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(example leaving the Commission for health or address changes) In Attachment 1 "Response to Letter of July 11, 2019", I will address as many of these points as possible to the best of my ability. In 1978 the citizens petitioned, developed and approved the Mounds View Charter because citizens and the Council were at odds over a public works project. Then in 1998 the Council attempted to rewrite the Charter, bypassing the Commission right to extended review (MN 410.12 Subd. 5) of the Council proposed amendment language to establish a City Manager form of government. This amendment was rejected by the voters. The current Council in the Letter states they now seek the Commission to amend specific Chapter 4 Language, which they decided on May 6, 2019, for council member vacancy appointment by ignoring MN 4101.12 Subd 5 "Amendments proposed by council" and instead direct the Commission to amend Chapter 4 under MN 410.12 Subd. 7 "Amendment by ordinance", wherein the Council can approve a Commission recommendation by affirmative vote of all council members and not be subject to voter ballot. The council members at their July 1, 2019, workshop meeting discussed that their new model for the Commission was to have city staff perform the research and legal writing and for the Commission to review the language and send it back to the council for approval, confirming their desire to avoid 410.12 Subd. 5 and desire to use 410.12 Subd 7. The Letter states on page 2 their direction to City Administrator Zikmund to implement changes on the Commission and steer the Commissions focus. I believe the Council may seek the Commission to amend the Charter language on "vacancy appointment of council members" and proceed to change the taxation limit caps, possibly remove citizens right to petition public work projects, by "directing" the commission through city staff and city legal counsel initiated language the Council desires to be in place. This will in essence remove the very reason the Charter and Commission was established by the citizens in 1978 and the Council would then become the de facto custodians of the Charter. The Commission was not established, appointed, or under the direction of the Council or city staff. The Commission is established by the citizens, appointed by the Court, with its own purpose and powers authorized under statue. By requesting that I be removed from the Commission, the Council is attempting to silence my voice on the Commission. The Letter includes that the city staff helped train the Commission members in March 2019, and the focus was on 410.12 Subd 7 with little mention of 410.12 Subd 5. The Council's desire to eliminate the Commission's separate powers and Council's desire to direct the Commission's amendments is the fundamental reason the Council desires to remove me and why they have falsely accused me of conduct and behavior, which are not part of who I am or how I treat others and think. The combination of the fundamental difference and no statutory basis for the request are reasons the request should be denied and the case dismissed. Again, I request Your Honor to deny the request for removal and dismiss this case. I appreciate the due process Your Honor is seeking and your willingness to hear both sides of the request, I look forward to answering any further questions Your Honor may have at the hearing on August 5, 2019 at 9 AM. Since y and with e , Brin'nds 3048 Woodale Drive Mounds View MN 55112 Case File: 62-CV-19-4965 Page 2 of 3