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10/30/92 10:30 HOLMES & GRAVEN NO.002 010 22This amendment would give the council the option of using Chapter 8 or the procedures under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429. The chapter 429 procedure is almost universally used in Minnesota cities, has been validated by extensive litigation, and is well understood by the legal and financial communities. On the other hand, the procedures under Chapter 8 are, in the judgment of the writer, ambiguous and contradictory and will, at some time in the future, cause the city difficulty in (or make impossible) financing of assessable public improvements. X. City Newsletter Section12.13. - _ _ _ = - = _ - - = - • - The City Council must publish and circulate a newsletter at the times and oontainin- the information that the council deems necessa to full inform the residents of the city of significant city activities.a3 2=The commission discussed this matter at length at its September 23 meeting. There seemed to be general consensus that a newsletter publication should be required by charter, but no agreement on what it should contain, how often it should be published, or what form it should take. This amendment merely requires publication but leaves the details to the council and city staff. This, it can be argued, is what a charter should do, that is, set policy and leave the details to the elected and appointed officials/ If they don't carry out the policy, the voters have a clear remedy at the polls. If this amendment is adopted, all references to the newsletter elsewhere in the charter would be deleted. XI. Initiative. Referendum and Recall, Section 5.01. Powers Reserved by the People. The people of the city reserve to themselves the power, in accordance with this charter to (i) initiate and adopt ordinances, except ordinances appropriating money or authorizing the levy of taxes, Dmuss1 M31.25-16