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0 • • Meeting Schedule, Review Process, Reports September 13, 2000 page 2 Many projects require extensive research and review. This involves looking into past records of the property, environmental features, and comparing the proposal to City policies and ordinances. It requires information from several City departments. It often requires communicating with other jurisdictions such as: Anoka County Highway Dept., Rice Creek Watershed District, Minnesota Dept. of Transportation, Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources, and possibly others. We avoid making staff recommendations until we hear from these agencies. This all requires time. It is not unusual to receive necessary information the day before the report must go to the P & Z. City staff pulls together the recommendations from different City boards and other agencies, as well as the information from researching the site. We combine all this information into our reports and our recommendations to the P & Z. We assemble the reports into the P & Z packets. The Police Dept. delivers the packets to P & Z members on the Friday before the meeting. There have been glitches in deliveries, but they are the exception. I have discussed this with the Chief of Police and he assures me the packets will be delivered in a timely manner. I have served on a planning commission and I appreciate the amount of time it requires to read the packets.