2022-02-22 Amundsen - Petition Remains Insufficient

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February 14, 2022 Page 4 10. November 9.2021. City publishes notice of a public hearing for Ordinance 984 in the Shoreview Press, City's official newspaper.1 11. December 13, 2021. City Council holds public hearing on Ordinance 984, adopting the Ordinance to change City Charter language. The packet and Ordinance specifically say that Minn. Stat. § 410 is a "prescriptive process" and is "the Act" controlling City Council's action and petitions. City Council adopts Ordinance 984 by unanimous vote. 12. December 16-20, 2021. Valerie Amundsen emails with City Administrator Zikmund about the petition process. 13. January 25, 2022. The Citizens' Petition submitted to City Administrator Zikmund and City Clerk Ewald. Amundsens learned from Elections Office that the Citizens' Petition was forwarded to the Elections Office electronically the next day. 14. January 26, 2022. Elections Office emails City Clerk Ewald to say the Citizens' Petition is not following Minnesota Secretary of State petition form of Minn. R. 8205.1010 and please contact Valerie Amundsen. City Clerk Ewald replies to Elections Office that she would discuss with City Administrator Zikmund on his return and with Valerie Amundsen after that. But City Clerk Ewald provided no such communication to Valerie Amundsen until February 4, 2022. 15. February 1, 2022. Valerie Amundsen receives email, as she is on special list requesting notice of all City Council Special Meeting notices, that a Special Meeting of City Council will happen on February 4, 2022 via Zoom. The notice lists the Citizens Petition, but no packet material of the meeting is delivered. 16. February 4, 2022. Valerie Amundsen continues to ask City for the packet of information by email, but City Administrator Zikmund says there is no packet, and it is with City Attorney to be presented at the meeting. At the meeting Zikmund shares his screen of documents and introduces City Attorney Riggs who presents the February 4, 2022 Insufficiency Letter, which states "the [Citizens' P]etition is not in the proper form.... Ramsey County Elections Office concurs that the [Citizens' P]etition is not in the proper form." (Bracketed information added). 1 Minn. Stat. § 410.12, subd. 7 states, as follows, that the hearing must be held within one month of publication: Within one month of receiving a recommendation the city must publish the announcement of a public hearing which must contain the text of the proposed amendment, and not sooner than two weeks and not later than 30 days after publishing the Council must hold the public hearin . The public hearing was held more than 30 days after publishing date.