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MOUNDS VIEW CHARTER COMMISSION MINUTES 4111 OCTOBER 26 , 1993 I . Call to Order Vice Chair Sue Hankner called the meeting to order at 7 : 05 p . m. in the Mounds View City Hall . II . Roll Call Present : Lloyd Bardwell , Virgil Beyer , Sue Hankner , Jerry Linke , Dave Long , Duane McCarty , Richard Oman , Laurie Schley , Bob Toborg , Julie Trude , Arlene Werdien and Bill Werner . Absent ( excused ) : Len Burgers and Ruth White . Absent ( unexcused ) : Ray Vandeveer . III . Approval of Minutes Motion by Laurie Schley , second by Jerry Linke , to approve the Minutes of the October 12 , 1993 meeting as submitted . Motion passed with 10 ayes and 2 abstentions . IV . Meeting Schedule Motion by Jerry Linke , second by Bob Toborg to set the next meeting 1111 for Tuesday November 16 , 1993 at 7 p . m. Motion passed unanimously . Due to the absence of the Chair , his annual report will be considered at the next meeting . A future meeting schedule will be discussed on November 16th . V . Charter Review - Chapter 8 Jerry Linke discussed the proposed changes in his draft of Chapter 8 . The following question was set aside for future consideration ( from §8 . 01 ) : Should the Charter set a "cap" or maximum amount the city may levy for special improvements? In §8 . 02 , shall was changed to "must . " After discussion about how Minnesota state law (Minn . Stat . § 429 , subd . 3 . 021 ) would operate in conjunction with the charter language , the commission decided legal review of this topic would be helpful . An attorney should also be consulted regarding the use of "and " in §8 . 02 and §8 . 03 . The operation of the current Chapter 8 petition process was explained by Duane McCarty who had prepared a hand-out to illustrate the procedures . The proposed re-draft was also reviewed . After a lengthy discussion , a consensus was reached to maintain the processes in the original 410 charter but improve their operation . Citizen initiated projects will