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RESOLUTION N0.6608 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE SUFFICIENCY OF REFERENDUM PETITION PURSUANT TO CITY CHARTER; FINDING THE REFERENDUM QUESTION INVALID; AND DECLARING THAT SUCH QUESTION SHALL NOT BE CERTIFIED FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION WHEREAS, Section 5.07 of the Mounds View City Charter provides that an ordinance adopted by the City Council may be subjected to a petition for a referendum prior to the date when the ordinance takes effect; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 760 which is scheduled to take effect on August 19, 2005, pursuant to the Mounds View City Charter; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 5 of the Mounds View City Charter a petition for a referendum as to Ordinance No. 760 has been received by the City; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Mounds View City Charter, City staff has reviewed and determined that the petition submitted to the City is insufficient because the City Clerk/Administrator has reviewed and determined that the petition submitted to the City is insufficient due to the fact that the number of valid signatures was less than the required number; and WHEREAS, the referendum petition seeks a vote as to the final adoption of Ordinance No. 760 which authorizes the sale of real property by the City of Mounds View to the Mounds View Economic Development Authority; and WHEREAS, the City Council has received an opinion from the City Attorney which is attached and set forth as Exhibit A to this resolution and incorporated herein by reference; and WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the City Attorney that an ordinance dealing with the sale of land is an administrative act (among other reasons) of the City Council that is not subject to referendum pursuant to Minnesota iaw. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Mounds View that the recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated into and made a part of this Resolution as if fully set forth herein; and