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Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes <br /> • Thursday, April 9, 2009 <br /> 4) Are there ways to include public/private partnerships with city projects? <br /> 5) Can thresholds for project size be based on construction costs being a percentage of the city <br /> budget? <br /> a. General fund budget might be a likely target that would grow and contract with the <br /> economy. <br /> b. Could this percentage be used to define windows of whether petition size could be <br /> localized or city-wide. <br /> 6) How do you define a project area? <br /> a. Can precincts be used for smaller affected areas? <br /> b. Do smaller projects that go to petition to move themselves ahead of other priorities <br /> need to be a city wide petition? <br /> c. A smaller area is for petition only,not elections. <br /> 7) How do you determine the priority of a project? <br /> 8) Can or should petitions for initiative and referendum of the same project have different area <br /> definitions? ie, can a city wide referendum kill a local area initiative? <br /> 9) How does financing come into play on project areas? <br /> 10)What projects do we want to include in this section? <br /> a. Should we limit it to current language of street projects? <br /> b. We should avoid a"list"of potential projects <br /> Chair clarified that despite the perception that a small number of people on a petition are <br /> deciding issues for the whole community, a project could only go forward if approved by the <br /> City Council or by a city-wide vote. <br /> If done properly,the charter model should make everyone's job easier from both the resident and <br /> city side of any particular issue. <br /> City staff can provide assistance on terminology that already has accepted definitions in order to <br /> build proper language. <br /> 8. New Business <br /> Discussion of next month's agenda includes continuing work on Chapter 8, discussion of the <br /> materials provided regarding the Clerk-Administrator title and possibly further discussion on the <br /> language conflicts regarding the PCSC and the EDC. <br /> 9. Adjournment <br /> Meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m. <br />