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SJR-179323v2 MU210-4 RESOLUTION NO. 5435 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING REVISOR’S FOOTNOTE ADDITION TO THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW CHARTER RECITALS WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View is a home rule charter city pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 410; and WHEREAS, the present city charter contains a provision at Section 4.02 of the city charter pertaining to the issue of term limits for elected officials; and WHEREAS, the Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota has determined in the case of Minneapolis Term Limits Coalition v. Keefe, 535 N.W.2d 306 (Minn. 1995), that term limits change the eligibility requirements for local office in violation of the constitution guarantee of universal eligibility for public office; and WHEREAS, the city council forwarded a draft ordinance to the Mounds View Charter Commission requesting that, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 410.12, subd. 7, the charter commission recommend to the city council a charter amendment by ordinance which would remove any reference to term limits in Section 4.02 of the present city charter; and WHEREAS, the charter commission determined not to recommend the enactment of a charter amendment of Section 4.02 by ordinance to the city council pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 410.12, subd. 7; and WHEREAS, the charter commission acknowledges that the city council should inform the citizens of the City of Mounds View as to the present judicial interpretation of provisions similar to charter Section 4.02; and WHEREAS, the city council desires to include a revisor’s footnote in the present charter to inform the public of the judicial interpretation of provisions similar to charter Section 4.02 that have been determined to be unconstitutional by the case of Minneapolis Term Limits Coalition v. Keefe.