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CITY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2002, VOLUME 17, NO. 6 <br />RAMSEY CHARTER QUESTIONS FOR <br />NOVEMBER 5TH ELECTION <br />/ ‘ <br />VO'I'E <br />The Ramsey Charter Commission has directed that a question <br />pertaining to Section 3.2 of the City's Charter appear on the ballot as 2002 GENERAL <br />follows: <br />Ql: Should the Home Rule Charter of the City of Ramsey be ELECTION <br />amended to delete Section 3.2 "Liaison Function" and TUESDAY,subsection 3.2.1 "Precinct Liaison"? <br />The original City Charter contained the Liaison Function Section, NOVEMBER 5 <br />which requires Councilmembers to act as a liaison for each of the City's <br />then three precincts. The City now has eight precincts. The City now has POLL HOURS <br />established a ward system, which divides the City into four wards with <br />each ward electing its own Councilmember. The precinct liaison and the 7:00 A.M. - 8:00 P.M. <br />ward Councilmember have similar functions with respect to listening to POLLING INFORMATION <br />citizens concerns. <br />The Ramsey Charter Commission has also directed that a question AND MAP ON PAGE 2. <br />of whether or not to repeal Chapter 14 of the City Charter, entitled <br />Metropolitan Urban Service Area, appear on the ballot as follows: RAMSEY CITY COUNCIL <br />Q2. Should the Home Rule Charter of the City of Ramsey be CANDIDATES <br />amended to delete Chapter 14 of the Charter, which Chapter <br />is titled "Metropolitan Urban Service Area?" Council at Large <br />Section 14.1 was adopted at a special City election on August 15, <br />1995. Section 14.2 was adopted at a special City election on September <br />22,1997. Chapter 14 generally relates to land use issues and specifically <br />(i) Section 14.1 addresses how the City is to modify its Metropolitan Urban <br />Service Area (MUSA) line. The MUSA is the area within the City, which <br />is served by municipal sewer and water; (ii) Section 14.2 addresses <br />community development standards relating to residential real property <br />density and traffic generation analysis. <br />Since its adoption, the City Council has requested legal opinions <br />on the legality of Chapter 14. These legal opinions have concluded that the <br />process of addressing land use issues in a Charter is not lawful and not <br />permitted under Minnesota law. The primary basis for these conclusions is <br />that Minnesota State law has pre-empted such Charter provisions. In <br />addition, in April 2002, the Minnesota Court of Appeals in the case of <br />Margaret Connolly <br />Todd Cook <br />Jan R. Pomeroy <br />Sarah Strommen <br />Council — Ward 1 <br />David W. Elvig <br />Terry Hendriksen (incumbent) <br />Council — Ward 3 <br />Al Pearson <br />Roger L. Saylor <br />Continued on Page 12 <br />