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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 06/13/2006 Charter Updates: Category 2 Items, Chapter 5 Revision—DRAFT 20060613 Page 4 of 7 134 insuffleient or irregt4ar, the Clerk Admittistfator shall file the petition and notify the SP 135 eonmnittee. The final finding that the petition is insttffleienf or itTegular shall not pirejudiee the filing of a 136 new petition for the same ptwpose, nor shall it prevew the Gotmeil from referring the Rubj eet matteir of 137 petition to the voteirs at the nex4 iregular or speeial eleetion. If the Clerk-Administrator determines that 138 the petition cannot meet the requirements for sufficiency,a cony of the petition,together with a 139 written statement of its defects, shall be delivered to the sponsoring committee and to the City 140 Council within 10 calendar days. As specified in this Charter, the committee shall have the 141 opportunity to file additional signature papers an to correct the specified irre parity. Within 9 142 calendar days of receipt of the corrected petition.the Clerk-Administrator shall determine whether 143 the petition as corrected meets the requirements for sufficiency and shall proceed as directed in 144 Section 5.03. If the petition is still insufficient or irregular. the City Council shall pass a resolution of 145 insufficiency and this shall be considered the Final Finding. The Clerk-Administrator shall file the 146 Petition as noted and notify the sponsoring committee within 10 calendar days that no further action 147 will be taken. The Final Finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the 148 filing of a new petition for the same pumose unless otherwise specified within this Charter. Except 149 in the case of a petition for recall, it shall not prevent the Council from referringthe subject matter of 150 the petition to the voters at the next regular or special election. 151 152 Section 5.05. Initiative*. Any ordinance may be proposed by a-petition__-hie shall state at the head 153 of eaeh page or attaehed thereto the exaet tex4 of the proposed ordinanee. if the Gouneil passes the 154 proposed ordinanee with amendments, 155 the amended fofm by a statement filed with the Clerk AdministTator Wi4tin ten days of its passage by 156 the Gotmeil, the ordinanee need not be submitted to the voters. ifthe Gotmeil f�ils to eflaet the 157 158 final determination of suffieiettey of the petition, the ordinanee as originally proposed shall be plae 159 on the ballot at the nexq eleetion oeettming in the City. lfno eleetion is to Oeetty within 1-20 days aft 160 the filing of the petition, 161 162 , 163 $-16 -�99A}. The exact text of the imposed ordinance must be stated at the head of each image of the 164 petition or attached thereto. The committee must file the completed petition in the office of the Clerk- 165 Administrator at least 10 calendar days before the ordinance takes effect. The petition once filed with 166 the Clerk-Administrator shall be valid for 180 days during which time a completed petition with 167 signatures must be filed. Within 60 calendar days after final determination of the petition's sufficiency 168 under the provisions of Section 5.03 and 5.04 of this Charter. the Council may either hold a first 169 reading of the ordinance, as defined in Section 3.05 of this charter, and proceed with the normal 170 ordinance adoption process, which does not exclude the referendum process as defined in Section 171 5.07, or impose an amendment to the petitioned ordinance. If an amendment is imposed by a 172 majority vote of the Council and presented to the petition committee,the petition committee has 14 173 calendar days from the receipt of the amended imposed ordinance to disapprove the amendment by 174 majority vote, and file a statement with the Clerk-Administrator. Upon filing a statement of 175 disapproval, the imposed ordinance, as stated on the original petition,must be placed on the ballot at 176 the next election occurring in the City.If there is no proposed amendment,or should the petition 177 committee agree to the amendment,the ordinance shall be scheduled for a public hearing pursuant to 178 MN Statute 410.12. If the ordinance receives a majority vote of the Council in its favor, it shall City of Mounds View