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Mounds View City Council September 25, 2000 Regular Meeting Page 6 C. Discussion and Consideration of Resolution 5458, a Resolution Approving the Mounds View City Hall Addition Final Plat. This item was withdrawn from the agenda. D. Consideration of Charter Commission Resolution 2000-04. City Attorney Riggs noted based on the letter of summary drafted by City Attorney Long there may or may not be reasons, from a legal standpoint, to adopt the Charter Commission resolutions. He indicated the Council does have discretion to do as they wish. Council Member Stigney noted City Attorney Long’s summary letter did not address Resolution 2000-04. Mayor Coughlin asked the Council how they wished to proceed with Resolution 2000-04. MOTION/SECOND: Stigney. To Waive the Reading and Approve Charter Commission Resolution 2000-04 as presented. The motion died for lack of a second. MOTION/SECOND: Coughlin/Quick. To refer Charter Commission Resolution 2000-04 back to the Charter Commission and direct the City’s legal staff to draft a cover letter explaining to the Charter Commission the purpose behind this resolution which was intended as a housekeeping measure to bring the language of the Charter into compliance with state law and recent Supreme Court rulings and to request the Charter Commission change the resolution to address the housekeeping issue and the policy change in two separate resolutions. Council Member Stigney inquired of the City Attorney as to what made the resolution in violation of state law. He said to the best of his understanding the resolution was not in violation of state law. Mayor Coughlin clarified this resolution was one of four that were presented for adoption by ordinance because there was some wording in the original Charter which was not in keeping with state statutes, laws, or recent supreme court rulings. Council Member Stigney noted the language changes were in the resolution. Mayor Coughlin further clarified by saying there are two separate elements in the resolution. One is the legal housekeeping issue, and the other is a policy change. Mayor Coughlin indicated this is why he moved to separate the two issues. Council Member Stigney explained to the Council that the Charter Commission addressed the housekeeping issue and added a sentence directly after the sentence that reads “During any of its public meetings the council shall not prohibit but may place reasonable restrictions upon citizens comments and questions.” That sentence is as follows: “Such restrictions shall be similar to restrictions that the Council places upon its members.”