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Mounds View City Council July 9, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 3 original 30 days. She then said that she thinks that this amendment has done a good job of 1 outlining how a valid petition should be handled. 2 3 City Administrator Ulrich explained that this would require a unanimous vote. 4 5 Mayor Marty indicated he could see Council Member Stigney’s points. He then said that a 6 handful of residents could petition everything and really cause issues with running the City. 7 8 Ms. Thomas said that this Charter Amendment shortens the timeframe for the delay. 9 10 Mayor Marty said that he would like to get this amended. 11 12 Ms. Thomas said that her concern is that there is no consensus for that because it is a 13 philosophical debate regarding the numbers needed for the petition. She further said that it is a 14 hypothetical question that needs to be debated. 15 16 Community Development Director Ericson said that he feels that this amendment does make 17 huge progress with an issue with the Charter and he does agree that it is a good suggestion to 18 move forward with the Ordinance as it sits and then move forward with discussions on the items 19 raised at this meeting. He then said that he is not comfortable with the date certain for 20 ordinances and the publication time lines. 21 22 Mayor Marty said that the colored copy was easier to read on the computer than the black and 23 white copy in the packets. 24 25 Council Member Flaherty said that he sees the level of frustration of the Charter Commission 26 members and this is a work in progress. 27 28 Mike Haubrich, member of the Charter Commission, said that there is a position of liaison from 29 the Council to the Charter Commission. 30 31 Council Member Stigney said that this is so close to being really cleaned up he really feels bad 32 that someone feels the need to publish it the way it is. He then said that he does not see any rush 33 at all to get this published now. He then said that he feels that the sufficiency is part of how this 34 should be handled and this is the time to look at this. 35 36 Ms. Thomas clarified that the items outstanding are philosophical debates on how controlling the 37 Charter needs to be. 38 39 Council Member Stigney said that there is no clarity as to whether it is the first time around or 40 the second time around and when or if signatures can be removed. He then said that someone 41 could have only five signatures and drag something out for 180 days, plus 21 days, plus another 42 10 days only to determine that the whole thing is insufficient. 43 44