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Note — This was the same process Fridley utilized to amend its levy provision in its Charter. Charter Commission Resolution 2021-4: At the September 21, 2021 Charter Commission meeting, the Charter Commission adopted Resolution 2021-4 — RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING AMENDMENT OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CHARTER BY ORDINANCE. The City officially received receipt of the signed ordinance on October 25, 2021. Minnesota Statutes, section 410.12, subdivision 7 process: Once the Commission passes a resolution recommending an amendment to the Charter a specific timeline must be followed. The timeline starts once the City receives the proposed amendment from the Commission. The timeline is outlined below: The Commission approved the recommendation to amend the Charter by ordinance on September 21, 2021: 1. The timeline begins when the City receives the recommendation from the Charter Commission. o Received October 25, 2021 2. Within one month of receiving the recommendation, the City must publish notice of a public hearing on the proposal and the notice must contain the text of the proposed amendment. The text of the proposed amendment is taken from the Commission recommendation and cannot be amended or changed by the Council. o Proof of Publication on November 9, 2021 3. The public hearing must occur between two weeks and one month after the notice is published. o Public Hearing Scheduled for December 13, 2021 4. Within one month of the public hearing, the City Council must vote on the proposed charter amendment ordinance. The ordinance passes only with an affirmative vote of all members of the council. 5. If the ordinance passes, it must be published in the same manner as any other ordinance. 6. The ordinance will become effective 90 days after publication unless the following occurs: o Within 60 days after publication, a petition requesting a referendum on the ordinance is filed with the city clerk. Impact of Proposed Change: The resolution from the Charter Commission does not remove the levy restriction, rather; it eases/increases it from the present 5% to 6.5% and allows for additional increases under the following circumstances: • Upon a 4/5t" vote of Council, the general levy may be increased another 2.5% to a total of total of 9%. If inflation exceeds 6.5% then, upon a 4/5t" vote of the Council the general tax levy may be increase to the amount of inflation plus 2.5%. The limits on increases to the general levy will be suspended for one year after the decertification of a Tax Increment Financing District. Since Section 7.03 was amended in 2008, Council has never levied the full 5% as the current provision set the levy increase at 2% plus inflation. With inflation being historically low (under 3%) since that time, the maximum levy adopted by council since 2008 was 4.4% in 2019. The Mounds View Vision A Thriving Desirable Commu,—y