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From YouTube: February 2, 2022 Charter Commission
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This
meeting
includes
the
remote
participation
of
members
as
authorized
under
minnesota
statutes,
section
13d
.021,
due
to
the
declared
local
health
pandemic.
The
city
will
be
recording
and
posting
this
meeting
to
the
city's
website
and
youtube
channel
as
a
means
of
increasing
public
access
and
transparency.
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One
set
is
from
our
regular
meeting
on
december
1st
one
from
our
special
meeting
on
december
15th,
which
was
a
public
hearing
and
one
from
our
organizational
meeting
on
january
5th.
Without
objection
we'll
consider
all
three
sets
of
minutes
in
one
motion.
May
I
please
have
a
motion
to
accept
all
three
sets
of
minutes
motion
sandberg.
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And
the
minutes
are
adopted.
Next
is
the
chairs
report.
I
have
a
couple
of
items
to
mention.
First,
commissioner,
dan
cohen
resigned
from
the
commission
shortly
after
our
january
meeting.
He
did
not
say
why
he
was
resigning,
but
he
did
extend
his
best
wishes
to
everyone
on
the
commission.
So
we
thank
dan
for
his
long
time
service
on
the
charter.
Commission.
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Next,
I
wanted
to
report
that
the
city
clerk
casey
carl
and
I
had
a
phone
conference
with
judge
barnett,
to
talk
about
staggering
of
terms.
As
you
know,
the
statute
provides
that
terms
of
charter.
Commission
are
supposed
to
be
staggered
and
provide
that
charter.
Commissioners
are
all
supposed
to
fill
four-year
terms
or
the
remainder
out
of
a
four-year
term
of
a
charter.
Commissioner,
who
has
resigned
mid-term
and
you
all
know
we
are
very
much
bunched
up
this
year.
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When
the
then
chief
judge
made
a
number
of
two-year
appointments,
as
opposed
to
four-year
appointments,
thus
taking
putting
a
lot
of
people
in
the
same
year.
So
we're
still
working
with
the
chief
judge
as
to
how
to
fix
that
problem,
but
we
think
we've
traced
where
the
problem
comes
from
and
we'll
have
our
proposed
solution
at
our
next
meeting.
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and
so,
according
to
the
statutes,
and
then
also
the
rules
of
this
body.
The
charter
commission
and
the
processes
that
follow
that
regard,
the
city,
council
and
mayor
in
terms
of
setting
ballot
language
for
charter
ballot
questions.
We
had
put
together
a
timeline.
A
copy
of
that
was
submitted
with
your
briefing
materials,
which
would
say
that
any
time
between
january
1st
and
may
1st
of
this
year,
citizen
petitions
would
be
received
by
this
body,
subject
to
the
procedures
that
are
set
forth
in
its
rules.
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And
then
from
may
1st
to
june.
30Th
would
be
the
time
required
for
this
body
to
conduct
its
work
and
for
the
city
council
to
conduct
its
work
in
verifying
those
petitions
and
validating
them
and
conducting
a
legal
analysis
and
saying
that
they
are
in
fact
proper
subject
matters
for
a
charter
and
then
for
the
process
of
developing
ballot
language.
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Ultimately,
the
final
deadline
for
us
to
process
any
petitions
to
submit
questions
for
the
ballot
this
year
in
2022
is
july
12th
that
is
17
weeks
before
the
day
of
the
general
election,
which
is
the
statutory
set
timeline
17
weeks
before
so
we've
put
together
on
the
charter
commission's
website
list
of
these
key
dates.
We've
updated
our
guide
to
how
to
amend
the
city
charter
as
well
and
posted
this,
and
so
this
is
information
both
for
this
body
and
then
to
respond
any
questions
and
get
your
authorization
to
finalize
and
post
that
schedule.
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I
would
also
note
that,
under
the
statutes
for
petitions,
the
signature
requirements
are
tied
to
the
most
recent
statewide
general
election.
The
most
recent
statewide
general
election
is
still
the
2020
presidential
election
and
so
based
on
our
total
voter
turnout
of
238
104
ballots
that
were
cast
in
the
2020
presidential
election.
Five
percent
of
that
total
turnout
equals
11
hundred
six,
so
any
petition
to
be
deemed
valid
this
year
for
a
charter.
Amendment
referred
to
voters
would
require
at
least
a
minimum
of
eleven
thousand
nine
hundred
six
voter
signatures.
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The
language,
the
the
work
of
the
city
council
and
the
mayor
to
set
the
language
of
the
ballot
question
is
a
separate
statute
and
is
set
under
205
chapter
205,
which
deals
with
municipal
elections
and
the
deadline
for
the
council
to
take.
Action
is
74
days
before
I
believe,
and
that
would
be
friday
august
26th.
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So
that
would
be
separate
from
the
work
to
validate
the
petition
and
get
that
work
done.
That's
not
something
we'd
put
on
the
timeline,
but
is
an
internal
deadline
that
drives
the
council
and
mayor
in
terms
of
their
work
by
resolution
to
set
the
ballot
language
with
respect
to
the
work
of
a
petition.
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Of
course,
a
petition
would
be
subject
to
the
processes
under
410.12,
which
says
that
the
final
deadline
to
get
anything
in
would
be
that
tuesday
july
12th
and
then
again,
as
I
mentioned,
just
working
backwards
from
the
process
of
the
the
mayor
and
the
council.
The
city
attorney
the
city
clerk
in
terms
of
validating
signatures.
The
charter
commission,
in
terms
of
accepting
and
reviewing
we've,
set
that
in
prior
years
and
retained
that
this
year
to
say
that
petitions
need
to
received
by
may
1st
this
year.
That's
a
sunday.
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That
motion
carries.
May
first
is
the
deadline
for
citizen
petitions
item
six
on
the
agenda
is
considering
adopting
restated
rules
of
the
charter.
Commission,
you
will
recall
we
introduced
these
rules
in
december.
We
discussed
them
in
january
and
I
have
made
a
couple
of
changes
based
on
that
discussion
and
our
discussion
of
today
in
your
packet.
You
will
see
that
there
are
two
sets
of
the
restated
rules.
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B
That
motion
carries
and
we
have
new
rules
going
forward.
Thank
you
very
much.
Item
number.
Seven
on
the
agenda
is
considering
recommendations
from
the
amendment
review
committee
regarding
a
proposal
to
amend
the
charter
moving
municipal
elections
to
even-numbered
years
I'll
call
on
commissioner
ginder,
the
chair
of
the
amendment
review
committee
for
that
committee's
report.
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Thank
you,
mr
chair.
The
amendment
review
committee
meant
in
january
to
discuss
this.
We
reviewed
the
materials
that
were
submitted
in
the
recent
submission,
as
well
as
materials
that
were
put
together
four
or
five
years
ago,
when
this
matter
first
came
to
the
charter.
Commission,
there's
a
there's
a
lot
to
review
in
this.
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The
consensus
of
the
amendment
review
committee
was
that
this
merited
further
study.
There
are
some
interesting
policy
questions
that
go
into
this,
as
well
as
some
really
significant
practical
ballot
questions
on
the
number
of
pages.
What
happens
with
rank
choice
voting
in
the
city
trying
to
combine
it
with
regular
standard
voting
requirements
for
the
state
and
or
presidential
election,
and
so
our
our
belief
that
it's
worth
additional
study
and
we
would
recommend
that
the
commission
form
a
study
group
for
this
purpose
to
continue
to
review
this
proposal.
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B
Are
11
ice
that
motion
carries.
I
will
appoint
commissioner
sandberg
and
myself
as
co-chairs
of
the
work
group
and
consistent
with
our
usual
practice.
I
will
ask
those
of
you
who
are
interested
in
serving
on
that
work
group
to
contact
me
or
commissioner
sandberg
by
email
at
your
earliest
convenience
after
this
meeting,
and
we
will,
as
we
usually
do
self
select
into
work
groups.
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F
We
also
will
probably
be
scheduling
a
couple
of
additional
one
or
two
additional
redistricting
group
meetings
after
the
24th
most
likely
february,
25th
and
or
february
28th.
That
will
be
at
the
discretion
of
chair
clegg
and
I'll.
Let
everybody
know,
of
course,
all
of
the
maps
and
the
relevant
information
about
the
registering
product
project
are,
as
usual,
available
at
minneapolismn.gov.
F
The
charter
requires
that
there
be
a
formal
notice
to
the
park
and
recreation
board
and
all
council
recognized
neighborhood
organizations
of
the
draft
maps
and
their
ability
to
comment
at
the
hearings,
so
that
was
completed
yesterday
february.
1St,
a
map
analysis
is
to
be
produced
by
minneapolis
I.t,
which
includes
length
and
width
analysis,
population
statistics,
compactness,
etc.
F
Next
on
the
list.
It
is
also
producing
the
approved
ward
park
district
and
precinct
maps
in
the
form
of
esri
shape
files,
and
if
the
commission
remembers,
we
talked
about
esri
as
opposed
to
district
or
as
one
of
the
mapping
technologies.
Early
on
esri
is
the
official
technology
for
the
project
and
the
esri
shapefiles
will
be
transmitted
to
hennepin
county
upon
approval
of
the
maps.
F
I
have
also
provided
the
city
council
members
with
draft
maps
of
their
wards,
so
nobody
gets
surprised
after
they're
adopted
and
I'm
working
with
minneapolis
communications
to
push
out
multiple
press
news
releases
and
newsletter
updates
to
inform
minneapolis
residents
about
the
status
of
the
project
and
upcoming
public
hearings
and
finally,
of
course,
we'll
be
posting.
The
updated
maps
when
approved
to
our
websites-
and
I
just
wanted
to
finish
with
kind
of
a
fun
fact
here-
I
was
in
putting
the
information
together.
I
looked
back
on
the
history
of
the
project
and
started.
F
It
looks
like
around
the
middle
of
2019
and
since
that
date,
and
through
the
end
of
the
project,
looks
like
we're
going
to
be
holding
52
public
meetings
to
to
discuss
the
project.
All
or
mostly
support
are
supporting
the
project
and
there
were
38
meetings
about
the
redistricting
project
in
2021
alone.
I
don't
know
if
the
commissioners
feel
like
there
were
38
meetings,
but
there
were
so
that's
the
report.
I'm
happy
to
take
any
questions.
If
anybody
has
them.
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The
only
thing
I
would
add,
mr
munson,
is
that
the
tech
team
will
be
making
some
suggestions
for
minor
revisions
based
on
their
efforts
to
draw
precinct
maps
and
I'll
give
you
I'll
give
you
an
example.
If
the
park
district
line
and
the
ward
line
are
not
exactly
the
same,
but
maybe
real
close
together,
you
might
end
up
with
a
weird
precinct
that
just
covers
one
block.
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E
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E
I
have
a
question.
I
just
had
a
really
brief
opportunity
to
look
over
some
of
the
materials
this
morning,
and
one
of
the
pages
was
on
compactness.
Yes,
yeah.
It
was
a
chart
with
a
number
of
numbers
as
well
as
titles
right
and
unfortunately,
without
some
kind
of
key.
It
doesn't
at
least
to
me
it
didn't
make
much
sense
is:
is
there
some
kind
of
key
available
or
guidelines
that
help
us
in
taking
a
look
at
that,
and
so
what
those
numbers
actually
mean
as
far
as
good
or
bad
with
regard
to
compactness.