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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 08/20/2006 Resolution 2006-07 Chapter 5 Amendments Page 4 of 8 Rhe offiee ofthe Clerk Administrator. _47_71ft-IZ7�qtiired number of signers shall be at least fifteen pereet-A for itiitia4ive and Fef-eirendum, and Fof Feeall, a4 least twenty five pereet-A of the total nttn+ejr of eleetors who east their votes for pfesident at the last pfesidential eleetion For a petition to be sufficient; it must meet the requirements set forth in section 5.02 and contain at least the followin-: -Petitions for Initiative and Referendum require signatures of at least 15 percent of total ballots cast for President in the most recent Presidential election. -Petitions for Recall require signatures of at least 25 percent of total ballots cast for President in the most recent Presidential election inmnediately Within 10 calendar days of receipt of the petition, the Clerk -Administrator shall examine the petition a determine if its sufficiency and repoft to the Gouneil within ten days7.-Ka be declared by the City Council. Upon final determination. the Clerk -Administrator shall report the date of the determination and its sufficiency to the City Council. Upon receipt of the report, the City Council shall determine by resolution the sttffieieney of the petitim immediately declare the sufficiency of the petition by resolution, includingthe reported date of determination of sufficiency. Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. if th. GO reil detet-- roes petition, together with a wFitten statement of its def�ets, to the sponsoring eonvr�ttee. The eonunittee shall have - thirty days in whieh to file additional i - I . . ers and�or to eotTeet the petition itt all other peAiettlars, exeept that, in the ease of a petition for feeall, +e eommittee may not ehange the statement of the grounds on whieh the reeall is sougW. Within five days of reeeipt of the eorreeted petition, the Elerlf- instffieient or irfegulaf, the Glerk Administrator shall file the petition and notify th . . - eotrdniftee. The final finding that the petition is insuffieient or ifregulaf shall not prejudiee the filing ofa- petition to the voters at the next regulaf of speeial eleetion. If the Clerk -Administrator determines that the petition cannot meet the requirements for sufficiency, a cop of f the petition, together with a written statement of its defects. shall be delivered to the sponsoring committee and to the Citv Council within 10 calendar days. As specified in this Charterthe committee shall have the opportunity to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the specified irre u�ty. Within 9 calendar days of receipt of the corrected petition. the Clerk -Administrator shall determine whether the petition as corrected meets the requirements for sufficiency and shall proceed as directed in Section 5.03. If the petition is still insufficient or irregular. the City Council shall pass a resolution of insufficiency and this shall be considered the Final Finding. The Clerk -Administrator shall file the petition as noted and notify the sponsoring committee within 10 calendar days that no further action - ill be taken. The Final Finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose unless otherwise specified within this Charter. Except in the case of a petition for recall: it shall not prevent the Council from referring the subject matter of the petition to the voters at the next regular or special election. Section 5.05. Initiative*. Any ordinance may be proposed by a -petition w-. W M. passes City of Mounds View