Agenda - Charter Commission - 02/23/1984

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I I I Chapter 10 - Franchises - Essentially, the Charter Commission has established a skeleton to be used in the event of franchises in the City. Commissioner Sieber pointed out that a franchise means any operation that puts things on, under, over, around and through what the City maintains. Chapter 11 - This chapter covers public utilities operation in the City. '1 I i I I I I I I I I I I I I Chapter 12 - This chapter establishes that laws that are currently in contradiction with the Charter upon it's adoption will be changed to operate in harmony with the charter. Tne most significant introduction in this chapter is the fact that it requires the establishment of a City newsletter. Citizen In~ut Dick Hartman - 5515 152nd Avenue NW - How many more public meetings will the Charter Commission be conducting? Chairman Heitman - The Charter Commission is at the point of 'is this draft what we want?' and 'should we present it to Council?' We need another legal review and that should be complete within a week. All citizens have been notified of this meeting and the essential points of the charter. The charter has to be approved by the Charter Commission and submitted to Council for setting of an election date and published in the paper -- once it is published it no longer can be modified. If an error is discovered at that point, the charter should be voted down. We have not make a gross error because we have had legal counsel and long meetings. All meetings have been public; we have solicited information from public and professionals; we have put together a sound document. We are approaching sign off, but we will not know for sure until after tonights meeting. Commissioner B~uerkemper - Once the charter is submitted to the City, the Charter Commission will continue to conduct public meetings on the second and fourth Thursday of the month during that 90 day span before the election. Chairman Heitman - Once the charter has been submitted and published in the paper, the public meetings will be that of informing the people what is in the charter. Dick Hartman - Just received notification of this meeting on Monday, you could have had a better turn out if there had been more notice. Know of some people who did not get their notice. Dennis Donovan - Did not receive notice of this meeting; his area never receives postal patron delivery. Commissioner Gamec noted that the portion of Ramsey in the Elk River district not not receive meeting notices either. Mr. Harlan Beyer - 6410 164th Lane - Three or four days notice of a public meeting is not sufficient. Chairman Heitman - Charter Revision #3 has been around since November; the changes from that revision are not all that significant. The essential points have been there and have only seen Mr. Beyer at one other meeting. Sp CC/February 15, 1984 Public Meeting Page 3 of 12