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HOLMES & GRAVEN <br /> CHARTERED <br /> Attorneys at Law JOHN M.LEFEVRE,JR. <br /> 470 Pillsbury Center,Minneapolis,Minnesota 55402 ROBERT J.LINDALL <br /> ROBERT A.ALSOP (612)337-9300 LAURA K.MOLLET <br /> RONALD H.BATTY BARBARA L.PORTWOOD <br /> STEPHEN J.BUBUL Facsimile(612)337-9310 JAMES M.STROMMEN <br /> JOHN B.DEAN JAMES J.THOMSON,JR. <br /> MARY G.DOBBINS LARRY M.WERTHEIM <br /> STEFANIE N.GALEY BONNIE L WILKINS <br /> CORRINE A.HEINE GARY P.WINTER <br /> JAMES S.HOLMES WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL DAVID L.GRAVEN(1929-1991) <br /> DAVID J.KENNEDY <br /> JOHN R.LARSON OF COUNSEL <br /> WELLINGTON H.LAW ROBERT C.CARLSON <br /> CHARLES L.LEFEVERE ROBERT L.DAVIDSON <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Members of the Mounds View Charter Commission <br /> FROM: David J. Kennedy, Commission attorney jti\ <br /> DATE: November 4, 1992 <br /> RE: Discussion Draft of Possible Charter Amendments <br /> Attached is a discussion draft containing a number of possible <br /> amendments to the charter together with comments on each proposed <br /> change. <br /> Many, but not all, of the points raised in Ms . Orduno's memorandum <br /> of July 30 are addressed in one way or another in the draft. <br /> One way of proceeding to consider these changes (a method I have <br /> found useful with other commissions) is to take them up one by one <br /> and make a preliminary decision about the desirability of each. <br /> Those that survive this first cut can then be revisited for a <br /> closer look at the language and a final recommendation. <br /> If the Commission finds the approach taken in this draft useful, it <br /> might consider authorizing me to proceed to review the entire <br /> charter in this way. There is something to be said for cleaning up <br /> the__entire__charter once you've started. _ On the__other_hand,_ there <br /> are some constraints on your time and resources that may make that <br /> impossible. At this point, however, I think that kind of revision <br /> could be done within the budget set up by the City Council for this <br /> work. <br /> Finally, some of the comments refer to legal principles and <br /> authorities that I have not described fully. I hope that <br /> Commission members will feel free to ask me to elaborate on any <br /> point about which they are unclear. <br /> Attachment <br /> DJK43820 <br /> MU125-16 <br />