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. . . ,/ RF:SOLl.!TION NO. 5435 CfTY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY Of' RAMSF:Y STA TE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING REVISOR'S FOOTNOTE ADDITION TO THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW CHARTER RECITALS WIIEREAS. the City of Mounds View is a home rule chmier city pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 410; and WHEREAS, the present city charter contains a provision at Section 4.02 of the city charter pertaining to the issue oftenn limits for elected officials; and WllEREAS, the Supreme COllli of the State of Minnesota has determined in the case of Minne~polis Term Limits Coalition v. Kedc. 535 N.W.2d 306 (Minn. 1995), that term limits change the eligibility requirements tiJr local office in violation of the constitution guanmtee of universal eligibility tor public oUice; and WHEREAS, the city council torwarded a draft ordinance to the Mounds View Chatier Commission l\:questing that, pursuant to 1'v1inn. Stat. ~ 410.12, subd. 7, the charter commission recommcnd tll the city council a charter amendment by ordinance which would removc any reference to term limits in Section 4.02 of the present city charter; and WI fEREAS, the chmier commission determined not to recommend the enactment of a charter amendment of Section 4.02 by ordinance to the city council pursuant to Minn. Stat. S 410.12,subd.7:and \VHEREAS. the charter commission acknowledges that the city council should inform the citizens of the City of Mounds View as to the present judicial interpretation of provisions similar to charter Section 4.02; and WHEREAS, the city council desires to include a revisor's footnotc in the present charter to inform the public of the judicial interpretation of provisions similar to chalier Section 4,02 that have been determined to be unconstitutional by the case llfM)nneapolis Term Limits Coalition v. Keefe. SJR-179J2Jv2 \IU21IJ--t