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Roseviile Charter Commission Roseville City Hail Council Chambers Minutes of Meeting of August 15, 2001 Call to Order/Roll Call The meeting was called to order by Chair, Vicky Lorenz. Robert Bell, absent; all oEhers present. II. A roval of Minutes The minutes of the August 2, 20Q1, meeting were approved as printed. III. Public Conatxient No one appeared for the public comment period. N. Finalization of Proposed Charter/Charter Si�natures/Future To-Do List 5.08 Mandatory Referenduins Upon the sugg�stion of Marilyn Silvis, the language of this section was changed frotn two sentences to three. It now reads as follows: Any proposed expenditure of funds in excess af three million ($3,000,000) dollars, not including interest, of local property tax dollaxs which involves community facilities, all as determined by the city manager, shall be brought to the com�nunity in the form of a referendum. The $3,QOO,Q00 figure shall be adjusted annually for inflation by reference to the Consumer Price �ndex {CPn as of January 1. This section shall not apply to projects financed by partial or full assessments against real property or to redevelopment projects financed by tax increments. Motion by Jack Brewer to adopt the following staternent to adopt the documcnt, as amended, as the final document: That the Roseville Charter Commission, 1) adop# the document entitled Druft Proposed Home Rule Charter far the City of Roseville, Minnesota, as ofAugust 2, 2001, as amended on August 15, 2001, "as the propased charter made, prepazed and framed by the Commission pursuant to Minn. Stat. � 410.Q7; 2) certify said document by the signatures of at least a majonity of its mernbers; and 3) deliver said document to Neal Beets, the city manager of RoseviIle, to be submitted to the qualified voters of the city by the city council pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 410.10, it being the intention of the Commissian that the proposed cl�arter will be on the ballat of the general election to be held in the city on November b, 2001, Motion was approved. Lorenz, Riach, Sobola, nay; all others aye. The chair will submit the document, as amended, to the city rnanager. The city manager is responsible for publication in the official newspaper as required by law. Three copies of the document were circulated for signatures, receiving a majority of five signatures: Jack Brewer, Patricia Johnson, Marilyr� Silvis, Elwyn Sands, Phillip Crump. Discussion of the role of the Charter Commission p�rior to the election included possible interpretations of the open rneeting law. Tentative conclusion was that any public meeting at which the proposed charter wilI be discussed and at which commission members are attendees must have a public notice. In other situations members may speak on the charter if they make it clear they are speaking for themselves and nol for �he Commission. Page 1 oi2