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ORDINANCE NO. 1009 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW CHARTER BY MAKING ADMINISTRATIVE CONSISTENCY AND TYPOGRAPHICAL CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE CHARTER THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ORDAINS: Section 1. Background; findings; authority. 1.01. The city of Mounds View ("City") is governed by a home rule charter (the "City Charter"), adopted pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Minnesota and Minnesota Statutes, chapter 410 (the "Act"). 1.02. The Mounds View Charter Commission has proposed the adoption of an amendment to correct various typographical changes and administrative consistency language to the City Charter (the "Amendment") and recommended to the City Council that the Amendment be adopted by ordinance in the manner prescribed by section 410.12, subdivision 7 of the Act. 1.03. A public hearing on the Amendment was held on October 11, 2023 by the Mounds View City Council after published notice containing the text of the Amendment, as required by the Act, and all persons desiring to be heard with reference to the Amendment were heard at said public hearing. 1.04. The Mounds View City Council finds and determines that it is in the best interests of the City and its inhabitants that the Amendment be adopted. Section 2. Adoption; effective date; filing. 2.01. The Mounds View City Charter is hereby amended by removing st-tieke , or adding the double -underlined language as follows: Section 1.01. Name and Boundaries. The City of Mounds View4E#y), Ramsey County, Minnesota shall continue to be a municipal corporation under that name and with the same boundaries as now are or hereafter may be established. The Ecity Aadministrator shall keep at least two (21-copies of this Charter with amendments, and shall maintain in each copy an accurate up-to-date description of the boundaries. The copies of the Charter, amendments, and boundary descriptions shall be available for public inspection anytime during regular office hours. For this Charter's purposes, the "City" means the City of Mounds View and its provisions refer to the City unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (Amended 2010 Ord. 841). Section 1.02. Powers of the City. The City shall have all powers which it may now or hereafter be possible for a municipal corporation in this state to exercise in harmony with this Charter and with the Constitution of this state and of the United States. It is the intention of this Charter to confer upon the City every power which it would have if it were specifically mentioned, unless otherwise provided in this Charter. The Charter shall be construed liberally in favor of the City, and the specific mention of particular municipal powers in other sections of this Charter does not limit the powers of the City to those thus mentioned. Unless granted to Page 1 of 19 DOCSOPEN\M U210\4\903732. v2-9/20/23