HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 9553RESOLUTION NO.9553
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING RESOLUTION NO. 9547
REGARDING A PETITION FILED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES,
SECTION 410.12, SUBDIVISION 7
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 410.12, subd. 7, the Mounds View
Charter Commission presented to the Mounds View City Council a proposed ordinance amending
section 7.03 of the Mounds View City Charter; and
WHEREAS, on December 13, 2021 the Mounds View City Council passed Ordinance No.
984 to enact the proposed amendment to section 7.03 of the Mounds View City Charter and
Ordinance No. 984 was published on December 21, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the amendment to the Mounds View City Charter becomes effective on
March 21, 2022 unless a petition requesting a referendum on the ordinance is filed by February 22,
2022; and
WHEREAS, on January 25, 2022 a petition was filed with the City Clerk; and
WHEREAS, on February 4, 2022, the City Council called a special meeting regarding the
petition and passed Resolution No. 9547 accepting the findings of the City Clerk that the petition
was deficient; and
WHEREAS, petitioners were provided with a notice of insufficiency on February 4, 2022,
which provided that February 14, 2022, was the 10-day statutory deadline for submitting an
amended petition; and
WHEREAS, petitioners submitted a letter through their attorney on February 14, 2022,
objecting to, seeking reconsideration of, and otherwise appealing the notice of insufficiency and
stating that the City Clerk must immediately reverse the notice of insufficiency and accept the
petition as sufficient; and
WHEREAS, the letter did not explicitly state that the letter constituted the submission of
an amended or new petition nor was an amended or new version of the petition submitted with the
letter; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk may respond to the letter using the process for an amended
petition as described in Minnesota Statutes, Section 410.12 even though no actual petition has been
submitted; and
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WHEREAS, under Minnesota Statutes, Section 410.12, subdivision 3, the City Clerk is
required to review the amended petition within five days and if the petition is still deficient, the
City Clerk is not required to present the findings to the City Council, but must notify the petitioners
and file the certificate of insufficiency in the office of the City Clerk; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that no amended or new petition or supplemental
information to the original petition submitted on January 25, 2022, has been provided to the City;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that since no new or amended petition has been
provided to the City, Resolution No. 9547 is still valid along with the City Clerk's findings
provided therein.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Mounds
View hereby reaffirms Resolution No. 9547 adopted on February 4, 2022, in its entirety and
acknowledges that the City Clerk may provide notice thereof to the Petitioners consistent with
Minnesota Statutes, Section 410.12.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mounds View this 18th day of February 2022.
Carol A. Mueller, Mayor
Attest:
NyVZikmu0K
City Administrator
(SEAL)
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