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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012 05-10 CHCA CHARTER COMMISSION MAY 10, 2012 Brooklyn Center, Minnesota City Hall Council/Commission Conference Room AGENDA 1. Call to Order: 6:30 p.m. 2. Roll Call 3. Consideration of Minutes a. January 19, 2012 b. February 4, 2012 C. April 12, 2012 4. Old Business a. Council decision on Chapter 9 Charter recommendation b. Report of sub-committee on ward Council seats 5. New Business a. Any new business? 6. Adjournment i I Minutes of January 19, 2012 City of Brooklyn Center Charter Commission Meeting Called to order by Chairman Stan Leino at 6:35 p.m. Roll Call: Stan Leino, Ellen Davis, Gail Ebert,Harold Middleton, Mary O'Connor, Eileen Oslund, Eric Pone, Mark Yelich. Absent: Robert Marvin,Nathan Lackner. Excused: Gary Brown, Ed Nelson, Renita Whicker, Bee Yang. Note: Sharma Woods is unable to fulfill her obligation to serve. Consideration of Minutes: Motion by Pone, seconded by Ebert to accept the minutes of the November 17, 2011 meeting. Old Business: Discussion concerning nomination of officers was held. Eric Pone was nominated as Public Relations Chair. The remaining office holders will be asked to serve another term. There was review of Chapter 9 Eminent Domain and minor changes were made to 9.01 and 9.04. Chair Stan Leino will make those changes to the documents, and the committee will meet on February 4, 2012, to approve those changes. Motion by Pone for a continuing resolution and seconded by Davis. New Business: Commissioner Pone would like to begin the examination of ward vs. at-large at a future meeting. Future Meeting Dates: April 29, July 26, October 18, 2012, and January 17, 2013. Motion to adjourn made by Leino and seconded by Oslund. Meeting Adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Submitted by Harold Middleton Minutes of February 4, 2012 City of Brooklyn Center Charter Commission Meeting Called to order by Chairman Stan Leino at 10:05 a.m. Roll Call: Stan Leino, Ellen Davis, Gail Ebert,Nathan Lackner, Robert Marvin, Harold Middleton, Mary O'Connor, Eileen Oslund, Eric Pone, Renita Whicker, Mark Yelich. Absent: Gary Brown. Excused: Ed Nelson, Bee Yang. Note: Sharma Woods is unable to fulfill her obligation to serve. New Business: Eric Pone was nominated for the position of Vice Chair by Bob Marvin and seconded by Gail Ebert; there were no further nominations and voice vote was taken and Pone was elected. Audit Chair Eileen Oslund provided an oral audit report and noted that there is currently $412.80 in the commission budget. Chair made a motion to accept the audit report, seconded by Marvin. Audit report was accepted by voice vote. Discussion was had on opting out of some mailings to commission members if it was acceptable to receive them by email. Chair will speak to City Clerk to see if this is possible. Old Business: On the continuing resolution, changes were made to Chapter 9 Eminent Domain 9.01 and 9.04., the changes where accepted and approved. The Chair will forward a draft of the changes to Council for its review. More discussion was held on what the commission should address for 2012 and a decision was made to study: 1. Ward vs. At-large representation for filling council seats. 2. How to best fill an open/vacant council seat. Future Meeting Dates: April 29, July 26, October 18, 2012, and January 17, 2013. Motion to adjourn made by Pone and seconded by Marvin. Meeting Adjourned at 10:45 a.m. Submitted by Harold Middleton (DRAFT) MINUTES OF APRIL 12, 2012 BROOKLYN CENTER CHARTER COMMISSION MEETING Called to order by Chairman Stan Leino at 6:37 PM Roll Call Present: Secretary Gary Brown called roll: Stan Leino Gary Brown, Gail Ebert, Robert Marvin,Harold Middleton, Mary O'Connor,Eileen Oslund, Eric Pone, Bee Yang, and Mark Yelich. Absent: Ellen Davis,Nathan Lackner, Renita Whicker Excused Absences: Ed Nelson Consideration of Minutes Chairman Leino determined that since the minutes of January 19 and February 4, 2012,were mot included with the meeting notice, that approval will be considered at the next meeting when the minutes can be included with the notice. Old Business a. Nominations for Secretary position. Gary Brown agreed to continue in the roll of secretary. Motion by Marvin seconded by Yelich to nominate Gary Brown for Secretary. Motion by Marvin and seconded by Pone to close the nominations, passed unanimously. b. Reaffirmation of Recommendations of No Change to Sections 4.01 and 4.02 of City Charter from 2010. Chairman Leino was directed by those members who were on the Charter Commission in 2010 to send a letter to City Manager Curt Boganey that reaffirms the Commission's position that there are no changes needed in the City Charter to hold a City election and that in the opinion of the Charter Commission,the City Chatter is not in violation of state statute. c. City Council's reaction to Charter Commissions revision to eminent domain (Chapter 9). After considerable discussion by all members of the Charter Commission, a motion was made by O'Connor, seconded by Pone to revise the proposed new provision in Chapter 9.04 from 60 days to 90 days to conform to the 90 day quick take provision in state statute. Yelich offered a friendly amendment, seconded by Marvin (accepted by O'Connor and Pone)to add in parenthesis (by resolution) after the word initiation and later in the sentence crossing out the word"all"before parties and adding the words"of interest"after the word parties so that the sentence will now read: The city has a 90 day period from the initiation by resolution)of the city council of eminent domain to dismiss proceedings unless an extension is stipulated and agreed to by parties of interest. Pone moved to call the question and Yelich seconded and motion passed unanimously. Chairman Leino then called the question and the changes were approved unanimously 10-0. New Business a. Ward vs. At-large for City Council seats. Chairman Leino gave a brief overview of previous discussions by the Charter Commission. Timothy Franklin, 6718 Bryant Avenue N., B.C.then passed out a memo written by Mike Parks relating to the racial issues and lack of representation of an "at-large" system vs. a ward system for City Council representation. Ruthy Dallas , 6419 Emerson Avenue N., B. C. stated that there was a need to get more citizens involved in city government and that a"Ward" system does a better job of providing representation to the citizens. Pone made a motion, seconded by O'Connor to appoint a sub-committee of the commission to consist of Ebert, Marvin, Pone, and Yelich to study the"At-large vs. Ward" issue and come back with recommendation by the next meeting of the Charter Commission, passed unanimously 10-0 Future meeting dates: May 10, 2012, 6:30 PM. Motion by Marvin, seconded by Middleton to adjourn the meeting at 9:47 PM.Passed unanimously(10-0). Submitted for consideration, Gary E. Brown, Secretary I City of Brooklyn Center CHARTER COMMISSION Court Appointed The Charter Commission reviews the existing charter,considers proposed changes and makes reconnnendations to the City Council, and safeguards the concept of Home-Rule under the existing charter and Home Rule provisions in the state statutes. Commissioners serve a four-year term. Chairperson and fourteen members. [Minn. 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