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MEMO TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCI <br />FROM: CLERK - ADMINISTRAT <br />DATE: FEBRUARY 20, 1985 <br />SUBJECT: REVIEW OF MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTERS 31, 33, 46 and 47 <br />Staff has reviewed the subject chapters of the Municipal Code and <br />would make the following recommendations. <br />1) Chapter 31 - Human Rights Commission - Ordinance No. 155 <br />adopted on September 9, 1968 first established <br />the Human Rights Commission for the City of <br />Mounds View. Ordinances 166A and 201 adopted <br />in 1969 and 1973 respectively amended Chapter <br />31 as it relates to the composition of the <br />commission. <br />A review of State and Federal laws relating <br />to Human Rights reveal that there are neither <br />State nor Federal requirements that a City <br />have a Human Rights Commission. Due to the <br />fact that since its inception in 1968 there <br />is no record that the commission has ever <br />performed any of the duties for which it was <br />created, and since there are no Federal or <br />State requirements for a Human Rights Commi- <br />ssion, Staff would recommend that this chapter <br />be rescinded. <br />2) Chapter 33 - Industrial Development Commission - A search of <br />the City's ordinances does not reveal an <br />ordinance that initially established this <br />commission and, for this reason, Staff is <br />assuming that the commission was created at <br />the time the City's ordinances were initially <br />codified and was adopted by the ordinance <br />codifying the city's Code. There is no indica- <br />tion in any City records that this commission <br />has ever functioned for the reasons for which <br />it was created nor has an annual meeting ever <br />been held. <br />Staff feels that an Industrial Development <br />Commission could be an extremely useful group <br />should the City decide to aggressively court <br />industrial or commercial developments in our <br />community. <br />