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410.12, Subdivision 5, proposes that Chapter 5, Section 5.02, Section 5.03, Section 5.04, 5.05 and Section 5.08 of the Charter of the City of Mounds View are hereby amended by the addition of the bold and double-underlined language and by the deletion of the language as follows: Section 5.02. General Provisions for Petitions. A petition provided for under this chapter shall be sponsored by a committee of five registered voters of the City whose names and addresses shall appear on the petition. A petition may consist of one or more papers, but each separately circulated paper shall contain at its head, or attached thereto, the information specified in sections 5.05, 5.07 or 5.08 which apply, respectively, to initiative, referendum and recall. Each signer shall be a registered voter of the City and shall sign their name and give their street address. Each separate page of the petition shall have appended to it a certificate by the circulator, verified by oath, that each signature appended thereto was made in their presence and that the circulator believes them to be the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. The person making the certificate shall be a resident of the City and registered to vote. Any person whose name appears on a petition may withdraw their name by a statement in writing filed with the City Manager before said City Manager advises the Council of the sufficiency of the petition. Section 5.03. Determination of Sufficiency. The committee shall file the completed petition in the office of the City ManagerCierk-Administrator. The required number of signers shall be at least fifteen percent for initiative and referendum, and for recall, at least twenty-five percent of the total number of electors who cast their votes for president at the last presidential election. Immediately upon receipt of the petition, the City Manager shall examine the petition as to its sufficiency and report to the Council within ten days. Upon receiving the report, the Council shall determine by resolution the sufficiency of the petition. Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the Council determines that the petition is insufficient or irregular, the City Manager shall deliver a copy of the petition, together with a written statement of its defects, to the sponsoring committee. The committee shall have thirty days in which to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the petition in all other particulars, except that, in the case of a petition for recall, the committee may not change the statement of the grounds on which the recall is sought. Within five days of receipt of the corrected petition, the City Manager shall again report to the Council. If the Council finds that the petition is still insufficient or irregular, the City ManagerClerk Administrator shall file the petition and notify the sponsoring committee. The 1110 SJR-180668v1 MU210-4