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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 4/18/2006 Charter Updates: Category 2 Items, Chapter 5 411 Revision—DRAFT 20060418 Page 3 of 5 90 insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose.. nor 91 unless otherwise specified within this Charter. Except in the case of a petition for recall. it shall it- 92 not prevent the Council from referring the subject matter of the petition to the voters at the next 93 regular or special election. 94 95 Section 5.05. Initiative. Any ordinance may be proposed by a-petition wtieh shall state at the head 97 .: �.' with i'ril�i>.i�t�•t4.'i�[t " .-^ _ . . . • ... t t 98 disapprove the amended form by a statement filed. w'it's the Clerk Administrator within ten days of 99 ;L ,_ . 100 .', - f the sponsoring committee within sixty 101 days after the final dcterminatior of sufficiency of the petition, the ordinance as originally proposed- 103 within 120 days after the Ailing of the-petition. the.Council shall call a special election on the 105 ; . - - , 106 effective date• (Amended, Ord. 650, 8 16 2000). The exact text of the proposed ordinance must be 107 stated at the head of each paL_e of the petition or attached thereto. The petition once filed with the 108 Clerk-Administrator shall be valid for 180 days during which time a completed petition with 109 signatures must he filed. Within 60 calendar days after final determination of the petition's 110 sufficiency under the provisions of Section 5.03 of this charter. the Council may either hold a first • 111 reading of the ordinance. as defined in Section 3.05 of this charter and proceed with the adoption 112 • ices •_ . .•• eai an eft lett t• tie •et't'si_ed •in.ice. at .i•ei• lei • •.• ed .va 113 majority vote of the Council and presented to the petition committee. the petition committee has 14 114 calendar a 's fr m tie recei•t t e amended _ro•osed ordinance to •i a_•rove tie amendmeit v 115 ma'.r' I vote. and f.le a statement wit the Cler -Administrator. Toon f li . a tate e t of 116 disa•• val the aro)o ed ordinance a tated on t e ori in.l ietition mu_t be .l.ced o 1 the ballot 117 ats_he next ele t'•• c _ring in the Cit if there is no propnaed amendment, or should t .e petition 118 •i•i 'tt e acr e t ti ame idt ei t t e • di a. ce la I be •i ed _ed •. a • re 1- w .ur ua. t 119 to MN Statute 410.12. If the ordinance receives a majority vote of the Council in its favor. it shall 120 become effective 30 calendar days after adoption unless the ordinance specifies a later effective 121 date. If the amendment is required to be put on a ballot and there is no regularly scheduled election 122 within 120 calendar days of the statement of disapproval, or if the calendar date prohibits 123 co. is '.ice w't • 's• i_ ii a•t- •_ ti' Cl at- . at o .e_. e its ie,t e u .rl : sciedule. 124 meeting, the Council shall call a special election to take place within 90 calendar days of said 125 meeting. If a majority of those voting on the ordinance vote in its favor. it shall become effective 126 thirty days after certification of the election results unless the ordinance specifies a later effective 127 •a e. t e ia'ority do not 'ate i i favor tie o di . .e shall not be et acted 't e setit' 1 128 committee does not file a disapproval statement to a proposed ame dment, the Council shall hold a 129 first reading of the amended proposed ordinance and proceed with the adoption process. If the 130 Council does not approve the ordinance. it must follow the aforementioned balloting process. 131 (Amended, Ord. 650, 8-16-2000) 132 133 City of Mounds View