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“DRAFT” SJR-268835v1 MU205-30 3 After the initial Council findings, the petition was resubmitted on September 26, 2005, under the following Charter provision: Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the Council determines that the petition is insufficient or irregular, the Clerk-Administrator shall deliver a copy of the petition, together with a written statement of its defects, to the sponsoring committee. The committee shall have thirty days in which to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the petition in all other particulars, except that, in the case of a petition for recall, the committee may not change the statement of the grounds on which the recall is sought. Within five days of receipt of the corrected petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall again report to the Council. If the Council finds that the petition is still insufficient or irregular, the Clerk-Administrator shall file the petition and notify the sponsoring committee. The final finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose, nor shall it prevent the Council from referring the subject matter of the petition to the voters at the next regular or special election. In accordance with the Mounds View City Charter, additional signatures were submitted on September 26, 2005, regarding the petition for a referendum in the amount of 41 signatures, bringing the total number of signatures submitted regarding the petition for a referendum to a total of 997 signatures. Therefore, the petition initially submitted on August 15, 2005, and supplemented on September 26, 2005, requesting a vote as to the adoption of Ordinance No. 760, does include the requisite number of signatures required pursuant to the Mounds View City Charter. However, based upon the an opinion from the City Attorney (dated august 11, 2005), attached as Exhibit A, it is recommended that the City Council find that the question posed in such referendum petition manifestly invalid and that the question posed in the referendum petition not be placed on the ballot of a future City special election. Upon Council action, the City will inform the petitioners of the findings of the City Council in regard to the referendum petition. Recommendation: