Resolution - #88-163a - 09/06/1988

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CouncilnJen-rl',¢~r I)eLuca introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #88-163A RES()LIJTI{)?~' DETERMINING THE SUFFICIENCY OF A PETITION FOR ORDINANCE WI[EREAS, the City Council, on July 14, 1988, held a public hearing to consider Atlas Incinerat(~r, lnc.'~; request for a conditional use permit to construct and operate a contract burn facility in fl'~¢ Ciiy of Ramsey; and WI[I4REAS, the City Council, on July 27, 1988, denied Atlas Incinerator, Inc.'s request for a c~ ~Jditional use permit to construct and operate a contract burn facility in the City of Ramsey; m~.d WIIIEI(1,;AS, a petition asking that an ordinance prohibiting the construction of contract burning fi~ci b ties ~md any other commercial incinerators within the City of Ramsey be adopted was filed in lhe otlicc ~f the City Administrator on July 25, 1988; and WI [!~;[~I~;/'~.S, the City Administrator shall report to the City Council within ten days of receipt of a p{,.~itio~t for ordinance on the sufficiency of such petition; and WIIER EAS, the required number of signatures of registered voters is ten percent of the total num[~:~ ~ff repistercxl voters at the time of the last City-wide election; and W~I~¢Itl,;/~S, the last City-wide election was April 19, 1988 in which 5,571 persons were registered to vote, thereby requiring that to be sufficient, a petition for ordinance must have 570 si gnam re,; ~ ~f ~%i stcred voters; and W.~iEltl~;AS, a petition for ordinance must adhere to the general provisions found in Chapter 5 ~>t' the (?i ty Charter. NOW TIIlEREF~IRE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMS~_iY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: 1) That th.{,; ( ~.i~.y Council finds that the petition submitted to the City Administrator on July 25, 19118 aski~l,, that an ordinance prohibiting the construction of contract burning facilities and ~my t,thc:r t:ommercial incinerators within the City of Ramsey be adopted contains 709 sigm~lu'cs, ~t' registered voters which is sufficient by 139 signatures. 2) That th~ (~ty Council finds that, based upon the report of the City Administrator, the :ffo;cmenlioned petition is sufficient and orders the City Administrator to deliver a copy of Ire pc;tiff o~, together with this resolution, to the sponsoring committee in accordance with the City Ch:~rtcr. Thc motiot~ l(,r il'm adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Councilmember Bawden an~'i ~tgon vole being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: