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Meeting May 8, 2007
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1. Call to Order—The meeting came to order at 7:06 pm.
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Roll Call— Present: J. Thomas, J. Miller,M. Haubrich, B.Thomas,
Excused: B. Doty, T. Vang
Absent :
2. Approval of agenda
Motion by B. Thomas, second by M. Haubrich to approve agenda as amended i
MOTION APPROVED
3. Approval of minutes
Motion by M. Haubrich, second by J.Miller to approve minutes of April 10, 2007 as amended
MOTION APPROVED
4. Citizens comments from the floor
None
5. Reports of the Chair
Chair discussed the Council Work Session of May 7th and the discussion regarding Res. 2007-
01 and the comments from the City Attorney. The remarks over all were positive with a
couple issues to reconsider later in the meeting and re-submit a final resolution to the Council.
• 6. Reports of members •
M. Haubrich discussed the information he has received from City Staff regarding the
newsletter publication and postage.
7. Unfinished Business
None
8. New Business
M. Haubrich moved to approve Resolution 2007-02, as amended. J. Miller seconded.
MOTION APPROVED
Chair opened discussion on final edits of Resolution 2007-01 as requested by the City Attorney
and discussed by the Council. Minor amendments were made including changing the
publication requirement for Ordinances in Section 3.07 to read "no earlier than eight(8)
calendar days nor later than seventeen (17) calendar days from the date assage".
M. Haubrich moved to approve Resolution 2007-01a. J. Miller seconde .
MOTION APPROVED
Chair opened discussion regarding the cover letter for Resolution 2007-01a.
M. Haubrich moved to approve the language as amended. J. Miller seconded.
MOTION APPROVED
M. Haubrich moved to submit cover letter and updated Resolution 2007-01 a as amended
• without further review. J. Miller seconded.
MOTION APPROVED
Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes
• Meeting May 8, 2007
Chair presented list of proposed Commission priorities for further discussion. Discussion
broke the list down into categories focused on the time necessary to address each item involved
rather than an itemized list. Section 8.04 will require considerable research but has been
requested to be considered a high priority item by the City Council.
B. Thomas will meet with League of Minnesota Cities research staff to request assistance with
Section 8.04.
J. Miller asked for clarification on what to research for Sections 3.01 and 3.02. Discussion
started over whether we have adequate language to clearly provide Council procedure as well
as maintaining regulation in accordance with public meeting laws.
Discussion continued on publication and delivery of the city newsletter and whether quarterly
is appropriate and whether the US Postal System should still be required. Chair will draft
language.
9. Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 8:35 pm.
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City of CHARTER COMMISSION MEETING
Mounds 7:00 PM Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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Preliminary AGENDA �,,.y�.� ���'
Charter Commission ►�//1 L�/�
Chair 1. Call to Order #� %/, 0---
Jonathan J Thomas s--__ d
763.784.5205 2. Roll Call
Vice Chair
Bill Doty 11. Jonathan J Thomas Michael Haubrich
763.786.3421 .Bill Doty
2 Vice Chair >Jean Miller 4hai W Vang
Jean MillerBarbara Thomas
763.786.3959
Secretary 3. Approval of agenda and minutes
Barbara Thomas
763.780.6226
Review and approve agenda
Michael Haubrich Approval of Apr 10, 2007 Minutes
651.205.6848
Thai W Vang 4. Citizens comments from the floor
:63.792.1750
5. Reports of the Chair
Short review of Chapter 5 status.
6. Reports of members
7. Unfinished Business
8. New Business cs
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C151IV11 �s� l rr 1,
10 min, Review categorized list of items for future consideration.
35 min, Discuss 3 highest priority issues from list and determine additional
research necessary for these items.
25 min, Discuss information provided on publishing cost of City Newsletter
and determine additional research necessary.
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9. Adjournment
• 10. Next Regular Meeting Date - Jun 12, 2007
Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 5=0-86/12/2007
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• 1 CHAPTER 3
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3 COUNCIL PROCEDURE
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5 Section 3.05. Procedure on Ordinances. Every proposed ordinance shall be presented in writing and
6 read in full before adoption, unless the reading is dispensed with by unanimous consent of the Council. No
7 ordinance shall contain more than one subject. Such subject shall be clearly expressed in its title. The
8 enacting clause shall be "The City of Mounds View ordains". No ordinance, except an emergency
9 ordinance shall be adopted at the meeting at which it is introduced and at least fourteen (14) days shall
10 elapse between its introduction and fmal adoption. Every ordinance must contain a specified effective
11 date as noted in Section 3.09 of this Charter.
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13 Section 3.07. Signing, and Publication of Ordinances. Every ordinance adopted by the Council
14 shall be signed by the Mayor, and attested to, filed and preserved by the Clerk-Administrator. Every
15 ordinance shall be published at least once in the official newspaper no earlier than eight (8) calendar days
16 nor later than seventeen (17) calendar days from the date of passage, either in its complete form preceded
17 by a summary of its contents or as a title and summary.'
18
19 The Ordinance or the Ordinance Title and Summary shall be published in a body type no smaller than
20 brevier or eight(8) point type. A copy of any new ordinance may be obtained from the City at no cost.
21 The entire text of the ordinance shall be posted on the City's web site, if there is one, in a manner that
22 can be identifiable by subject matter or ordinance number. A copy shall also be available in the
23 community library, if there is one, or if not, in any other public location which the Council designates.
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25 In the case of lengthy ordinances, or ordinances that include charts or maps, if the Council determines
26 that publication of the title and a summary of an ordinance would clearly inform the public of the intent
27 and effect of the ordinance,the Council may by a four-fifths (4/5th)vote of its members, direct that only
28 the title of the ordinance and a summary be published, with notice that a printed copy of the ordinance is
29 available for inspection during regular office hours at the office of the Clerk-Administrator. Prior to the
30 publication of the title and summary, the Council shall approve the text of the summary and determine
31 that it clearly informs the public of the intent and effect of the ordinance, and shall further state that the
32 complete text of the ordinance is on file at the office of the Clerk-Administrator. The publishing of the
33 title and summary shall be deemed to fulfill all legal publication requirements as completely as if the
34 entire ordinance had been published. A copy of the publication shall be attached to and filed with the
35 ordinance for reference. To the extent and in the manner provided by law an ordinance may incorporate
36 by reference a statute of Minnesota, a state administrative rule or a regulation, a code or ordinance or
37 part thereof without publishing the material referred to in full, so long as the complete reference to the
38 item is included. (Amended,Ord.700,8-26-2002)
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40 Section 3.09. When Ordinances and Resolutions Take Effect. Every resolution and emergency
41 ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption or at such later date as it specifies. Every other
42 ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its publication or at such later date as it specifies unless
43 challenged by a petition for referendum. In the event of a petition for referendum, the City Council
44 must suspend the effective date of the ordinance as specified in Section 5.07 of this Charter.
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1 It is the intent of the Charter Commission that the Council will determine which is less costly.
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45 CHAPTER 12
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47 MISCELLANEOUS AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
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49 Section 12.01. Official Publication. The Council shall annually designate a legal newspaper of general
50 circulation in the City as its primary official newspaper. as well as an optional secondary newspaper, in
51 which shall be published ordinances, and-other matters required by law and-or this Charter to be so
52 published, as-well as .u:uci., and any other matters the Council may deem itis in the public interest to have
53 published in this manner.
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55 CHAPTER 5
56 INITIATIVE,REFERENDUM AM)RECALL
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58 Section 5.01. General Voter Authority*. The people of Mounds View, have the right, in
59 accordance with this Charter,to propose ordinances jinitiative] and to require that any ordinance be
60 referred to the voters [referendum], except those that appropriate money, levy taxes or deal with
61 administrative issues (MN Statute 410.20, as amended). The voters also have the right to remove
62 elected public officials [recall]. The term voter(s), as used in Chapter 5, shall refer only to residents of
63 the City of Mounds View who first register, or who have registered and are qualified to vote. Per
64 Minnesota Statute 200.039, as amended, eligibility to sign the petition is not restricted to only those who
65 were eligible to or did cast ballots in the previous election. For clarity flow charts and referendum and
66 ballot remeasure time lines are attached to as appendices at the end of this charter. In all cases.the
67 Charter text shall take priority over the appendices should there appear to be a discrepancy.
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69 Section 5.02. Petitions. A petition provided for under this chapter shall be sponsored by a
70 committee of five(5)to ten (10)members who are voters of the City and whose names and addresses
71 must appear on the petition as the Sponsoring Committee. A completed petition consists of one or more
72 pages gathered together as a single document. Each separately circulated page shall contain at its head,
73 or attached thereto, the information specified in sections 5.05, 5.07 or 5.08 which apply, respectively, to
74 initiative, referendum and recall. The Sponsoring Committee may obtain a sample petition from the
75 City Clerk-Administrator. The Clerk-Administrator shall provide the number of signatures for petition
76 sufficiency which is based on the total number of ballots cast for President in the most recent
77 Presidential election. All petition circulators must be voters of the City. Each separate page of the
78 petition must have appended to it include a certificate signed and dated by the circulator. The certificate
79 shall affirm that each signature was made in the circulator's presence and that the circulator believes
80m the page to he contain the genuine signature signatures of the A,oter voters whose name it purport,
81 names they purport to be and that each signer was presented with the full petition. Each signer of a
82 petition must be a voter of the City and must sign and print their name and give their street address. The
83 completed petition shall be submitted to the Clerk-Administrator for review. Any voter whose name
84 appears on a petition may withdraw their name by filing a statement in writing with the Clerk-
85 Administrator before the Clerk-Administrator advises the Council of the information related to the
86 sufficiency of the petition.
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88 Section 5.03. Determination of Petition Sufficiency. For a petition to be sufficient, it must meet
89 the requirements set forth in section 5.02 and contain at least the following:
90 • Petitions for Initiative and Referendum require signatures of at least fifteen (15) percent of the total
• 91 ballots cast for President in the most recent Presidential election.
92 • Petitions for Recall require signatures of at least twenty five (25) percent of the total ballots cast for
93 President in the most recent Presidential election.
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94 If all requirements have been met, the Clerk-Administrator shall report to the City Council within ten
95 (10) calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. Thereafter, the City shall immediately declare
96 the sufficiency of the petition.
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98 Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the Clerk-Administrator
99 determines that the petition eali does not meet the requirements for sufficiency, a copy of the petition,
100 together with a written statement of its defects, shall be delivered to the Sponsoring Committee and to
101 the City Council within ten(10) calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. As specified in this
102 Charter,the Sponsoring Committee shall have thin (30 twenty-one (21) calendar days to file additional
103 signature papers and/or to correct the specified irregularity. Within nine(9) calendar days of receipt of
104 the corrected completed petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall determine whether the petition as
105 corrected meets the requirements for sufficiency and shall proceed as directed in Section 5.03. If the
106 petition is still insufficient or irregular,the City Council shall direct the Clerk-Administrator to file the
107 petition as noted and notify the sponsoring committee within ten (10) calendar days that no further
108 action will be taken. The final finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the
109 filing of a new petition for the same purpose unless otherwise specified within this Charter. Except in
110 the case of a petition for recall, it shall not prevent the Council from referring the subject matter of the
111 petition to the voters at the next regular or special election.
112
113 Section 5.05. Ballot Issue Measure Requirements. If a measure meets the requirements to be put
114 on a ballot and is in compliance with Chapter 4 of this Charter, at or before its next regularly scheduled
115 meeting, the City Council shall pass a resolution placing the measure on a ballot. If it is within 120
116 calendar days of a primary or general election and all of the county election requirements can be met,
• 117 the measure shall be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election.
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119 If a measure meets the requirements to be put on a ballot but cannot be placed on the ballot at a
120 regularly scheduled election, at or before its next regularly scheduled meeting, the City Council shall
121 pass a resolution placing the measure on the ballot and calling for a special election to be held within
122 120 calendar days of said meeting. However, no special elections can be held between a regular
123 primary election and a regular general election or 40 calendar days after a regular general election. If
124 there is no regular primary election then no special election shall be held within 60 calendar days prior
125 to a regular general election.
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127 Section 5.06. Initiative*. An ordinance may be proposed by petition. The exact text of the
128 proposed ordinance must be stated at the head of each page of the petition or attached thereto. Within
129 sixty (60) calendar days after final determination of the petition's sufficiency under the provisions of
130 Section 5.03 and 5.04 of this Charter,the Council must either adopt an ordinance agreed to by the
131 Sponsoring Committee or pass a resolution to place the measure on a ballot.
132
133 Subdivision 1. If the Council elects to adopt the ordinance the) should hold a first reading of the
134 ordinance. as defined in as provided by the petition without amendmentthey shall proceed in
135 accordance with Section 3.05 of this charter Charter.
136 ordinance During this adoption process, ,, the ordinance cannot be amended
137 but could still be subject to the referendum process as defined in Section 5.07., or may propose an
138 amendment to the petitioned erdinan ce. If the ordinance is adopted. it shall become effective thirty (30)
139 calendar days after adoption unless the ordinance specifies a later effective date. if the vote for adoption
• 140 fails, the ordinance must be placed on the ballot as provided in Section 5.05.
141
142 Subdivision 2. If an amendment to the ordinance is proposed by a majority vote of the Council,
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IP143 it must be presented to the Sponsoring Committee prior to approving the first reading of the proposed
144 ordinance. The Sponsoring Committee shall have fourteen (14) calendar days from the receipt of the
145 amended proposed ordinance to disapprove the amendment by majority vote, and file a statement with
146 the Clerk-Administrator. Upon g-receipt of a statement of disapproval from the Sponsoring
147 Committee, the Council must either adopt the proposed ordinance, as stated on the original petition
148 provided under Subdivison. 1 of this section, or i4 the ordinance, as presented by the Sponsoring
149 Committee, must be placed on the ballot. - -. - - -- `tion
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151 hearing. as provided in Section 5.05. If no statement of disapproval is submitted,the ordinance can
152 proceed, as amended. in accordance with Section 3.05 and is subject to the referendum process as
153 defined in Section 5.07 of this Charter. The City Council may also choose to submit the ordinance, as
154 amended, as a ballot measure. If the ordinance - is
155 adopted, it shall become effective thirty (30) calendar days after adoption unless the ordinance specifies
156 a later effective date. If the amendment vote for adoption fails.the ordinance, as amended. must be
157 placed on the ballot as provided in Section 5.05.
158
159 Subdivision 3. If the ordinance is required to be put on a ballot, or if the City Council chooses to
160 submit the ordinance as presented as a ballot measure, they shall proceed as provided for in Section 5.05
161 of this Charter. If a majority of those voting on the ordinance vote in its favor, it shall become effective
162 thirty (30) days after certification of the election results unless the ordinance specifies a later effective
163 date. If the majority does not vote in favor, the ordinance shall not be enacted and the measure is
164 prohibited from being brought forward again as an initiative within six months of the election
165 certification. , . r - : ^
• 166 the Council shall hold a first reading of the amended proposed ordinance and proceed vs Ith the normal
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168 Amended,
169 Ord.650,8-16-2000)
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172 Section 5.07. Referendum*. Prior to the date when an ordinance takes effect, it may be
173 subjected to a referendum by a petition which shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto,
174 the exact text of the measure to be considered by the voters. The Sponsoring Committee must file the
175 completed petition in the office of the Clerk-Administrator at least ten (10) calendar days before the
176 ordinance takes effect. If the petition is found to be sufficient under the provisions of Section 5.03 of
177 this chapter, the City Council must immediately adopt a resolution suspending the effective date of the
178 ordinance until it is decided by a vote of the public. The Council must also immediately pass a
179 resolution to place the measure on a ballot as provided in Section 5.05 of this Charter. If a majority of
180 the voters favors the ordinance contained in the petition, it shall take effect immediately unless the
181 ordinance specifies a later date. If a majority votes against the ordinance contained in the petition, it
182 shall be considered repealed upon certification of the election results. (Amended, Ord. 651, 8-16-2000)
183 If the petition cannot meet the requirements of sufficiency under the provisions in Section 5.03 of this
184 chapter,the City Council must adopt a resolution suspending the effective date of the ordinance for
185 thirty (30) calendar days and the sponsoring committee will have 21 calendar days in which to file
186 additional signature papers and/or to correct the specified irregularity according to Section 5.04. If the
187 final finding is that the petition is insufficient, the Ordinance shall take effect on the date declared by the
188 resolution of suspension. If the corrected petition is declared sufficient according to Section 5.03,the
• 189 City Council must pass a resolution suspending the effective date of the ordinance until it can be
190 decided by a vote of the public and proceed as previously mentioned in this section.
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192 Section 5.08. Recall. The voters of the City may request a recall vote of any elected official of
193 the City by petition. The petition shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto, a certificate
194 stating the name of the official whose removal is sought, the grounds for recall constituting malfeasance
195 or misfeasance in office, in not more than 250 words, and the intention of the sponsoring committee to
196 bring about the official's recall. The petition shall be filed in the Clerk-Administrator's office prior to
197 circulation and shall be valid for 180 days during which time a completed petition with signatures must
198 be filed. The Clerk-Administrator shall notify the official sought to be recalled of the petition and
199 proceed as provided in Section 5.03 and 5.04 of this Charter. If the City Council is able to declare the
200 petition sufficient, it shall immediately pass a resolution to place the measure on a ballot as provided for
201 in Section 5.05 of this charter. Within 14 calendar days of the declaration of sufficiency, the elected
202 official named by the petition may provide an answer for their own course of action in not more than
203 500 words. The Clerk-Administrator shall include with the published notice of the election, the
204 statement of the grounds for the recall and the answer of the official concerned or a statement stating no
205 answer was received. If a majority of those voting on the recall vote in its favor, it shall become
206 effective immediately upon certification of the election results. If the majority does not vote in favor,
207 the recall has failed and a petition for recall is prohibited from being repeated for that elected official for
208 one year from the date of certification of the election. If a vacancy occurs due to recall election, Section
209 4.05 herein shall apply to fill said vacancy.
210
211 Section 5.09. Initiative to Amend the Charter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as in
212 any way affecting the right of the voters to propose amendments to this charter which can be proposed
213 in accordance with MN Statute 410.12,as amended.
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• 215 * Minnesota courts have limited the powers of initiative and referendum to ordinances which are
216 legislative in character. General legislative acts lay down some permanent and uniform rule of law,
217 administrative acts relate to daily administration of municipal affairs, and quasi judicial acts are the
218 product of investigation, consideration and deliberate human judgment based upon evidentiary facts of
219 some sort.
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C'yoT Mounds View City Council (Draft Memo for Charter Commission Review)
Attn: City Administrator
Mounds Mounds View City Hall
• View June 7, 2007
Honorable Mayor&Council Members:
Charter Commission The Mounds View Charter Commission would like to request your assistance and direction in
regard to a few different issues we have been asked to address. We would like to request
Council response to these issues as soon as can be arranged and would be interested in a joint
Chair meeting to discuss these items at-The eu recti if the Council desired further input.
Jonathan J Thomas
763-784-5205
The first issue is regarding Section 2.02 for Commissions and administrative authority has
Vice Chair been discussed by the Charter Commission on multiple occasions andincluding a request for
Bill Doty direction regarding the Police Civil Service Commission that was sent to the Council in May
763-786-3421 of 2003. We have not yet received a response and would like to remind the Council of what
2nd Vice Chair options the Charter Commission determined were available to the Council at that time:
Jean Miller
763-786-3959 • The City Council could request that the Charter Commission review Section 2.02 of
the Charter specifically excluding the Police Civil Service Commission and such other
Secretary
Barbara Thomas commissions as it may deem necessary,from the restriction of not allowing any
763-780-6226 commissions that would serve in an administrative function.
Michael Haubrich • The City Council could abolish the Police Civil Service Commission defined by
651.205.6848 Section 404 of the City Code and Minnesota Statute 419.16 which according to
Thai W Vang Minnesota Statute 419.16 would require a unanimous vote of the City Council. Then
763.792.1750 the City Council could amend Section 404 of the City Code to create an advisory only
• Police Civil Service Commission.
In the intervening time,we have come to the conclusion that the Economic Development
Authority is also in a similar position. However,the options that were presented to the
Council in 2003 for how to address the conflict in language between the Charter and State
Statute are not necessarily applicable. The first option would cover all commissions that the
Council would choose to include but the second option would only cover the Police Civil
Service Commission. Further research into the Economic Development Authority Statutes
and what the options for Council action to remove administrative authority would have to be
pursued by legal counsel. At such time, the Council could discuss this issue and decide on a
direction they would like the Charter Commission to pursue.
The second issue is in regard to language in Section 3.02 providing that Council Members be
appointed as liaisons for City Departments. This provision has not been met in several years
and the Commission would like direction from the Council on how,or even if,this language
should be revised. We merely wanted to bring this conflict to the Council's attention.
The third issue regarding authority for collection of Administrative Offense fines was raised
by City Staff at the request of the Council in February of this year. This item is still under
discussion by the Charter and staff was given several items to research which have not yet
been re-addressed. Any direction the Council could provide on this matter would be helpful.
The fourth issue we are beginning to research is Section 8.04 regarding assessments for
infrastructure improvements. The Commission understands that this is a high priority.
• however. the possibilities for change to this section are many. We have met with staff at the
League of Minnesota Cities to begin gathering the legal references that may apply as well as
documentation from other cities. Some guidance from the Council on directions you would
be willing to consider. and those you would not consider would help us better focus our time
and considerations in order to find a resolution more quickly and efficiently. The possibilities the Council
.
could consider include (but are certainly not limited to):
• Increasing the percentage of residents required to vote down a project
• Removing language limiting reconsideration of projects within one year
• Better defining how to initiate a project
• Introducing language to limit referendums to only assessments over a specified percentage
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These are not possibilities being proposed by the Charter Commission at this time. They merely show the
multitude of directions the City could take. Our focus at this time centers around ascertaining how, and if, the
authority granted to residents for both project initiations and referenda can be better utilized and how to
encourage necessary infrastructure development.
The Charter Commission thanks you for your time and attention on these matters and looks forward to your
response,
Respectfully submitted,
Jonathan Thomas, Chair Barbara Thomas, Secretary
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Mounds View Charter Appendix B - Initiative Process Flow Diagram - Revision Date 6/7/2007
Form Committee of 5 to 10 Within 180 days of filing Is this the
members and file a copy Obtain at least petition,Deliver All first time petition No
• of the petition with the 15%of the number of Required Information to A
is being tested for
Clerk-Administrator prior votes cast for President, Clerk-Administrator sufficiency?
to circulation. most recent election Sec 5.06 Sec 5.03
Charter Sec 5.02,5.06 Sec 5.03 Have all
Yes requirements No
been met?
Within 30 calendar days the Sponsoring Committee must Sec 5.03,5.04
submit corrected petition to Clerk-Administrator. Sec 5.04 Have all
4 requirements
Within 10 calendar days of receiving completed petition, No been met? Yes
Clerk-Administrator notifies the City Council and 4 Sec 5.03,5.04
Sponsoring Committee of deficiencies.Sec 5.04
Yes Within 9 calendar
days of receiving
Within 10 calendar days of corrected petition
receiving completed petition Clerk-Administrator
Clerk-Administrator reports reports to City
City Council immediately declares to City Council-Sec 5.03 Council-Sec 5.04
sufficiency by resolution and must
either adopt an Ordinance or pass a 4 V
resolution to place the measure on a
ballot within 60 calendar days. File petition as insufficient
Sec 5.03,5.06 and notify Sponsoring
Committee within 10 calendar 4
V days that no further action will
City Council must act by taken.Sec 5.04
either holding a First Allow Sponsoring
Reading or provide an Did City Council Yes Committee 14 Did Sponsoring Yes
amendment and must offer an amendment? calendar days to Committee disapprove
complete one of the disapprove the amendment?
specified courses of Sec 5.06 Sec 5.06 Sec 5.06 Does
. action. Sec 5.06 Desire to adopt No
No No City Council
Ordinance by Council
4 vote without
amendment?
Does
City Council desire Yes Yes
to adopt Ordinance by lo-
Council vote?
11Hold First Reading,schedule a Did City Council Yes Ordinance takes effect after
No public hearing pursuant to MN pass Ordinance by 30 calendar days unless a later
Stat.410.12 and any additional date is specified in the Ordinance
requirements. Sec 5.06 majority vote? Sec 5.06
Sec 5.06
No
V
City Council must pass a resolution to place the
measure on a ballot. Sec 5.05,5.06.
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Prepare for ballot within 120 days of City Council resolution
to place the measure on a ballot. Sec 5.05.
Did a majority /
of those voting on the No / Ordinance fails and
Ordinance vote in favor P process ends for this petition.
Sec 5.06 Sec 5.06
• Yes
gOrdinance takes effect 30 calendar
I days after election unless a later date I
is specified in the Ordinance. Sec 5.06
City of 6`'�Y
Mounds Resolution No. 2007-02 draft (1)/eI , A
• Mounds View Charter Commission/, t
View Dated May 8, 2007
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Charter Commission b�
Chair Re: meeting dates for June 2007 through November 2007.
Jonathan J Thomas
763.784.5205
Vice Chair WHEREAS, at i May 8th, 2007 meeting the Charter Commission moved,
Bill Doty seconded and passed the motion to meet at 7:00 PM the second Tuesday of
763.786.3421 each month, if available, from Jun 2007 through Nov 2007.
2"d Vice Chair
Jean Miller BE IT RESOLVED, that the following dates are hereby submitted to the City
763.786.3959 Clerk-Administrator for posting to comply with the Minnesota Open Meeting Law.
The dates are: June 12, 2007, July 10, 2007, August 14, 2007, September 11,
Secretary 2007, October 9, 2007 and November 13, 2007.
Barbara Thomas
763.780.6226
Michael Haubrich Adopted the 8th Day of May 2007.
651.205.6848
Thai W Vang
763.792.1750
11111 Respectfully submitted,
Jonathan J Thomas, Chair Barbara Thomas, Secretary
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City of 5/8/2007 Prioritized List of items for Charter Amendments for future consideration
Mounds Priority Section
• View 1 2.04 Review issues related to City Council members serving on the Charter
Commission and the language in the Charter as it needs to clearly recommend a
liaison position if there are no current members of the City Council serving on
Charter Commission the Charter Commission.
Jonathan
Chair
J Thomas 2 3.01 Should"meeting place"be by resolution or ordinance and time to notify for
763.784.5205 special meeting -24, 48, or 72 hours ?
Vice Chair 3 3.02 Review issues related to City Council members serving as liaison positions City
Bill Doty Departments.
763.786.3421
2"d Vice Chair 4 12.13 Shall a newsletter be published by the City at regular intervals at least six(6)
Jean Miller times each year, or should we consider four(4)times a year and what
763.786.3959 considerations are necessary as it relates to the statement"The postal roll for the
City shall be used for the distribution." There are still sections where the only
Secretary publishing requirement is the City newsletter or official newspaper and City
Barbara Thomas
763.780.6226 newsletter, when that may not be the best methods now.
Michael Haubrich 5 X.xx Administrative Offenses - City Authority as outlined recently by City Staff.
651.205.6848
2.02 Review issues related to Police Civil Service Commission and the conflict with
Carol Mueller
763.780.1251 the language in the Charter.
•ai W Vang 3.04 Subd. 4 -Consider new section defining actions that require an Ordinance. See
763.792.1750 section 2.13 of Mankato Charter as an example.
8.04 Subd. 1 -Consider increasing percentage requirement for"benefitted property
owners" from 25%to a majority, and other issues relating to the referendum
process as it relates street projects.
10.xx Consider replacing with a more general reference to State Statutes that would be
more accurate as the Statues have been determined to take precedence.
11.xx Similar to chapter 10.
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