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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1966-291 CCR Member Howard Heck introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 66 -291 RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER FOR BROOKLYN CENTER WHEREAS, on February 5, 1962 the Village Council, by unanimous motion, established the Brooklyn Center Government Study Commission, and charged said commission with a review of the then existing procedures of Village government and the development of a recommendation relative to the desireability of establishing a charter commission; and WHEREAS, following the submission of the Commission's report, and in accordance therewith, the Village Council petitioned the District Court to appoint a Charter Commission for Brooklyn Center; said Charter Commission being established and sworn on April 15, 1964; and WHEREAS, from its creation until the present time the Charter Commission, and the membership thereof, have spent numerous hours studying and debating the alternative modes of government, and thereafter, additional hours in the preparation of the proposed City Charter; and WHEREAS, on October 5, 1966 the Commission presented the proposed City Charter to the Village Clerk for presentation to the Village electorate at the November 8, 1966 General Election; and WHEREAS, the members of the Village Council, both individually and collectively, have reviewed the provisions of the proposed charter and find them to: 1. Establish an effective framework for responsible representative government. 2. Reserve more powers to the citizens of the community than is permitted under the present Village form of government. 3. Place final responsibility for the operation of the government in the hands, and within the purview, of the elected representatives of the people. j WHEREAS, Brooklyn Center, as the eleventh largest community in the State of Minnesota, is in fact a city of substantial consequence and therefore should be governed as a city under the provisions of a home —rule charter: NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Village Council endorse the proposed City Charter and the philosophy of government se.t forth therein. II� Resolution No. 66 -291 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Village Council urge the citizens of the community to carefully review the copy of the proposed charter delivered to each home on October 20, 1966, and request citizen support for, and approval of, the proposed City Charter at the November 8, 1966 General Election. October 24, 1966 Date Mayor ATTEST: (i( L�- Clerk The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Earl Simons and upon vote being taken thereon the following voted in favor thereof: Philip Cohen, Earl Simons, Howard Heck, John Leary, and Theodore Willard, and the following voted against the same: none, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.