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Mounds View Charter Commission Minutes <br />Wednesday, August 8, 2012 <br />1. Call to Order – The meeting came to order at 7:15 P.M. <br /> <br />2. Roll Call – Present: J. Thomas, B. Amundsen, J. Battin, Jean Miller, Jim.Miller <br /> Excused: B. Doty, J. Reiling <br />3. Approval of agenda <br /> Motion by B. Amundsen, second by J. Battin, to approve agenda as presented. <br />MOTION APPROVED <br /> Approval of minutes <br /> Motion by Jean Miller, second by J. Battin, to approve minutes of July 11, 2012 as amended with the <br />word None added under Reports of the Chair. <br />MOTION APPROVED <br />4. Citizens comments from the floor <br /> None <br />5. Reports of the Chair <br /> Thank you to Jim Ericson, Nick DeBar, Mark Beer, and Al Hull for attending this evening. Chair <br />reviewed that the Commission has eleven positions, of which seven are currently filled. Chair also <br />confirmed that the City web site has the current copy of the Charter, dated June 16, 2010 <br />6. Reports of Members <br />None <br />7. Unfinished Business <br />Discuss Chapter 8 Review Purpose, goal, and updates. <br /> The Chair reviewed the historical purpose of Chapter 8 was to give the citizens an opportunity for <br />input on City Public projects where the City expects to get additional public revenue for the project. <br />At the time the Charter was drafted, the finance model for city public projects, where the public would <br />be charged directly for part of the cost, was Special Assessments, so Chapter 8 used the title Special <br />Assessments. The Commission wants to maintain the public input opportunity on city public projects, <br />by updating the chapter to recognize new financing models made available by Statute and any which <br />may be made available in the future. Additionally, the Commission needs to clean-up the processes <br />and identify the parameters for projects that would make Chapter 8 a tool for both the City and <br />citizens. Mark Beer suggested that we might want to consider defining “Dedicated Revenue” and <br />exclude Park Funds, and the other funds that have a specific purpose already identified in the Charter. <br />Some definitions, like the Administrative Offense definition, will be moved to the appropriate <br />chapter. Emergency repair situations may need to be excluded from this Chapter’s process. Should <br />funding of State mandates be exempt? Mark also discussed that public projects purchased for $5,000 <br />or constructed for $25,000 are considered a City asset, and the Commission may want to include some <br />information to that classification. Nick DeBar provided the Commission with current law regarding <br />construction projects, which is that anything constructed over $100,000 requires a public advertised <br />and bid process. There was also a discussion that an initiative process for a city public improvement <br />project be improved because there have been requests for projects, like Spring Lake Road re-paving <br />and an overpass for County 10, which citizens wanted from the City and could have been Public <br />Improvements if the process was better defined in the Charter. Discussion continued on the changes <br />of markup for section 8.01, 8.02, and 8.03. <br /> <br />8. New Business <br />Next Month’s Agenda: Continue discussion on Chapter 8 definitions, markup, and updates. <br /> Resolution for election filing date timeline. <br /> Resolution for Charter meetings coming this fall. <br />9. Adjournment : Meeting adjourned at 8:40 P.M.