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Mounds View City Council February 44, 2022 Regular Meeting Page 2 1 Ayes — 5 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 2 C. Resolution 9549, ANC Advisory Commission Appointment. 3 4 Mayor Mueller stated Barbara Haake has expressed an interest in continuing to serve as the ANC 5 Commission appointee and noted City Administrator Zikmund would consider to serve as the 6 alternate. She thanked Ms. Haake for her interest in considering to serve the community in this 7 capacity. 8 9 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Bergeron. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 9549, 10 ANC Advisory Commission Appointment. 11 12 A roll call vote was taken. 13 14 Ayes — 5 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 15 16 6. PUBLIC COMMENT 17 18 Valerie Amundsen, 3048 Woodale Drive, reported a letter was delivered from well -respected 19 attorney Jack Perry to the City Council on behalf of 500 Mounds View citizens with full legal 20 reasons on why Minnesota law was not followed when declaring the petition was inadequate. She 21 reported Mr. Perry believes that the petition was sufficient and meets all statutory requirements. 22 She indicated she was amazed by the lack of discussion the Council had when deciding the 23 petition was insufficient. She questioned why the Council had no discussion about this very 24 important issue and where was the Council's concern about the citizens of Mounds View. She 25 stated she has been denied being provided proper numbers to make this petition sufficient when 26 asked of Nyle and Rayla this week. She commented she was astonished and the Mounds View 27 citizens should be too. She encouraged the Mounds View City Council to follow the law. 28 29 Brian Amundsen, 3048 Woodale Drive, asked why this Council was afraid of the citizens having 30 a vote if the Charter language limiting annual taxes was voted on. He indicated the Council has 31 limited the citizens right to make decision and asked if this was due to the City Administrator, 32 the City Attorney or the City Council. He reported since 2016 the tax burden on Mounds View 33 residents has increased from $3.8 million to $5.2 million which was a 33% increase in City taxes 34 alone. He discussed how the City was no better off even with higher taxes, but rather had more 35 rentals in single family neighborhoods, along with increased crime rates and gun violence. He 36 discussed how he and his wife had worked to collect the necessary signatures to put the change to 37 the charter language to the citizens or reconsider the Ordinance adoption. He reported the City 38 Attorney should have known that the courts have determined that format was not the measure for 39 petitions. 40 41 Mayor Mueller encouraged Mr. Amundsen to put his concerns with City staff in writing. She 42 indicated she would not allow Mr. Amundsen to disparage City staff at a public meeting. 43 44 Mr. Amundsen requested the City Clerk properly inspect the petition, find the petition sufficient 45 and pass a proper Resolution onto the City Council.