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<br />Item No: 4C <br />Meeting Date: 02/05/07 <br /> Type of Business: WS <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Kurt Ulrich, City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Policy for Citizen Agenda Items <br /> <br />DRAFT COUNCIL POLICY 2007-01 <br />CITIZEN AGENDA ITEMS <br />Purpose: <br />The purpose of this policy is to allow the public to formally present items of public interest <br />before the Council as regular agenda items, thereby allowing additional time in excess of <br />the 3 minutes per speaker provided under Public Input section of the agenda. <br /> <br />Policy: <br />1) Any City resident, business, property owner, or organized group thereof, may request <br />an opportunity to present an item before the Council as an agenda item. <br /> <br />2) Requests shall be made to the City Clerk Administrator, to the Mayor, or any City <br />Council Member. All requests shall be forwarded to the City Clerk/Administrator for <br />consideration as an agenda item. <br /> <br />3) All requests shall be made in writing, clearly stating the subject matter, time duration, <br />and the date of the presentation. <br /> <br />4) Presentations shall be limited to _____ minutes in length. <br /> <br />5) The City Clerk Administrator will make every attempt to accommodate the request as <br />specified, however, the City Clerk/Administrator and Mayor/City Council reserve the <br />right to reschedule, limit, or restrict any presentation as they deem necessary for the <br />safe, efficient and effective conduct of public business. <br /> <br />6) The deadline for the submittal of requests shall be the end of the business day, the <br />Wednesday prior to the meeting if the meeting falls on a Monday. If the meeting falls <br />on another day of the week, the request shall be submitted at least four business days <br />in advance of the meeting. <br /> <br />7) Any request received after the above deadline will be scheduled for the next regular <br />meeting, or may be presented to the Council by the petitioner at the Public Input <br />section of the agenda for consideration by the Council to add as an agenda item. <br /> <br />Appeal: <br />Any decision by the City Clerk/Administrator in regard to this policy may be appealed <br />directly to the City Council under the Public Input section of any regular meeting. <br /> <br />Adopted: <br />(Date) 2007 <br />