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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes • January 19, 1999 Page 6 1 improvement of housing stock and the involvement of local banks to invest in the community in 2 the form of home improvement loans. 3 4 Bergstrom stated the Commission had discussed combining aggressive housing code 5 enforcement with home improvement loans available through the City. Bergstrom stated the 6 Commission should work with the City Council on the City's 1999 budget to include funds for a 7 Planning Commission budget. He added the Planning Commission must have its own funds to 8 take an active role in planning,to include hiring consultants and_implementing the hiring of an 9 economic development specialist. 10 11 Gondorchin stated a web site would be ideal for the dissemination of information with regard to 12 the Commission. Ms. Moore-Sykes stated the City's web site is functional and ready to be 13 visited at www.ci.saint-anthony.mn.us, adding she has already received positive feedback via 14 letter and e-mail with regard to its content. 15 16 Bergstrom stated the Commission had no process for prioritization since this is a new exercise. 17 Makowske stated sub-committees might be useful in determining which issues are priorities for the Commission. Bergstrom agreed, stating each Commissioner could champion an issue and 40 form a sub-committee for preliminary discussion and presentation to the Commission. 20 21 Hanson asked whether the Planning Commission had any real power or authority to implement 22 change. Bergstrom stated the City Council has final say, and the Planning and Parks 23 Commissions play advisory roles. Bergstrom asked whether the Water Quality Task Force has 24 been initiated. Ms. Moore-Sykes stated the task force seems to have succumbed to lack of 25 interest. 26 27 Hanson asked whether a sub-committee focusing on the redevelopment of the Shopping Center 28 could make the decision to hire a new consultant. Bergstrom stated as the Planning Commission 29 has no money of its own, such a decision could not be made without approval by the Council. 30 Hanson asked whether the Council has historically been receptive to the recommendations of the 31 Planning Commission. Bergstrom confirmed that the Council takes the Commission's 32 recommendations very seriously. 33 34 Gondorchin stated sub-committees could be formed based on specific criteria: current and future 35 goals, with emphasis on projects which can realistically be completed in 1999. Makowske asked 36 whether Ms. Moore-Sykes had retrieved the minutes of the Commission's recent worksession at 37 which 1999 goals were discussed.. Ms. Moore-Sykes stated she had not, and agreed to find the 38 worksession notes. Bergstrom agreed it would be a useful exercise to review the list of goals 39 outlined at that meeting.