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Charter <br />Commission <br /> <br />Chair <br />Jonathan J Thomas <br />763-784-5205 <br /> <br />Vice Chair <br />Jason R Reiling <br />763.350.3013 <br /> <br />2nd Vice Chair <br />Susan Hutchins <br />763-783-7111 <br /> <br />Secretary <br />Barbara Thomas <br />763-780-6226 <br /> <br />Brian Amundsen <br />763-786-5699 <br /> <br />Jim Battin <br />763-780-9298 <br /> <br />Bill Doty <br />763-786-3421 <br /> <br />Michael Haubrich <br />651-334-7257 <br /> <br />Jean Miller <br />763-786-3959 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Memo Re: Notification Times Sections 8.04, 8.05 & 8.06 <br />June 8, 2011 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Mounds View City Council <br />Attn: City Administrator <br />Mounds View City Hall <br /> <br /> <br />Honorable Mayor & Council Members: <br /> <br />Prior to our February meeting, City Administrator Ericson contacted the Charter Commission <br />with a request to review notification requirements included in Sections 8.04, 8.05 & 8.06. It <br />was staff’s recommendation to make all those notification expectations be consistent with each <br />other as some require a two week notice and some require a 30 day notification period. Staff <br />noted that the majority of notices fall into the two week category and it would be a significant <br />benefit to staff if they all required a minimum of two weeks. <br /> <br />After a lengthy discussion of the Charter Commission in February, the consensus was that <br />while consistency would be desirable and easier to apply, we were not comfortable infringing <br />on publicly voted notification requirements to make some shorter for the sake of convenience. <br />We would support making them all have the same requirement for notification if it was at the <br />longer 30 day minimum but we don’t believe that would be a greater benefit to the work of <br />city staff despite the consistency. Our belief was that staff would rather work under the current <br />requirements than have them all require a 30 day notification period. <br /> <br />If having all the notification requirements at the same longer minimum would be of interest to <br />the City Council and staff, we would be happy to revisit the issue and see what language <br />changes would be required. The Commission has also flagged this section for further <br />discussion as part of Chapter 8 when all the time frames will be analyzed and reformatted. At <br />that point, it may be appropriate to readdress all those windows. We hope that we have <br />answered this question adequately. Please contact us with any further questions or requests. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />______________________ _______________________ <br />Jonathan J Thomas, Chair Barbara Thomas, Secretary