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Mounds View City Council May 14, 2018 Regular Meeting Page 4 1 the Council in October to approve the assessment amounts. 2 3 Mayor Mueller inquired if this mill and overlay project would be completed in 30 days. Public 4 Works Director Peterson explained he was uncertain if the entire project could be completed in 5 30 days, but should be completed in less than 60 days. He reported staff would be working with 6 the contractor regarding the phasing of the project. 7 8 MOTION/SECOND: Hull/Gunn. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 8952, Accept 9 Bid and Award Construction Contract to Northwest Asphalt for the Business Park North Street 10 Rehabilitation (Program Avenue, Quincy Street, Woodale Drive, Clifton Drive). 11 12 Ayes — 5 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 13 14 C. First Reading Ordinance 943, Updating Title 100 of the City Code. 15 16 City Administrator Zikmund requested the Council introduce Ordinance 943 which would update 17 Title 100 of the City Code. He reported Kennedy & Graven was assisting him with this City 18 Code update. He reviewed a change in the language with the Council and recommended the 19 Ordinance be introduced. 20 21 Brian Amundsen, 3048 Woodale Drive, encouraged the Council to delay action on this item. He 22 stated there were a number of matters that were connected to the Charter and he noted election 23 law was being reviewed by the Charter Commission. He believed it would be better to have 24 these matters resolved prior to updating Title 100. He expressed concern with the way staff and 25 the Council was deferring to State Statute and was wiping out the need for the City Charter. He 26 reported Mounds View was a unique community and he encouraged the Council to not allow 27 Mounds View to become homogenized by State Statute. 28 29 Council Member Bergeron thanked Mr. Amundsen for voicing his concerns and discussed how 30 at times State Statute preempts City Code. He stated he believed it was very important for 31 Mounds View to remain a Charter City. 32 33 Mayor Mueller thanked Mr. Amundsen for sharing his concerns with the Council. City 34 Administrator Zikmund commented further on the proposed changes within Title 100 and noted 35 these changes would be brought to the Charter Commission. He reported he was not proposing 36 to codify the changes at this time, but rather recommended this not be completed until later this 37 fall. 38 39 Mayor Mueller suggested under Section 107.03 a statement be added to note Mounds View was a 4o home rule Charter City. City Administrator Zikmund reported he would discuss this suggestion 41 with the City Attorney. 42 43 Mr. Amundsen stated he had concerns with the use of shall and may throughout the document. 44 Mayor Mueller encouraged Mr. Amundsen to speak with the City Administrator regarding these 45 concerns.