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• Mounds View Charter Commission - Minutes - (continued) Page (7) XII. STUDY AND REVISION OF VARIOUS PROPOSED CHAPTERS OF CITY CHARTER - CONT'D G. Chapter 8, "Public Improvements and Special Assessments" Reviewed Sections 8.01, 8.02, and 8.03 - - - no changes. Section 8.04. Public informational provisions. - - - second page, proposed to be amended as follows: "Additionally, the mailing shall include a prominently displayed notice that, over a 10 day period during business hours, a record book will be maintained at the office of the clerk-administrator wherein affected property owners, upon presenting identification, may record their signatures as in favor of or adverse to the proposed improvement. The record book shall be permanently bound with serially numbered pages, and shall be retained as part of the public records of the city. After the close of the 10 day period for the opinion poll, the city council shall cause a summary of the proposal and the poll results to be distributed to as many residents of the city as is feasible. This distribution shall be made at least 2 weeks before a public hearing is held or a final decision is made by the city council on the proposed improvement. The provisions of this section 411 shall not apply to public improvements undertaken under Section 3.06 of the charter, or to improvements which have been petitioned for by all of the owners in frontage of the real property abutting on the streets named in the petition as the location of the improvement. ." H. Chapter 9, "Eminent Domain" Section 9.01. Acquisition of property - - - second page, proposed to be amended as follows: "The city may acquire, by purchase, gift, condemnation, or otherwise, any property, either within or without its boundaries, that may be needed by the city for any public purpose. In acquiring property by exercising the power of eminent domain, the city shall proceed according to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 117 or other applicable law. At least two weeks before a public hearing is held or a final decision is made by the city council on the acquisition of the property, information shall be distributed to as many residents of the city as is feasible, giving the purpose of the acquisition, the estimated cost to the city both immediate and long range, the proposed method of financing, and to what extent the acquisition meets or bears relationship to the needs of the city as defined pursuant to Section 7.05 of the charter." XIII. Motion made by Jim Wills and seconded by Lowell Nygaard that the meeting 410 be adjourned. Carried unanimously. Adjourned at 1:00 A.M. (6/29/79) Ruth A 'te, Secretary ATTACHMENTS