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<br />Item No: 6 <br />Meeting Date: August 18, 2004 <br />Type of Business: Discussion <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: James Ericson, Community Development Director <br />Item Title/Subject: Review Planning and Zoning Commission Bylaws <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />The Planning Commission last reviewed the Bylaws in February of this year. The last time <br />they were amended was in 2001. In response to the meeting on August 4, 2004, the Bylaws <br />are again before the Planning Commission for reconsideration. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Currently, there are no rules, regulations or ordinances that guide or define public comments <br />made by Planning Commissioners at Planning Commission meetings. As a result of recent <br />comments unrelated to planning or zoning matters, a majority of the Commission requested <br />that the Bylaws be amended to include language that would address such statements. <br /> <br />The following is draft language that could be inserted as a new paragraph entitled “Public <br />Statements” under Section IX, Conduct of Members: <br /> <br />D. Public Statements. Planning Commissioners are encouraged to provide <br />input and contribute to discussions relating to matters before the <br />Commission for consideration. Conversely, while appointment to the <br />Commission does not restrict one’s right to free speech or expression, <br />Commissioners shall refrain from making public statements unrelated to <br />actions or requests before the Commission or unrelated to the established <br />roles and responsibilities of the Planning Commission as articulated herein <br />these Bylaws. Such statements should be addressed or directed to the <br />appropriate commission or to the City Council and shall not be made so as to <br />imply that the statement is representative of the Commission as a whole, <br />unless such action has been authorized by the Commission. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Review the attached Bylaws and the draft language pertaining to public statements. If an <br />amendment is desired, the Commission will need to direct staff to draft a resolution <br />amending the Bylaws and forwarding the revisions to the Council for their reference. <br /> <br /> <br />_____________________________________ <br />James Ericson <br />Community Development Director <br /> <br />Attachments: <br />1. Planning and Zoning Commission Bylaws