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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />I. Public Hearings <br />A public hearing is a meeting that is held where members of the public can <br />express their opinions regarding a particular issue. The council is there to <br />regulate the hearing and make sure that people who want to speak get an <br />See section 1-F for more <br />opportunity to do so. The council does not deliberate or discuss matters <br />information on adjourned <br />during the public -hearing portion of a meeting; instead, it listens to the <br />meetings. <br />public. Once the public -comment period is finished, the council will often <br />end the meeting. To continue a public hearing, the council should not <br />formally end the public -comment part of the hearing and should state the <br />date, time, and place of the continued public hearing and record this <br />information in the meeting minutes. <br />There are two types of hearings, those that are discretionary and are held <br />because the public body chooses to do so and those that are mandatory and <br />are held because they are required by a specific statute, ordinance, or <br />charter provision. <br />1. Discretionary hearings <br />Many city councils will hold public hearings even when they are not legally <br />required to do so. Generally, hearings of this type allow the public to <br />comment on a specific issue. Such hearings can be helpful in raising <br />concerns about an issue that the council may not have considered. <br />2. Required hearings <br />When a specific statute, ordinance, or charter provision requires the council <br />to hold a public hearing, any notice requirements must be followed. For <br />example, required hearings for zoning ordinance amendments and for the <br />consideration of proposed special assessments have special notice <br />requirements. There are other situations that may require a public hearing. <br />Contact the League if you are unsure about a specific situation. <br />Here are some required public hearings: <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.851. <br />• Street vacation. <br />Minn 2btat. § 414.033, <br />subd.Minn. <br />0 Annexation by ordinance. <br />Stat. § 429.031, <br />• Local improvement projects that will be paid for with special <br />subd. 1. <br />assessments. <br />Minn. Stat. § 429.061. <br />• When special assessments are made to property. <br />Minn. Stat. § 444.18, subd. <br />purchase and improvement of waterworks, sewers, drains, and storm <br />3. <br />sewers by storm sewer improvement districts. <br />Minn. Stat. § 469.003, <br />. Adoption of a housing redevelopment authority (HRA) enabling <br />subd. 2. <br />resolution. <br />League of Minnesota Cities Handbook for Minnesota Cities 8/30/2022 <br />Meetings, Motions, Resolutions, and Ordinances Chapter 7 1 Page 10 <br />