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<br />rll ---'\) <br />( )j <br />~ll< <br /> <br /> <br />Item # ,5; 1 . <br /> <br />River <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor & Council <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Sandy Peine, City Clerk <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />September 8, 1999 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Consider Recodification Process of City Code <br /> <br />PURPOSE: <br /> <br />The purpose of this memo is to educate the Council on the recodification <br />process of the City Code. It is also staffs intention to inform the Council of <br />the proposals the City has received for the recodification of the City Code. <br /> <br />. BACKGROUND: <br /> <br />The City Code was originally adopted on May 3, 1982. Prior to adoption, the <br />code was codified by the City's Attorney David Sellergren. Since that time <br />the code has been kept up-to-date by incorporating the new ordinance <br />amendments into the code. <br /> <br />WHAT WILL RECODIFICATION ENTAIL? <br /> <br />The City has budgeted to have the City Code recodified. Recodification of the <br />code will include a legal review of the Code and subsequent ordinances <br />against current state statutes and court decisions. The review will point out <br />conflicts, inconsistencies and obsolete provisions in conjunction with current <br />state statutes, as well as conflicts within the code itself. The Code will be <br />reorganized and renumbered to enhance usefulness. <br /> <br />It is also staffs intention to make the code available on disk to employees and <br />codeholders and on the internet for the public. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490. Elk River, MN 55330. TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420. Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />