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t <br />a <br />MEMO TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL <br />FROM: <br />CLERK -ADMINISTRATOR <br />MAY 10, 1988 <br />DATE: <br />SU2JECT: LAND USE PUBLIC HEARINGS <br />lease find a copy of an article <br />League of Minnesota Cities magazine <br />Attached to this memorandum P land use public hearings <br />from the May 1988 Leag decision on <br />guidelines for conducting Court <br />regarding 9 <br />resulting from a recent Minnesota Suotone <br />a case involving the City of Blooming <br />City Planner Herman and I <br />with City Attorney Meyers the need for <br />As a result of this decision, y or guidelines <br />will be discussing <br />set of procedures and/ use in <br />developing <br />Commission and City council to <br />for the Planning s on land use matte's - <br />conducting <br />might <br />conducting public hearing this article, <br />irrespective of the results of that <br />tcontentsiofl <br />wish to take special notice specific <br />issues. <br />particularly as <br />it relates to the following P <br />1, The hearing must be <br />have an opportunity <br />and to provide any <br />they deem <br />fair. All parties should <br />to present their views fully <br />informational materials or <br />appropriate. <br />exhibit Possible. <br />2. The record should be as complete as <br />3, It must be clear that the decision of the the <br />City is <br />resented at the hearing - <br />information reasonable one and that it was basco�ission <br />information witcouncilpand Planning <br />statements or. <br />In that light, hearing which <br />members should ratror°outsideathe g their <br />comments either a ey have already made up made. <br />suggest that the formal decision being <br />minds prior to ,s final decision should be <br />Also, the Council <br />to <br />based upon facl11 the residentsorso?n y <br />upon the oppositionAlthough the concerns of residents <br />neighborhood- it cannot be the sole <br />are a consideration, be validated by <br />grounds for a decision butmust <br />oexpert <br />the testimony of knowledgeable <br />indiviCuals. City Council <br />into a period where the Public <br />As we are entering some extremely sensitive p 9 lg88 on <br />could be <br />conducting one that you held on May <br />hearings, including the efully avoid our <br />Dynamic Designers, I felt that the information containe in <br />would be helpful to you and hop give <br />this article during the hearings which might <br />thing possible legal challenges to our <br />doing anything <br />any P <br />legitimacy <br />decisions. <br />DFP/mis <br />l' <br />