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Mounds View City Council May 29, 2007 <br />Regular Meeting Page 4 <br />City Administrator Ulrich indicated that the City Attorney had a few comments that were • <br />provided in the packet and Staff recommends approval of Ordinance 790. <br />Mr. Thomas reviewed the proposed amendments to the Charter. <br />Council Member Flaherty said that these are great and commended the Chair for developing the <br />charts to help residents understand the Charter. <br />Council Member Mueller agreed and said that not only was the language cleaned up, the timing <br />was defined and becomes a usable tool for residents. It also clarified and gave direction to the <br />necessary steps in a process. She then thanked Mr. Thomas and the Commission for the work <br />involved to do so. <br />City Attorney Riggs said that his issue is that a third party has the ability to control whether or <br />not an Ordinance is approved. He then said that would cause issues with development situations <br />as there are specific time limit requirements. He further said that he understands what the <br />Charter Commission is trying to accomplish but there can be situations where, through no fault <br />of the City, an Ordinance can not be adopted. <br />Mr. Thomas commented that it would just require another reading to move the Ordinance <br />through. <br />City Attorney Riggs said that with development issues requiring public hearings, it would set • <br />things back and potentially cause issues if something does not get published through no fault of <br />the City. He then said that it is possible and it is an issue and this is a change from what was in <br />the Charter where it would not have occurred before. <br />Council Member Mueller noted that there are two legal newspapers that the Ordinances can be <br />published in. <br />City Attorney Riggs would like to see the start date from the date of publication rather than the <br />adoption date. <br />Acting Mayor Stigney said that it talks about ballots not voters and asked them to look at it. <br />Section 4 should be formatted over for the new section. <br />Acting Mayor Stigney asked why 30 days are given if it is wrong. <br />Mr. Thomas said it could only be stalled one time in 30 days. <br />City Administrator Ulrich explained that the Mayor had issues with Section 5.03 and section <br />5.04 as he thought the language was somewhat difficult to follow and somewhat complex. His <br />other comment was in regard to Line 116 and 117, on Page 3 of 5 except in the case of a petition <br />for recall it shall not prevent the council from sending the petition for recall to the next regular <br />election and the question is why the petition for recall could not be referred to a special election. • <br />