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Li ' S 3.{ APPROVED 1 Mounds View City Council Page Twenty-One 2 Regular Meeting July 25, 1994 3 4 5 circulator oath of verification, the Petition is "insufficient" 6 under Chapter 5, Sections 5.02 and 5. 03 of the City Charter. Orduno 7 explained that the topic of the petition is currently under 8 discussion by the Charter Commission. 9 10 Mayor Linke stated that the petition does not follow along with the 11 Charter at all. The petitioners are not listed on the document, nor 12 is it notarized. 13 14 Orduno stated that a letter should be sent to all persons who signed 15 the petition and sending with the letter a copy of the Charter. 16 17 Councilmember Trude stated that she is a member of the Charter 18 Commission and stated that this petition does not meet the Charter. 19 Trude stated that she believes it's a notice of petitioning taking 20 place. 21 22 Trude stated that the Charter Commission has hired an attorney to 23 work on this issue with the Charter Commission. Trude stated that a 24 legal opinion has been obtained and a City cannot limit the terms of 25 Council persons. Trude stated she is confused as to why this 26 petition was brought to staff at this time. 27 28 MOTION/SECOND: Wuori/Trude to Adopt Resolution No. 4607 Declaring 29 Insufficient the Initiative Petition Proposing an Ordinance to Limit 30 the Number of Total Terms for Which a Person Could File for the 31 Office of Mayor or City Council 32 33 VOTE: 4 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried 34 35 H. Consideration of Release of Property being Requested by the Everest 36 Group that will be Part of the Development of the C. G. Hill 37 Property_ 38 39 Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, stated that our bond counsel 40 was contacted to work with Everest attornies to make sure that the 41 land in questions was not land involved in the original development 42 of the business park in that it would continue to receive Tax 43 Increment Financing. Jim O'Meara is comfortable with the fact that 44 after the Development Agreement was executed and the supplement that 45 the identified parcels that receive the funding are separate and 46 apart from the parcels listed here. Orduno stated that the release 47 of this land is necessary to move the C. G. Hill Project forward. 48 49 MOTION/SECOND: Trude/Wuori to Adopt Resolution No. 4608 Authorizing 50 the Release of Land from Contract for Private Redevelopment between 51 the City and Everest Development Ltd. 52 53 VOTE: 4 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried 54