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1 <br /> <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />In re Petition to Remove Brian Amundsen from <br />the City of Mounds View Charter Commission <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />DISTRICT COURT <br />SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT <br /> <br />Case Type: Civil Other <br />File No.: 62-CV-19-4965 <br />Judge: John H. Guthmann <br /> <br />FINDINGS OF FACT, <br />CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND <br />ORDER DENYING PETITION TO <br />REMOVE BRIAN AMUNDSEN <br />The Petition to remove Brian Amundsen from his position as a City of Mounds View <br />Charter Commission Commissioner came before the Honorable John H. Guthmann, Chief Judge <br />of the Second Judicial District, for an evidentiary hearing on August 5, 2019. Scott J. Riggs, Esq., <br />Robert A. Alsop, Esq., and David T. Anderson, Esq., appeared on behalf of petitioner. Respondent <br />Brian Amundsen appeared on his own behalf, pro se. The record closed following the receipt of <br />respondent’s post-hearing written final argument on August 19, 2019. <br />FINDINGS OF FACT <br />1. The City of Mounds View, Minnesota has a Charter Commission that was created <br />pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 410.05, subd. 1 (2018). <br />2. On July 11, 2019, City of Mounds View Mayor Carol Mueller (hereinafter <br />“petitioner”), at the direction of the City of the Mounds View City Council, filed a Petition to <br />remove Brian Amundsen (hereinafter “respondent”) from the City of Mounds View Charter <br />Commission per Minn. Stat. § 410.05, subd. 2 (2018). <br />3. At the time of the hearing, respondent was 64 years old and a 40-year Mounds View <br />resident. He is a former Mounds View School Board member and a current Ramsey County