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Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes Meeting June 13, 2006 b. Review Chapter 5 Updates. f Chair J. Thomas introduced new language from Scott Riggs!�ityvegal could. which could be added in Section 5.01 after the MN Statute 410.20 reference. It was suggested the language be an endnote and be included with an "*"any time we reference 410.20. Members reviewed the letter from Mr Riggs and agreed to include the following in the endnote. "Minnesota courts have limited the powers of initiative and referendum to ordinances which are legislative in character. General legislative acts lay down some permanent and uniform rule of law, administrative acts relate to daily administration of municipal affairs, and quasi judicial acts are the product of investigation, consideration and deliberate human judgment based upon evidentiary facts of some sort." Discussion then moved to focus on Revision —DRAFT 20060502_2 language and changes approved by consensus are reported here in line order sequence and not in order discussed. 1. Line 78, add previously discussed endnote "*" after"General Voter Authority.". 2. Line 113, place a colon after"following" and move "required number of signatures"to each of the bulleted items following. 3. Line 114 to 117, intent the language for readability. 4. Line 151, add previously discussed endnote "*" after"Initiative.". 5. Line 167, add "and 5.04"after"5.03". 6. Line 168 place a comma after "ordinance"and "charter", add "normal ordinance" before"adoption process", place comma after"adoption process" and insert "which does not exclude the referendum process defined in 5.07,". 7. Line 186. add"normal ordinance" before "adoption process", place comma after "adoption process" and insert "which does not exclude the referendum process defined in 5.07.". Chair J. Thomas requested all members review the suggested language changes and the flow charts planned to be in the appendix for consistent language and process flow. He asked members to call him directly with any suggested changes. c. Review Resolution 2006-04 Practices for Documentation Modifications. Discussion focused on language changes. 1. At the top of the resolution, correct the date to June 13, 2006 and drop "DRAFT" 2. In paragraph 1, sentence 2, add "therefore"before "adopts" and drop second period at end of sentence. 3. In item 8, make "deletion"plural and correct spelling of"fist"to "first." 4. In item 9, add a comma after"complete- and change"striked"to "stricken" Motion by B. Doty, second by C. Mueller to approve the Resolution 2006-04 on Commission Documentation Practices. APPROVED 8. New Business a. Future Agenda Items 1. Chapter 5 and new Resolution 2. Chapter 7.03 and Resolution 2006-06 Status review 3. Chapter 7.10 Language 9. Adjournment - meeting adjourned at 9:38 PM Respectfully submitted. Brian Amon;sen, Secretary • 4 ��t1I Page 3 of 3