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Mounds View Charter Commission Resolution 2007-0 l e Final Markup format Date7/12/2007 Page 6 of 6 248 The Clerk -Administrator shall notify the official sought to be recalled of the petition and proceed as 249 provided in Section 5.03 and 5.04 of this Charter. If a petition for recall is determined to be frivolous, it is 250 prohibited from being repeated within one year of the determination. If the Council declares the petition 251 sufficient, it shall immediately pass a resolution to place the measure on a ballot as provided for in Section 252 5.05 of this charter. Within fourteen (14) calendar days of the declaration of sufficiency, the elected 253 official named by the petition may provide a response for their own course of action in not more than five 254 hundred (500) words. The Clerk -Administrator shall include with the published notice of the election, the 255 statement of the grounds for the recall and the response of the official concerned or a statement stating no 256 response was received. If a majority of those voting on the recall vote in its favor, it shall become 257 effective immediately upon certification of the election results. If the majority does not vote in favor, the 258 recall has failed and a petition for recall is prohibited from being repeated for that elected official for one 259 year from the date of certification of the election. If a vacancy occurs due to recall election, Section 4.05 260 herein shall apply to fill said vacancy. 261 262 Section 5.069. Initiative to Amend the Charter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as in 263 any way affecting the right of the electors voters to propose amendments to this charter which can be 264 proposed in accordance with MN Statute 410.12, as amended. 265 266 * Minnesota courts have limited the powers of initiative and referendum to ordinances which are 267 legislative in character. General legislative acts lay down some permanent and uniform rule of law, 268 administrative acts relate to daily administration of municipal affairs, and quasi judicial acts are the 269 product of investigation, consideration and deliberate human judgment based upon evidentiary facts of 270 some sort.