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Honorable Mayor and City Council Members February 17, 2022 Page 4 DOCSOPEN\MU210\4\780657.v4-2/17/22 IV. Next Steps for City Council Consideration As previously stated above, Petitioners have not submitted an amendment nor a new petition, only an argumentative letter. While not required under nor consistent with Minnesota Statutes, Section 410.12, the City could choose to consider the following actions in response to the Perry Letter: A. Consider the Perry Letter as an amended petition as described in Minnesota Statutes, Section 410.12, subd. 3;6 B. Consider the Perry Letter as a new petition; C. Reaffirm Resolution No. 9547 adopted on February 4, 2022 by adopting a new resolution; D. Take no action since the Petitioners submitted no new or amended petition with the Perry Letter and as such have missed the deadline by which to submit an amended petition. The City then would wait to see if the Petitioners submit a new petition by Tuesday, February 22, 2022. Considering the information available to City staff and the City Council, including the Petitioners’ failure to submit an amended or new petition, or to follow applicable Minnesota Statutes or Minnesota Rules regarding the petition, all as set forth above, it is recommended that the City Council proceed with option IV.C. above and adopt a resolution reaffirming the Council’s actions in adopting Resolution No. 9547 adopted on February 4, 2022. Resolution No. 9553 is provided for City Council consideration regarding this matter. 6 Minnesota Statutes, Section 410.12, subd. 3 provides that: “The city clerk shall within five days after such amendment is filed, make examination of the amended petition, and if the certificate shall show the petition still to be insufficient, the city clerk shall file it in the city clerk's office and notify the committee of the petitioners of the findings and no further action shall be had on such insufficient petition.”