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Mounds View City Council September 26, 2005 Regular Meeting Page Z • Mr. Werner asked if the delay is on the City side. City Attorney Riggs explained the City had to wait for the deed from the State of Minnesota. That deed was just received today so it is ready to close on September 30, 2005. Duane McCariy, 8060 Long Lake Road, advised that a number of citizens, many of them petitioners on Chapter 760, have formed a nonprofit corporation, the Mounds View Citizens Taxpayers Association. He introduced Association officers as being Vice Chair Ken Glidden, Second Vice Chair Dennis Hammes, Treasurer Connie Hammes, Secretary Barbara Haake, Director at Large Ed Benson, and Director at Large Mary Kay Walsh (who was not in attendance). Mr. McCarty asked Secretary Haake to give the mission statement followed by his closing statement. Barbara Haake, 3024 County Road I, stated the Mounds View Citizens Taxpayers Association mission statement and the primary purpose of this corporation is to protect, preserve, and up hold the principals of self governance and participatory democracy embodied in the Mounds View City Charter and to ensure that the Mayor, City Council, and other elected and non-elected officials of the City of Mounds View uphold and comply with the provisions of the Mounds View City Charter in the performance of their official duties and responsibilities. She provided a copy of an August 31, 2005 memorandum she had prepared for the Council's consideration, explaining that it provides greater detail of what this is all about. Mr. McCarty stated they have formed a 501 C4 corporation under the State of Minnesota laws • and in accordance with the mission statement, retained an attorney to represent them in a law suit against the City over Ordinance 760 referendum issue. Mr. McCarty advised that a complaint will be filed in the morning in district court. Tori Johnson, 7730 Long Lake Road, stated she would like to suggest that Mounds View improve its website. Ms. Johnson explained that after the storm of last week, surrounding city web sites contained information on emergency storm information. However, the Mounds View web site did not contain storm information. She stated she had talked to City Administrator Ulrich earlier tonight about this matter. She stated she found it embarrassing that there was no communication with citizens about the storm information. Connie Hammes, 5511 Quincy Street, reported the Petition Committee has submitted an additional 11 sheets with 41 individual signatures, thereby making sufficient the collection of the 989 signatures required for sufficiency on Ordinance 760. Ms. Hammes stated her opinion that they did not really need to do that because she found that 77 signatures should have been made correct and, when added to 945 signatures, that would have been sufficient. Ms. Hammes stated she is wondering if City Administrator Ulrich was the person responsible, and if so, why the Council voted him a raise if that is what he did to 77 residents. Ms. Hammes provided the Council with a copy of her information. City Administrator Ulrich stated Staff is in the process of validating the additional signatures that • were received in the office. In accordance with the Charter, there are five days for the City Administrator to report back to the Council.