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/ / !;/ <br /> f/ / <br /> Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes/./,' ;�' b 7 <br /> • Thursday, April 9, 2009 <br /> 1. Call to Order—The meeting came to order at 7:03 pm. <br /> 2. Roll Call—Present: J. Thomas, B. Thomas, J. Reiling, B. Doty, M. Haubrich, J. Miller <br /> Excused: B. Amundsen <br /> Absent: <br /> Guest: City Clerk-Administrator Ericson, City Finance Director Mark Beer <br /> 3. Approval of agenda <br /> Motion by B, Doty, second by J. Reiling,to approve agenda as amended. <br /> MOTION APPROVED <br /> Approval of minutes <br /> Motion by J. Reiling, second by B. Doty,to approve minutes of Feb. 12, 2009 as written. <br /> MOTION APPROVED <br /> 4. Citizens comments from the floor <br /> None <br /> 5. Reports of the Chair <br /> None <br /> 6. Reports of members <br /> . None <br /> 7. Unfinished Business <br /> Chair introduced discussion of Chapter 8 and the amendments being explored by the commission <br /> to provide some background for city staff. Discussion began regarding what questions need to <br /> be answered if amendments to this section go forward. Chair clarifies that the commission is <br /> beginning with the Initiative portion of the chapter to begin to put some definitions and timelines <br /> in place and then will follow that by amending the Referendum process to match. It is the intent <br /> of the commission to provide a well-defined process to allow for referendums for projects <br /> proposed by either petition or city initiated. The charter language needs to build and clarify the <br /> petition process. <br /> Chair stated the commission's ultimate goal is for a group of citizens of a defined size to propose <br /> a project, and do a significant amount of the design work and leg work as well as have an <br /> appropriate number of citizens join the initiative on a petition for the city to move forward. <br /> Brainstorm issues raised: <br /> 1) How do you define a project size? <br /> 2) Can you restrict ballot issues to go to ballot only during regular elections? <br /> i. Yes, in chapter 5, the commission built a timeline to limit ballot issues to the <br /> next scheduled election <br /> 3) How are projects with separate funding sources included as petition-able projects? <br /> i. All projects will likely increase financing needs on city residents which will <br /> have to be factored in. Perhaps a dollar value limitation that would set a <br /> • minimum or maximum. <br />