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• Page 3 <br /> July 13, 1998 <br /> Mounds View City Council <br /> 6. RESIDENTS' REQUESTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE FLOOR <br /> No resident requests or comments were considered from the floor. <br /> David Janke, 8428 Eastwood Road, wished Mayor McCarty a speedy recovery. He also asked if <br /> the City's golf course lost money during the year 1997 and if the facility would make money for <br /> the year 1998. <br /> Whiting offered to furnish Janke with the figures for the golf course's 1997 season. He told Janke <br /> that to date, the facility was doing very good for the 1998 season. <br /> Mr. Janke asked if the total spending to date for the construction of the Community Center had <br /> in any way exceeded the Charter Commission allowance of"10 percent or 20 percent". <br /> Whiting told Janke the total budget to date was $6.2 million. This amount included property <br /> purchase, cost of the election, Phase 1 Children's Home Society and now Phase 2 Community <br /> Center; the Community Center being the last Phase at $4.1 million. <br /> • 7. COUNCIL BUSINESS <br /> A. Consideration of Resolution No. 5251, Concerning Sufficiency of Corrected Petition <br /> for Initiative Regarding the Project Commonly Known as the Theater Project. <br /> Whiting gave his report as follows: <br /> The first petition that was submitted contained 733 signatures. There are 859 signatures required <br /> based on Charter requirements. The matter had been voted on by the City Council and a finding <br /> was made that the petition as submitted was not sufficient. The Charter allows the citizens to <br /> address the imperfections contained in the petition. Another 155 signatures came in and were <br /> verified by the City's election judges. The revised petition count was stated as being 882. The <br /> reason for the Resolution was that the petition was not worded properly and thus the Council <br /> deemed the petition insufficient under the advise of the City's Attorney. Resolution 5251 <br /> acknowledged the increase in the number of signatures on the petition but it also acknowledged <br /> that the language of the petition had not changed, thus the recommendation that the petition be <br /> considered insufficient. <br /> City Attorney Long gave his report as follows: <br /> In the case law Oakman v Evileth, 1925, and Hanson v City of Granite Falls, 1995, in both of <br /> • these cases it is stated the powers of initiative and referendum apply to legislative acts which set <br />