - 97, Regulating the Collection and Disposal of Refuse and Solid Waste in the City. The ordinance was published in the May 6, 1997 edition of the City's legal newspaper, the Quad Press. This ordinance was to become effective 30 days after the date of publication, June 6, 1997. On June 4th she received a petition with 416 signatures titled, "Contained herein is a petition to have Ordinance 08 - 97 recalled and revoked by the City of Lino Lakes. This petition was submitted under the powers given to the people in Chapter V., Section 5.01 of the Lino Lakes City ordinances and the City Charter." It was noted that Chapter 5, Section 5.03 of the City Charter outlined the procedure for determining the sufficiency of the petition as follows: "The sponsoring committee shall file the completed petition in the office of the City Clerk. For determining the required number of signatures, the term "base" shall be defined as the number of registered voters at the last regular municipal election. At least 5% of the base shall be required to make an initiative or referendum petition sufficient and allow such petition to be placed on the next scheduled election ballot...". The number of Lino Lakes registered voters at the end of the day at the 1995 municipal election was 6,793. To make this petition sufficient, there had to be 340 signatures of registered voters. The petition contained 337 signatures of registered voters. Ms. Anderson advised that on Friday, June 13, 1997 she notified each member of the petition committee that the petition was not "sufficient" and told them that she would present this report to the City Council. On Monday, June 16, 1997 she received another petition with additional signatures. She examined that petition and found that it contained the signatures of 17 more registered voters. Since the sponsoring committee has 30 days in which to file additional signature papers (petitions), this new petition appears to be "sufficient". Ms. Anderson recommended this matter be forwarded to the City Attorney to determine if City Staff is following all Charter requirements. If his opinion is positive, this mater will be placed on the November 4, 1997 election ballot. Ms. Anderson advised that several residents have asked if they could circulate another petition in favor of Ordinance No. 98 - 97. However, this matter is not addressed in the City Charter and the City Attorney should be asked for his opinion. Ms. Anderson reported when determining that each signature was that of a registered voter, she noticed signatures of persons who have lived and voted in Lino Lakes for years but were not on the list of registered voters. She advised she is preparing a list of the names of persons who she has determined were not registered voters and will submit this list to the Anoka County Elections Department to request verification of the current status of these persons. If they are not registered voters, she will send them registration cards to they will not have to register on election day.