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<br />. <br /> <br />City of Mounds View <br />Planning and Zoning Conunission - Bylaws <br /> <br />March 5,1997 <br />Page 5 <br /> <br />VI. INFORMATIONAL PACKETS: Each Commissioner shall receive a staff report, plans and <br />additional information, as appropriate, for each item placed on the agenda at both the agenda <br />review meeting and the regular meeting. The Commission packet shall be delivered at least four <br />days prior to the meeting. Each Commissioner is responsible for reviewing the material within <br />the packet prior to the meeting. <br /> <br />VII. PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS: Advice from, consultation with, and/or requests for <br />review by the City Attorney, City Engineer, City Planning Agency, or other paid consultants shall <br />be in accordance with the Municipal Code, Section 401.07. <br /> <br />VIII. SUPPLEMENTARY PUBLICATIONS: All Commission members shall receive a copy of the ; <br />Mounds View Municipal Code and a copy of the Municipal Comprehensive Plan as well as <br />other materials as provided by the City Councilor City Staff These materials shall be retained <br />by each commission member and returned to the Community Development Director upon the <br />member's resignation or termination of appointment. <br /> <br />IX. CONDUCT OF MEMBERS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />A. ATTENDANCE: Commission members shall advise the designated Staff member or the <br />Commission chairperson of an anticipated absence from any regularly scheduled Planning <br />Commission meeting. Any member attending less than 20 meetings per year without the <br />consent of the Commission shall be deemed to have vacated the office, and such vacancy <br />shall be filled by the City Council pursuant to Section 401.03, Subd. 1. A leave of <br />absence may be granted by the consent of the Commission. <br /> <br />B. CONFLICT OF INTEREST: <br /> <br />1. General Standard: No Commissioner shall be appointed with private or personal <br />interests likely to conflict with the general public interest. If any person appointed to <br />the Commission shall find that their private or personal interests are involved in any <br />matter coming before the Commission, they shall disqualify themselves from taking <br />part in any discussion or action on the matter; alternatively, they may be disqualified by <br />a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of the Commissioners in attendance. <br /> <br />2. Conflict Due to Economic Interests: A Commissioner has a conflict of interest if, in his <br />or her discharge of official duties, would be required to take an action or make a <br />decision that would substantially affect the Commissioner's financial interests or those <br />of an associated business, unless the effect on the Commissioner is no greater than on <br />other members of the Commissioner's business classification, profession, or <br />occupation. In the event a conflict of interest exists with respect to a particular matter <br />before the Commission, the Commissioner shall disqualify themselves from taking part <br />in any discussion or action on the matter. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />C. EX PARTE CONTACTS: Ex parte contacts are contacts between individuals seeking to <br />influence the decisions of the Planning Commission and individual Commission members <br />outside the meeting forum. Such contacts include meetings with project proponents, <br />