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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 09/18/2006 Charter Updates: Category 2 Items, Chapter 5 Revision—DRAFT 20060815 Page 4 of 7 126 be declared by the City Council. Upon r-eeeiv.ngfinal determination, the Clerk-Administrator shall 127 report the date of the determination and its sufficiency to the City Council. Upon receipt of the 128 report, the Cjjy Council shall detefmine by feseltAien the s4fieieney of the pet immediately 129 declare the sufficiency of the petition by resolution, includingthe he reported date of determination of 130 sufficiency. 131 132 Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. if the Getmeil detef ffli es 133 , 134 , 135 136 , the eofmnit4ee may not ehEmge the statefnefi�.- 137 , 138 Clefk Administr-mer-shall again report to the Gotineil. if the Cotineil finds thm the petition is still 139 ,the Gler4 Admifiis4ator-shall file the-petition a-ad notify the sp . — 140 eeffmii4ee. The final finding that the petition is insuffieient of iffegalaf shali not pfejudiee the filing e-f- 141 , 142 the petition to the voters at the n &*f:eg+t ^r^ o ^' eleet o . If the Clerk-Administrator determines 143 that the petition cannot meet the requirements for sufficiency, a copy of the petition, together with a 144 written statement of its defects, shall be delivered to the sponsoring committee and to the City 145 Council within 10 calendar days. As specified in this Charter, the committee shall have 30 calendar 146 days to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the specified irre_ug larity. Within 9 147 calendar days of receipt of the corrected petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall determine whether 148 the petition as corrected meets the requirements for sufficiency and shall proceed as directed in 149 Section 5.03. If the petition is still insufficient or irregular, the City Council shall pass a resolution 150 of insufficiency and this shall be considered the Final Finding. The Clerk-Administrator shall file 151 the petition as noted and notify the sponsoring committee within 10 calendar days that no further. 152 action will be taken. The Final Finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not 153 prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose unless otherwise specified within this 154 Charter. Except in the case of a petition for recall, it shall not prevent the Council from referring 155 the subject matter of the petition to the voters at the next regular or special election. 156 157 Section 5.05. Ballot Issue Requirements. If a measure is required to be put on a ballot and there is 158 no regularly scheduled election within 120 calendar days of the determination that it meets the 159 requirements for a ballot, or if the calendar date prohibits compliance with provisions in Chapter 4 160 of this Charter, a special election must be called. At or before its next regularly scheduled meeting_ 161 the Council shall call a special election to take place within 90 calendar days of said meeting unless 162 otherwise specified in this section. No special election shall be held within 40 days after a regular_ 163 election. Should a ballot measure require a special election to be called and the 90 day limit would 164 fall within 40 days of a regular election, then the limit shall be extended only as long as is necessary 165 to exceed the 40 days. 166 167 Section 5.0-56. Initiative*. Any ordinance may be proposed by a-petition.w, ie ,ha Aat 44� 168 169 , and a majority of the sp --ittee de City of Mounds View