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1. Does your charter provide residents with the right to petition against local improvement projects?
2. If yes, is this right limited to only those projects which involve special assessments?
3. Does your charter provide residents with the right to petition FOR a local improvement project?
4. If yes, is this right limited to only those projects which would involve special assessments?
City
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Alexandria
Yes
No
Yes
No
Arlington
No
Yes
No
Blaine
No
No
Brooklyn Center
No
No
Brooklyn Park
No
No
Cannon Falls
No
No
East Grand Forks
No
No
Excelsior
No
No
Lino Lakes(1)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Morris
Yes
No
Yes
No
Mounds View
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
New Ulm
Yes
No
Yes (2)
No
Plymouth
No
No
St. Cloud
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windom
No
No
1 In Lino Lakes, every local improvement involving special assessments must be considered by residents via referendum, unless 100% is paid via assessments and connection fees. As with
Mounds View, if an improvement does not involve special assessments, it would seem the referendum requirement would not apply.
2 Valid petitions require signatures from 35% of residents within a project area.