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Mounds View Charter Commission Charter Updates: Chapter 5 Resolution 2007-01a Revision — DRAFT 20070105 Date: 1/5/2007 Page 4 of 6 137 60 calendar days preceding the regular general election. 138 139 Section 5.056. Initiative*. Any ordinance may be proposed by a -petition which shall state at the 140 head of each page or attached thereto the exact text of the proposed ordinance. If the Council 141 passes the proposed ordinance with amendments, and a majority of the sponsoring committee do 142 not disapprove the amendea f rm by ^ statement filed with the Clerk Administrator within ten days 143 144 to enact the ordinance in a form acceptable to the majority of the sponsoring committee within sixty 145 days after the final determination of sufficiency of the petition, the ordinance as originally proposed 146 shall be placed on the ballot at the next election occurring in the City. If no election is to occur 147 within 120 days after the filing of the petition, the Council shall call a special election on the 148 ordinance to be held within such period. If a majority of those voting on the ordinance vote in its 149 favor, it shall become effective thirty days after adoption unless the ordinance specifies a later 150 effective date. (Amended, Ord. 650, 8 16 2000). The exact text of the proposed ordinance must be 151 stated at the head of each page of the petition or attached thereto. The petition shall be filed in the 152 Clerk -Administrator's office prior to circulation and shall be valid for 180 days during which time a 153 completed petition with signatures must be filed. Within 60 calendar days after final determination 154 of the petition's sufficiency under the provisions of Section 5.03 and 5.04 of this Charter, the 155 Council may either hold a First Reading of the ordinance, as defined in Section 3.05 of this charter, 156 and proceed with the normal ordinance adoption process, which does not exclude the referendum 157 process as defined in Section 5.07, or propose an amendment to the petitioned ordinance. If an 158 amendment is proposed by a majority vote of the Council and presented to the petition committee, 159 the petition committee has 14 calendar days from the receipt of the amended proposed ordinance to 160 disapprove the amendment by majority vote, and file a statement with the Clerk -Administrator. 161 Upon filing a statement of disapproval, the proposed ordinance, as stated on the original petition, 162 must be placed on the ballot for a public vote within 120 days of receipt of the statement as 163 provided in Section 5.05 of this Charter. If there is no proposed amendment, or should the petition 164 committee agree to the amendment, the ordinance shall be scheduled for a public hearing pursuant 165 to MN Statute 410.12. If the ordinance receives a majority vote of the Council in its favor, it shall 166 become effective 30 calendar days after adoption unless the ordinance specifies a later effective 167 date. If the ballot Council does not approve the ordinance, the Council shall proceed to place the 168 ordinance on the ballot as provided in Section 5.05. If a majority of those voting on the ordinance 169 vote in its favor, it shall become effective thirty days after certification of the election results unless 170 the ordinance specifies a later effective date. If the majority do not vote in favor, the ordinance 171 shall not be enacted and the measure is prohibited from being brought forward again as an initiative 172 within six months of the election certification. If the petition committee does not file a disapproval 173 statement to a proposed amendment, the Council shall hold a First Reading of the amended 174 proposed ordinance and proceed with the normal adoption process, which does not exclude the 175 referendum process as defined in Section 5.07. 176 177 Section 5.07. Referendum*. Prior to the date when an ordinance takes effect, it may be 178 subjected to a referendum by a petition which shall state at the head of each page, or attached 179 thereto, the exact text of the measure to be considered by the electorate voters. The committee 180 must file the completed petition in the office of the Clerk -Administrator at least 10 calendar days 181 before the effective date of the ordinance. If the petition is found to be sufficient under the 182 provisions of Section 5.03 of this chapter, the said ordinance shall thereby be prevented from going