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Mounds View City Council February 28, 2000 Regular Meeting Page 26 City Attorney Long advised that there were five different items forwarded for Charter Commission consideration by the City Council. He indicated the Charter Commission has proposed language for four of the five items. He explained that the first item pertains to the ordinance which addresses City Council meetings, amending Section 3.01 of the Charter. He explained that this proposal is substantially different from that proposed to the Charter Commission. He advised that the Charter Commission has suggested three separate subdivisions, and there is language of a substantive nature in at least one of these subdivisions that is quite different from the language that was proposed. City Attorney Long stated the other three items are almost exactly the same as the proposed language that the Council has previously seen. He indicated that with regard to Section 3.04, the Charter Commission is recommending the Council be allowed a more restrictive voting requirement set by City ordinance, and this would preserve the current option in terms of a 4/5 vote requirement for Conditional Use Permits, and items of this nature. City Attorney Long stated the last two items pertain to the changes relating to Initiative and Referendum, and the Charter Commission has simply stricken the word “resolution” in each case, because of the case law presented. City Attorney Long explained that under State Statutes, when amending the Charter by ordinance, there is technically no first and second reading, however, the Council could consider this to be the first reading, and the March 27 date could be set for the second reading and adoption. He explained that City staff would provide a two-week published notice, prior to the hearing. City Attorney Long indicated the Council may wish to examine the first item, pertaining to City Council Meetings, at a Work Session. He advised that procedurally, the Council must unanimously agree to the proposed language in order for it to become an amendment to the Charter. He indicated that the Council does not have the ability to modify the Charter Commission’s suggestions, therefore, they would either vote down the proposal, or suggest it go back to the Charter Commission with some revisions. He explained that if the item is sent back to the Charter Commission, they would begin the process again, with the revisions, after which they would bring the matter back before the Council for consideration. Mayor Coughlin inquired if it was City Attorney Long’s recommendation to lay that item over for consideration, and move to approve the other three, which are basically of a housekeeping nature. City Attorney Long stated this was correct. He added that the approved items should be set for public hearings as well. MOTION/SECOND: Thomason/Stigney. To Approve the First Reading of Ordinance No. , an Ordinance Proposing an Amendment to the Mounds View Charter by Amending Section 5.07 of the Charter of the City of Mounds View as to the Referendum Process and Resolution Adopted in the City, Ordinance No. , an Ordinance proposing an Amendment to the Mounds View Charter by Amending Section 5.05 of the Charter of the City of Mounds View as to the Initiative Process and Resolutions Proposed in the City, and Ordinance No. , an Ordinance Proposing an Amendment to the Mounds View Charter by Amending Subdivision 1 of Section 3.04 of the