Laserfiche WebLink
CITY COUNCIL MEMO <br /> To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> From: James Ericson, Planning Associate <br /> Subject: Discussion regarding proposed Ordinance 629, an ordinance amending Chapter 401 <br /> of the City Code pertaining to the Planning and Zoning Commission; <br /> Special Planning Case No. SP-069-99 <br /> Date: April 19, 1999 <br /> According to Section 401.06, Subdivision 7 of the Municipal Code, the Planning Commission is to <br /> review its Bylaws on an annual basis at the first regular meeting in February. The Planning <br /> Commission reviewed the bylaws during its February 3, 1999 and February 17, 1999 meetings and <br /> then approved the Bylaws with minor revisions on March 3, 1999. <br /> The changes to the Bylaws were made to be consistent with current procedures and practices and <br /> to be better able to respond to planning cases in a timely manner. The changes in effect require the <br /> City to adopt an ordinance to amend the municipal code concerning the types of meetings held by <br /> the Commission. The ordinance amends the Code to redefine what constitutes a regular meeting <br /> and a special meeting. <br /> Up to this point, the Bylaws were drafted such that the first Wednesday of the month was a <br /> "regular" meeting, at which time the Commission called to order and took action on items <br /> discussed at "agenda" meetings, which were held on the third Wednesday of the month. With the <br /> changes to State law requiring cities to act upon planning cases within 60 days, the Planning <br /> Commission has been calling to order on third Wednesdays as well as first Wednesdays to minimize <br /> delays in processing planning applications. The agenda meetings then became"special" meetings to <br /> reflect that they would be calling to order. <br /> The Bylaws have been changed such that both meetings of the month are regular, doing away with <br /> what was an agenda meeting. Special meetings have been redefined to be any meeting occurring <br /> outside of the first and third Wednesday. <br /> James Ericson, Planning Associate <br /> Attachments: <br /> 1. Planning Commission Bylaws(Revised March 3, 1999) <br /> 2. Planning Commission Resolution No. 570-99 <br /> 3. Planning Commission Resolution No. 572-99 <br /> 4. Ordinance 629 <br /> 5. Municipal Code Chapter 401,Planning and Zoning Commission <br />